The Trials of the Soldier's Wife: A Tale of the Second American RevolutionAbrams, Alex. St. Clair (Alexander St. Clair)
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The Trials of the Soldier's Wife: A Tale of the Second American Revolution
Abrams, Alex. St. Clair (Alexander St. Clair)
Confederate States of America -- Fiction; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
No, not all, for apart from the throng, while the marriage ceremony
was being read, was one who looked on the scene with a sad heart. Clad
in deep mourning, and holding his child, by the hand, Alfred Wentworth
standing aloof from the crowd saw Emma and his friend united as man
and wife with deep emotion. It had been only a few years before, that
he led his wife to the altar and the reminiscences of the present
awoke, and stirred his grief, and brought back upon him, with the
greatest force, his sad bereavement. A tear started to his eyes, as he
thought of his present unhappiness, and he turned aside, to hide his
emotion from the crowd. Dashing the tear away, he offered his
congratulation and good wishes to the newly married couple, as he
thought, with calmness, but the quiver of his lips as he spoke, did
not pass unperceived by Harry, and as he clasped the extended hand of
his friend, a feeling of sympathy, which he could afford even in his
happiness, crept over him.
Shortly after his marriage, Harry returned to his command, and is now
the Lieutenant Colonel of his regiment, having been promoted to that
honorable position for gallantry exhibited on many battle fields. When
last we heard of him he was on furlough, and with his wife in Alabama,
where they now reside, he having removed to that State a short time
previous to the fall of Vicksburg. So far, his wedded life has been
one of unalloyed happiness, and we can only wish that it may continue
so, through many long years. To his wife, though she has not been a
very prominent character in this book, we tender our best wishes for
the continuance of that happiness she now enjoys, and trust the day
will soon arrive when her husband will have no farther need to peril
his life in defence of his country, but turning his sword into a
plough, be enabled to live always with her, and to require no more
"furloughs."
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