Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-11-10


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which s&nAsd abe bsoken paass sd
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| ths ragged bed, lay sAs dying aan. Ra
was bnt half dressed his lsss were eou-
esalsd By nilitaFY booss. {
The aged preacher drsw assR aad laek-
ed uppn him. And be looksd-s -shEsh--
khrOb--you night hear tho dsath~waAeh
ticking in the shattered wall.
Il was sh foRa Of ssroRg maas gFowE
| old gith care moRs thAa age
TkaEs vas face thai yon mikhk lock
upon ances and yea wear In yags aaaan0-
~ forsvsg, Eass as bend Gyss ths bed
and lock On thas faoa. Al 3
| 4 h0Id foEahsad sssasa by sns assV
| wrinkle haswesn he hEama~ 1aag Aaeka
Of dark hair, sprinklad wiah gssy--lipa
firmly set, yet QaigaRing - saoa@A ahgy
had q life separate tha Life ef The mAEs-@'
&ad thsa tWS lsrgs syss Vivid, baEningl
unnatural N shsir stsadAy glare
Al, thsss WSs semeshins 50 saEwihls Ia
thas face @0mseaing 80 fan Of anutaag-
able loneliness, Rnspsakahls aaapaaxsus
that the aged Eaiaissss saaEted back In
horror. ... ...-... ...s g-.. .rage4..
Buk lock, these stxeng arms ere clutch
! iag al the vacant aiE~-tha death swsaa
starts in drops upon the Geld bEsw~@shs
man is dying ss-& :.
Throb I-thrab l-thgoh l--baa4 Ia
death watch in the shattered wall.
| aRoald yoa die in the fAish oa I
| Christian 2ss f&lssrsd the pxaashag, "a hs
kAslt there on Eha dark hoor.
The white lips Of the dsath stxiaksa
man EreEnblsd bus made no sound.
Then, with the agony Of deakh agaa
him, be rose into sissing posszrs4 Eas
| ths Arss time, he spoke ss..ss
HChriEtiantt'' hs echoed 10 ahak asag
sone which thrilled tie teacher TO thi
1 heart, sswiu that faith give nae back m.
honor! Coma With me-with nae far
fax oyer the water. Has ne are shsFs
/ This Ia my native heme. Yondsr il ID
ehnrah IN which knels In childhood
yonder the green on whisn HpoTteS
when boy. But ansahse AAg than eha.
waived when was child. AnA IlsA@az
old man; were to pssa thls street -
passed whsn hus child, the very babe
In thRiE cradles would raise thsir sins
hands aud curse ma. Tbs grsves In yon
der aharchyard woaid shrink sroaa m,
footsteps, and yondeg aag weaLa stain |
bapkism Of hlosd Rpan my Aeaxsea
Il Thaa was Aa awful aeatA- bod. IN
minihsaF has watehed the fflasa aighas
wiaha hundred sonvisaa In thasx aall
and res nsysE hshald soens - aaEgibl
as his. .sz ss
saadsnly he aying maa agoss. q
. Eettarsd along ths aeOF. Vita shos
white kngarss whose aails are blaa wik
khs dsaah-ohia, hs opeaad abs valiss.-
lie ahowsd bis military soAs Exlmu&s
] with silvsg, an old passhRans pieoa q
cloth that lookSd like tbs wreck Of
, b8stle Gag.
ssI<aok 70, priest, this faded coat !
spskssd with my blood 20 hs exiady q
? old manoriss seemedskiTring as his hs2xi
Thsa Ii shs last coat were whan plani
sd ths b&ansE ef the stars on 1ic0ntaeFt
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: whibpar in your ears
"Now, help nae, priest, (" he said In
b volae growing suddaaly tFsmglous; fhal
L me pnt On this cs@a u bius ana silys
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o over his facS, SSshaEs 10 no oRe 10 wIg
o the cold drops FROM my brow no wifi
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without fsaR.''
While he ssood aRRaying himsslf
thAa worm m-sasan coat Of hlns aad silvs
shs good prsaahsx spoks 70 Ain of faa
d iu JsSua. Yes, Of thas grsas faith whip
10 pierce the elouds Of kaman guilt, as
relas them bask from hks fass q Gee
ssFaish g'' sahoad tbs gsxMags ma
wko stood thsxs eTses, wakA sass daas
light in his eye. RsR@ish, 0au Ii give
bsek ay hoaoSp Lsoex, -, pFisaes saaa
svar the wares, sits George N asAlnsse
telling TO his eemgAdes tie paeasaas v
ryog the sikhs yssRss was.s~shere III ]
In roval hall sits George of Engiama .
he wsiling In his idiotie voice tha loss
De his colonies. And hare sd l--~I--4w
- was the Hrst 10 raise shs aag oE fFt
Iss aon, ths Afss 10 strike The bl0w aEail
sn shas King.-hare am ] dying liks ass
al The sws-stsisken peaaeheR ssass
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: whils~-khRoh--Ehrob--- -sAEeA- beat
..w asmah-waaon in she shattered wal.
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