East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-05-26
Was yengeance so sweet

after all all ? / felt something warm
trickling from my shoulder, The day,
| light was gone again-how dark it was !
Forgive me, Dick" | murmured,
groping about for him with my hands.
| Then | was blind-then I was as cold
as ice-then l stumbled down an abyss,
and everything was black ...- +
!" The crisis is past-hc will recover, y
said strange voice. ..,....... /.
Thank God ! thank God y cried a
familiar one, .f........ ......,
opened my eyes. Where am 1!
How odd everything was. Rows of
beds stretching down long narrow
hall, bright with sunshine and women,
wearing white caps and peculiar dresses,
fitting to and fro with noiseless ac
tivity, which in my fearful weakness, it
tried me TO watch. My hand lay out
side the covers; it wns shadowy as a
skeletons. What has become of my
flesh ? Was / child or a man A
body or a spirit =? So light and fral did
| feel, began to think l was done with
material things altogether, and had been
subjected to some refining process, and
but now awakened to now existence.
But did they have beds in the other
world? L was looking lazily at the op
posite one. when some one took my
hand A face was bending over me. |
looked up into it with beating heart.
The golden sunshine was on ton the
fair, regular features, and the red lips
and the kindly blue eyes. '.''
Dick |" l gasped, where have you
been all these years ?"
"Weeks you mean," said Richard.
with the old smile. "But never mind
now. You are better, dear Rufus
you will live-we shall be happy to.
gether again"
1t was more woman's speech than
mans, but Dick had tender heart.
"Where am ?" asked still hazy.
"What is the matter with me ?"
Hospital in the first place." said
Richard-"typus in the second. You
were taken after that night at Freder.
icksburg"
1t broke upon me at once. / Iremem
bered that awful night could never,
never forget it again. Weak "a child
| covered my face and burst into tears.
Richard was on his knees by my side at
once.
~ was brute to recall it," he whis-
pered remorsefully; "do not think of
it, old boy--you must not excite your
self. 1t is all forgotten and forgiven
Forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass against us ~
prayed from my inmost heart.
."Those words have been in your
mouth night and day, ever since you
were TAKEN" sail my frieni.
lay silent, cogitating.
"Tell mo one thing, Dick" asked
are we in the North or ) outh ?"
North-in Philadelphia"
Then you are prisoner ?" [ said,
mournfully recalling his principles.
Not bit of it."
"What do you mean ?"
Richard laughed.
al have seen the error of my ways; |
have taken the oath of allegiance
When you are strong enough again. we
shall fight side by side"
"And the wound in your head ?" l
asked with emotion, looking up at his
bright. handsome face.
Don't mention it. 1t healed up
long ago"
"And the little drummer ?''
Richard bowed his head upon my
h and.
"Hc was found dead upon the field
Heaven bless him They said he died
praying, with his mothers name upon
his lips"
"Revere him as an angel !" I whis.
pered, grasping hun by the hand. :
But for his dying prayer we had yet
been enemies"
"Oh, Richard Gods grace is with
the simple aud pure of heart!''