A Soldier's Story

Not !onL sin.ce a lot ot us - L am au ïx x . mgu (jiivüu:, qow were quartored ín soveral wóoden tenfiuenti, and in the room of oue lay the corpus of a yoijng se.ei.-sh ofiicer a r ik ing buíiiil. The news poon spread to a vil. lage not ifar off, and down eatuc tearing a sentimental, nol bad loukiug specimen of ;i Virginia dame. 1 jLet Mie kisa him for bis mother !' sha cried, aa I iutarrupted hor progresa, ' Po let me kiss him for hia ujothor ! ' ■ Kiss whom ? ' 1 The dear lieutenant, the one who lies within I uever saiy hiiu, but oh ! ' I lead her larougb n room in which Lieutenant , of PhilaJelphia, lay stretch out on an upturned trough, fast asleep. Supposing him t bc the arlicle gent for, she ruslied up, exoiairaing - 1 Let me kiss Uiin for Lis mortlier,' and anpróached her lipa to his foreljead.- ? Wlr4t waa her amizement wlien tha 'ourpae' olasped his arma arouud hur and exalaimod : ' Nerer miiid thu oi lady, Miss. go it o:i yoi;r own I have'ut the sligbtest objuotioü.