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A Romantic Story.—Wc heard a romantic recital yesterday from a returning member of the 8th regiment, which is good enough to be true, and is at any rate creditable to the spirit of our women. It appears that the member of the 8th, who relates the story, was engaged to'be married just before he left, and of course, felt dreadfully bad at havingto leave his expected bride. The young soldier was a splendid looking volunteer,; in the prime of his youih, with broad shoulders, atid the face of an. Apollo, and his bride that was an equally fine spec* imeu of the other sex, lacking only four inches of being as, tall as himself, and : with her hair cropped’ short, $oas to show only a few glossy black ringlets, according to the present fashion, now so much invogue.sm lThe. lady did not say at the parting with her lover, in so manywords, that she would not be seper-ated from him, but evidently she had so determined, in her private mind. Accordingly, she attired herself in male costume, and having theappearance of a handsome boy of eighteen, was accepted as a volunteer. Her naturally strong con-
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Kewaunee County Enterprize
Kewaunee, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Sep 04, 1861
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