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Show A Bream Strangely Fuinilcd. In 1SC2 I lived In the Shenandoah Valley, and was betrothed to a lieutenant In the southern army. OntheSdcf July I expected him home, but wing to tho irregularity of our modes f travel did not know at what time he would arrive. I waited until 12 o'clock, and as he did not come I extinguished the light and threw nijsclf upon a lounge. I fell asleep, but awoke with a start, and found tho room dimly lighted and the lieutenant standing beside me, looking ghastly pale and his uniform stained with blood. I Jumpetfup and exclaimed: "Oh, Tom, what is the mitler?" He answered: "I am de-ul. Go tell my mother and hurry to the field. I was mortally woundeil,nnd knew you would grieve less If you could find my body. So I crawled npon the hill, under a plno tree, to die." 1 lien an was dark. Ills mother and I went to the battle bat-tle field, and under an old pine tree we found him dead, his uniform stained w ith blood, Ju-t as I had seen It the night before tbr. .Vck1 lent ironW. |