The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-09-25
KENOsEA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25 1862.


discharged he was 40 longer able to serv
his country
And now Hopeful is again sitting on his lit
tie bench in Mynheer Kordwaner's Titles hop
| pegging away at the coarse boots, singing tht
same glorious prophecy that we first heard hin
| singing. He has had but two troubles since
his return One is the lingering regret and
restlessnes that attends civil life after au ex-
| perience of the rough, independent life in camp
| The other trouble was when he first saw Chris
tina after his return. The loving warmth with
/ which she greeted him panied him; and when
| the worthy Herr considerably went out of the
room, leaving them alone he relapsed into
gloomy silence. At length, speaking rapidly,
| and with choked utterance,. he began .... az.
I Christie, you know love you now, as l al
ways have, better n all the world. But I'm q
cripple now--no account to nobcdy-just dead
| weight-an' don't want you, cause O. your
promise before l went away, to tie yourself to a
laed thatIl be drag on you all your life. That
contract-ah-prom lis hereby re-
pealed There 7 ags- aat
And he leaned his head upon his hands and
wept bitter tears, wrung by great agony from
his loving heart.
Christie gently laid her hand upon his should
er, and spoke slowly and calmly: a ba.
Hopeful, your soul was in that leg, was
1T would seem as if Hopeful had always tho't
that such was the case, and was just receiving
new light upon the subject he started up so
suddenly. .. -.......Fr ..f-
BY jing Christie!'
And he grasped her hand, and-but that is
another of those scenes that don't concern US at
all And Christie has promised next Christmas
to take the name, as she already has the heart.
ot.Tackett. Herr Kordwaner, too. has come to
the conclusion chat he wants partner, and on
the day of the wedding, new sign is to be put
up over new ana large shop, on which Co
will mean Hopeful Tackett In the mean time,
Hopeful hammers away Justify, meriily whistls-
ing and singing the praises Of the 'Banner.'-
Occasionally when he is resting,he will tender
y embrace his stump of leg, gently pattlng
and stroking it, and talking to it as to pet
If stranger is in the shop, he will hold it out
admiringly, and ask: '''
DO you know what l call that l call that
Hopeful Tackett-his mark, ..r t.
And it is mark-a mark of distinction-a
badge of honor, worn by many brave fellow
who has gone forth, borne and upheld by love
for the dear old flag, to suffer, to die if need be,
for it; won in the fierce contest, amid the clash
ing strokes of the steel aud the wild whistling
of bullets won by unfinchng nerve and IN
yielding muscle worn as a badge of the proud
est distinction an American can reach 1T these
lines come to one of those who have thus fought
and suffered--thoughh his sears were received in
some unnoticed. unpublished skirmish, though
official bulletins spoke nos Of him, though
fame shall never know his story'--let them
come as tribute to him; as Il token that he is
not forgotten that those that have been with
him through the trials and triumphs of the field,
remember him and the heroic couarge that won
for him ethose honorable scars and that while
life is left to them they will work and fight in
the same cause, cheerfully making the same
sacrifices, seeking no higher reward than to
take him by the hand and call him 'comrade,
and to share with him the proud consciousness
of duty done. Shoulder-straps and stars may
bring renown but he is no less a real hero,
who, with rifle and bay onei, throws himself in
to the breach, and, uninspired by hope Ct Off
cial notice, battles manfully for the right.
Hopeful Tackett, humble yet illustrious, a
hero for all time, we salute you.-- Continental
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