The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-02-07
THE Insane SOLDIER.
Z Sad Story.

The following touching relation is ex-
tracted from a private letter of Lieut.. Cul
Joseph H. UawIey, 7ih Connecticut, dated
Tybee Island December 29;h:
Poor Dolph! Do you know the Dolp'
that live near you? Well, their sen, who
belongs to Co. D, got news that his wife.
two children and sister had all died of
diphtherla. How he cried. Poor fellow
We comforted him all we could. spoke
pleasantly to him when we met and hop
ed he was getting along well | believe
he heard that his mother was sick, too
Somebody came to the supper table last
night and called for the doctor TO see a
crazy man, and soon after a man said that
Doiph wanted to sea me went to lis
tent. There were half dozen of his com
rades there. One dim candle, stuck in a
bottle, showed ne the ritles stacked around
the centre pole, the cartride boxes, bayon-
cts, and knapsacks. The ground was GOV
cred with the splendid long moss they had
pulled from the live oaks. Dolph sat squa,
upon the ground, his face and hands very
dirty, his fiagers constantly picking some
thing, his Dody moving. his head turning
wildly from one side to tie other, his
eyes dresdfully sweIled with Weeping
"llailo, Dolph how are yon ?'' And he
peerel np into my face, "Col, Hawley,'
said somebody Yes" said he, ''that is
Col. dawley,' and he took my hand with
q tight grip. FCol. IEawIey look at my
baby, my poor, sick baby" He hal a lit
tie pile of moss, and on it lag his cartrtdye
boz, carefully covered, all but one edge,
with his blanket. That was his baby =
AID he TUNED the blanket down as tend
erly as if the cartridge box were delicate
li,tle baby.
lie spoke l'r kenly an al in ervals, ard
wijh quick but mournfu voice Poor
baby-yery sick. Give baby some wa
ter And he leaned on one elbow and
eifectionateiy held a leaf up to the cart
ride box, as If baby would drink. IL
seemed to consider himself in his own
home, and The family sick but living, but
then lie would say WON, let me %
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onls} }-no-no-wou't let me 90 home :"
his hands constantly fdgeting over some
thing. Then he considered them all dead
and lie by their graves. Sister," and he
,a'o ms nan! do"h on one SIDE; baby,
"aodS down again TO mark each grave !;
oaoy -"i'e "0'"cF' VA, yes, mother IS
de"d-woh lei me 60 home. | Kept
his hand ten minutes aud sat down Ly him,
and pat my hand on his shoulder, and
tried to compel him to listen. | tod him
n's D'o'es were h@pPy ana his mother was
t"o' uea''-('S She '-ald II he would be
geod BOY AM! Sleep ana get well, lie
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