Item - The Confederate and His Little Nurse

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Online Full Text:	Northern Illinois University
Series:	New York Weekly — v. 19 no. 29 — page 4
Subject / Tag:	Sketch
Part of:	New York Weekly, v. XIX, no. 29, June 9, 1864 (Issue)
Author:	Mayville, Eda
Date:	June 9, 1864
First Sentence:	It was a very, very wild day without-a day in which the cold win whistled and whirled upon its icy breath small, freezing particles of snow and sleet-a day when the sun hid its bright face behind a thick, grey, murky veil of clouds, deigning not from morn till eve one smiling ray upon the desolate, shivering earth.
Last Sentence:	It is unnecessary to relate how ardently upon the morrow he pressed his suit, as how with trembling and blushes the little nurse confessed her interest, as how when a few days later all prisoners were declared exchanged, Ernest Abbott, instead of taking a southward course, by some mischance, found himself hastening westward, where, we have little doubt, in due time a grand wedding will be recorded.