Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-05-27
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d wss conversing NOT long since, With
q Eetnrned volunteer. tt1 &ss5 =
/" was in the hospital 90 nurse, for a
long time" said be, sand assisted In sa-
king OF limbs and dressing all sorts OF
wounds but the hardest thingf ever
done was TO take my thumb or 4 mans
leg" s.t,aa, sa' .rszsyosg.t s.is d
"Ah '' said |, show was that Then
he told :@4'@ -''t
''it vas a young man who had q Sc
Eere wound in the thigh. The ball pass-
ed completely thEoagh a@d yamputasiot,
was necessary, The limb qwas cat OF
close up TO the body, the arteries takef,
ap aBd be seemed to be doing WE'LL
subsequently one Of tia sasH arteries
sloaghed Of. An incisiaa was made and
i was taken up. III is well it vas nos
the main artery said the surgeon, as be
performed the operation the might have
blsd TO death before 1t could have. been
taken up Bue Charley got on finely,
and was favorits With Us sIl. -
al was l:.ssiug through the yard, one
night, @.oout midnight, when suddeuIy,
as was passing Oharley's bed, BIZ spoke
to me .Hr-7-, my leg is bleeding
again threw back the led nloahes,
and the blood spirited in the air. The
main artery had sloughed of.
'tFortuuasely knew just what 70 do,
ana iar ran instant bad pressed u5y thumb
on the place and stopped the bleediag.--
IL vas so close to the body that there was
barely Tuom for my thumb, but I sue
ceeded in keeping It there, and, aTousiar
one OF she. couvaleseents, sens him for the
surgeon, who came in on the run. I an
SO thankful h said he, as be saw
ns, "that yGu were up and knew what
70 do. far be muas have bled 70 death be.
fore could hare got hare" ssSs
"Bat on examination of the case, be
locked exceedingly serious, and sent out
fer othHr surgeons. All came who were
within Fsaeh, and o consultation was
held over the poor fellow, One eonelu.
sion was reached by ali. There was no
place 20 work save the spot where nv
shanh was plsced /; they could not work
under my shuRb, and if | moved it, he
would bleed to death before the arseyy
could be taken up. There. was no way
to save his life.
''Poor lGharleys He was very calm
when thag told him, and requested that
bis brother who was in the same howui.
tai, might be called up, .,.
He came and sat down by the bedside,
and tor three hours stood, and by the
pressure OF my thanb kept ap tie life of
Charley, while the brothers bad. kheir
last conversation on earth. IL was
strange place for me to be left in, to feel
that | Geld the life Of fellow mortal in
my bands, IS is we're, and stranger vet,
that an act of mine must cause that life
70 depart forever. Loving the poor fsl
low as did, it was a hard thought: bal
there was 80 alternative.
The last words were spoken. Char
ley had arranged all his business affairs,
and sent tender messages 70 absent ones,
VINO Eittfe dreamed their absent one stood
80 near to she grave. The tears filed nv
syes mere than ones rs listened to those
parting words. All were sad and he
turned TO me. sNow IL, 4 xusss
you bad better take your thumb egf.,-l
sOh, Uharlsys how cen ?'' said H.
Bat ia snass be, you know be replfesi
cheerfully. q shaak yoa vary mash for
your kindness, and now, good bys.' Il
sHe turned away his head, raised nav
thumb, once mora the life current gushed
forth, and In shrss minutes poor Char
ley was dead s -sa 4