FAITHFUL FANNY'S LOVE.
WAITING FOR 70 YEARS. WAR-SHATTERED ROMANCE. Fanny Read is dead; and a tale of faithful love is ended, save a message from Binghampton, New York. Fanny was 19 years old when the drums of war rolled their call to arms in 1862 for the defence of the Union against the seceding Southern States. The 101st New York Infantry, gay, bustling, and eager, was encamped near her home. One young officer of the 101st New York Infantry captured the heart of pretty Fanny Read. They pledged their troth. Then came the day to break camp. On to the wars! It was a time for lovers to say farewell. But there was no " Goodbye " between Fanny and her soldier sweetheart. Her father forbade it. " Ridiculous," ho said. " You are too young even to think of love. Soon," her father consoled her, " you will forget." Fanny did not forget. The years passed. She remained constantly in the house. Perhaps the soldier would return. But war laughs at. love. Where the 101st New York Infantry went, there the battle raged fiercely. When the men finally were mustered at the end of the war,three years later, Fanny Read's gay young officer was not there. Fanny Read, who had been " too young to love," renewed her vows of seclusian. She kept faith with her loneliness for 67 years. Only four times in that period did she leave home. Each time it was for the funeral of a relative.
For the young officer loneliness was quickly over. But Fanny Read lived on. War offers no quick end for a woman's grief. Her parents died. Only a servant remained. Two years ago they took her to tlie State hospital. And there she died.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21165, 23 April 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)
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