Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-05-30

HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE.

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army In the West. desiring nl-o In come way
to emulate b. example oi solf-acriGc'ng
patriotism, volunteered her services rs a
nur-c in one OF the military hospitals Some
OF the incident. Of her experience she very
touchingly describes in q communication to
n Cincinnati rarcr;
On entering the hospital, ! found the at.
tending physician. DR. H., there. and intro
duccd myself.
Il hav. nothing to do ! said. and wan,
YOU to employ me. Can render any a..is.
nnce in any way'
.Ye-. maiam. Was his prompt rc'ponse.
III you will come in sometimes and pre-
pare something nouri.hine. and talk To-
them. to keep ,hcm in good spirits. wo shall
be very glad
Il shall certainly do 20. am glad can
be ot use
Ilaid a.ide bonne, and cloak. wi,hou,
further ceremony. and wen, to the .iete,,
man .aw.
How do you feel = asked, bending over
him.
Weak. ill-nigh 20 DEATH he replied.
81 pi,iful and full Of despair that fel, the
tear. .prine TO my eyes. ! sen, them hack
TO Their source. hosevcr. and spoke in a
full. firm. W, kind tone.
20. no. You are no, near death. You
are ~. sut you will not die. Uncle sam
ha. use Tor you yet. and 10 few day. you u
be up and ready to shoulder your mu.sc,
again. Don't you think .o7'
H.. eyes sparklcd in their deep sockets.
aud a mom'n,ary aush rose to his pale cheek
20. Il could only think so' Hut the
time drag. - slowly, and here ! lie useless,
helpless. keeping those who cbuld hsh, away
10 take err oi me
20, we'll. you needed little rect, any
way I aid. chcsrfully. Now ] want to
do something 10 cure you. D. you wan,
your face ha,hcd''
Yes. n IL !. not too much trouble. he
.aii eagerly.
No, hit. Now be easy. and I'll soon
have you feeling nicely
Ien,a bi.in Of water. combs, brushes.
and soap, and came back 10 him H.. large.
dark eyes rested With ehiIdlike pleasure on
NY face. a. I c,rrfuily bathed hi. lace and
hands. lie had grown - feeble that b,
could scarcely connect sentence without
p,usinr. and lay painting on hi. pillow from
tho slightest eIeriiOn. After bathing hi.
iac'. took the comb and Strengthened ou,
the .n,rlcd ma-se. Of long. black hair that
grew ,hickly over his brow. ! oon found
that Hines, hal made him childish. though
! at 6r., started At his childish bluntne...
You are mighty purity be aid. sudden
", and Tor nome1t "a no, know wha,
10 cay bu, then thought. may sccm to
him. poor fellow. and only smiled IN reply
= What's your name . he next asked.
- replied.
You ain'i married. are you?'
Yes, and my husbands gone to fsh,. A.
you did a, Fort Donel.on.'
%. dear, be -ald, frr,iul'y, nm sorry.
What dd you sc, married for? y yer
mind. III pu, u spider in his dumping
when gr, " II
With the las, words, n mi. 'hieyous light
broke over III. face. and hi. black eyes twink.
led laughed merrily at him, and he
seemed IN enjoy !, hugely Poor fellow (!
little enough anus ment be had. II hc
could amu.- himself a, my expense, would
have no objection.
Ny rrI, pa,ien, ws. an orphan boy. six
teen year. of age. Frank u. belonged to
Brcs's shsrpshoc'ers. and = hra''r hear,
never lea, in tic bosom Of mortal than that
whIch throbbei in he.
While bathing hi. face. I asked him wha,
induced him TO leave his home and friend.
ia Nebraska to come away and peril his lie
a, such an early age III. reply !. i.wor,ly
to be written by iha, Of the notle Nathan
Hale. who regretted having bu, one life to
otIer to HI. country lie .ail:
Il piped the army because was young
end strong. have hut one life, and that
would be worth nothing to me IL no: Of.
fered to my country
Noble boy How many more like him
have fallen willing sacrifices
The next day carried ba.te, Of apples,
oranges, p'c-. tea. etc. +. to the hospital. a.
I went IN. several Of tho men lifted their
heads. and nodded. pleasantly.
am glad you have come back, said
one and another thought 1t looked 90
homelike TO see a woman among them
My 'adn,rer' with the black eyes. cla'ped
nv hand when ! offered him IN orange. and
ki.sed il, gratefully.
II I live he said. I'm always pray
God To bless you. II l die, III watch over
you from heaven
Poor fellow lswonder if from that heav
en- to which hi. -pirit ha. flown he Is watch
ing over ms to night, rs Pen these lines!
Frankis's blue eyes greeted mc with u
glad smile before ] was near enough to speak
to him. When bent over and asked how
hs ielt. he answered me ch-criulIy, saying