The Colonel's Wife — page 188: what you’re looking at

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GENTLE, WHITE-WINGED PEACE. 181 over—that brothers North and South can again clasp — hands and allow the wounds to heal.’ ‘‘Amen!’’ she sobbed, from the shelter of his arms, for John had taken the full liberty of a husband to embrace the dainty little woman given into his keeping by fortune’s favor. John went no farther in search of the Federal lines. Squire Granger was stricken down as a result of worry, and fora time lay helpless. In this emer- gency John proved a God-send, and won the old man’s — heart, even as he had already captured his daughter’s. In their long chats Mollie and her husband had a full understanding. He produced the papers taken from the burning house, and which he had carried on his person all through his adventures. These documents, so precious to him, related to his inheritance. Besides, there were certain facts con- cerning his leaving home under a cloud, and with. these papers he was able to clear his name in full. No wonder, then, he risked his life in order to save them. As for his cousin, should the papers have been destroyed, there was a chance of his gaining the property, which accounted for his interest. ’Then came the news of Lee’s surrender, and last of all Johnston yielded up his army to Sherman. The war was over. All the sorely stricken South breathed easy—they — had fought long and bravely for their cause, and yielded only when further warfare would have been madness —inhuman. John was at the head of his regiment as it marched through Washington; but he laid down his sword and returned to Geogia, to identify himself as a law- yer with his native city, Atlanta. ‘The war brought misery to many, but to Colonel John it gave a loving wife, and to-day the Gate City honors him as one of her leading sons. [THE END, | » comicbooks.co : —s