Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-11-18

S"nS 'nio "oJ' Aow Pfetty itis' \look-
ing admiripgly at the pink borde); II
should like to carry that home. Where
did she get it9' "Oh, she hada box Of
treasures from home last night" II ex.
pect she's pretty busy now; she's got |
some pretty sick boys down there in her
ward, hasn't she ?' They are all do
ing we'll now" And move on quickly
lest some closer question should betray
the fact that she sat up till one with her
sickest patient, and on entering the room
this morning found only the empty bed.
stead.
did you relish your tomatoes this
morning, Scott9 l thought they we're
quite fresh" Yes; but you may put
in little more cayenne pepper next time
you cook them" The general loves
pepper; fery-haired people always do
says the nurse laughing. This to a
young man half-leaning on the right ell
bow, with pile Of pillows behind him,
the left foot drawn up and propped by
half-a-dozen cuuhiens and pads. The
freckled face is lit by pair Of clear.
blue. unconquerable-l looking eyes, and
the lips smile, but rarely speak. Those
tomatoes came from Maine The lady
who sent them has a husband. in the
Gulf department, commander Of regi-
ment, helping you western men to open
the Mississippi. She will be pleased to
know you like the fruits of her garden. -
He smiles grimly, too busy to speak just
now, looking down into an ugly hole in
the ankle, where mass of decayed flesh
is being spongcd out, showing the tendons
and bone. +" / see these cushions are soak
ed through and through with the water
dripping on it, except those two covered
with rubber cloth and oiled silk. Never
mind, there are hundreds of hands at
home glad Of chance to send more to
the soldiers who fight for them" He
smiles again. Those eyes always smiled
when spoken to, then when the face was
twisted with, pain from the time he was
brought in, four days after the battle,
with bell which had been 8 times prob
ed for, lodged in the back Of the dark.
purple. enormously swollen ankle. 1t
was what is called an iutererting case. "
81 should try while longer to save that
foot" said the surgeon with an anxious
face when he saw it, and added in an
aside to me, see that he has nourishing
broth; I'm thinking he'll be likely to
need stimulents by and BY" Two days
after l called his notice to the fact | had
just discovered, that our patient was eat
ing a bowl Of somewhat substantial soup
placed by mistake in his hands, with an
appearance of of infinite relish, "Nev-
er mind" he said watching his enjoyment
with evident sympathy, hell need all
the nourishment he can get"
He came to needing the stimulants
The bullet was got out at last; water kept
dripping on il too sooth the anguish. till
the erysipclas that got into it was checked
the inflammation seduced from above the
knee to some distance below it, the large
hole in the ankle (if told you how large
it was you would cry out impossible !')
began to gil up with healthy granulations.
How proud we nurses were Of the appa-
rent success! Though all this those blue
eyes shone unconquerable. So did the
lyons name that crowned his head, resis.
ting every coaxing attempt to make it
stay smooth.
At this time l left the ward. When ]
saw it again the hole was fast filling up
but one bone Of the leg being perforated
by the ball, had separated itself from the
Joint and the foot hung helpless weight.
In one of our frequent clcarings out to
receive fresh patients. he was sent to a
northern hospital. Whether he bore the
sorrows Of amputation, and now reioiccs
in one Of Palmer's blessed inventions, OF
whether he still carries about useless
burden, have never heard I; but | do not
doubt that he still maintains the same i'm
perturable courage which won him the
t;tlc of general during those weeks of an-