The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-06-03

ways to be found among he volunteers Tor any
4 desperate service i ~ many = fierce charge
/ lie led the van with his bright, fair hair elikei
ltering goldenly in the sunlight, and a blue
CLINT In his eyes. He was never wounded
Nothing happened to disable him from his
duty He had refusedswel1 earned pr0m0fio6,a -
and once when a true comrade, who's marchesBd
always at his side, had asked him the reason
Why, he sadly answered; Because shall p bss,
IT thought you volunteered for three years.
[ had heard that you came 10 the place of
nine month S man. but that you chose ID enlist
for the longer time and join an old regimenEisfo
/ There waS no answer to the enquiring tone
which M question OF his remarks,
and Stephen Chase who understood his com
rade too wellfo press the point, was as much
He comprehcnded it all better tbs night
before fredericksburg. They set together, on
a stone little way from the tent For a while -
they both had been thinking silently what the
dawning was to bring. 9 ~ S2tta sss5 a.
cit will be tough aght,ps Chase saidpat
lenShtn- aj sIltG9 sf}Il os-agse9 a3Hs Isl fEi3E3z
You may well say so. . Ash ThornyerefEd 4,
answered. 1t; is "a terrible responsibility TO n
assume that of leading men to such certain de-
struction; and yet, if we can but win the vic-
tory! There is hardly nian but would be-
willing 10 sell his life for that It is the only49
regret have in going in, that shall neEsrIiu
know which side conquers, Il, :; fsto-s;s
Nonsense, man; don't get blue after seeing u
so Iuch blood split as you have, and coming
out of so many BARD bouts scarless, s q t1s7s3s
: 'ItIwas not my time, hitherto. It Il n5W.z 3
L shall go ietet the fight more joyfuIy thanu6i
ever tired children vent home. I have only q
one wish If yeu pull through alive take care
of my body. I want to be buried at home, :
beside grave that was made last March Ia
the Westville cl urchyard. ~ You must send
me TO my flther-Davidl Thornyeroft, West. 81
vile, Conpee;ieut Here it is, written down -
for you Papers That I left at home, explains
i my wishes, viii be sufficient for the rest ~
+ His manner carried conviction at least of his is
own faith in his forawarning, but Stephen e
Chase tried t. shake it off. 4 a2 T,;s sz.. .;,
Il never knew presentimeEt to come true
in my liie,' he said, sturdily. You win talk
dvcr the battle field twenty fo1rsi from nov. 4
1,hornycreot only smiled, as he said: uslesssEis
DO sos promised vhat Iasked, stephsns7@ 81
VIII you sead my body to my father III j.
within your power to protect it p
Yes; for your satisfaction PROMISE shall Isa9
not bid you sood-by, tlioughlfgs.H 4rs'lsr54 I
.F They.were tollipg up the hill that fatal af
ternoon of.the next day, side by side. when
sud lchly ThornycroH looked round with kin.
ding eyes oshistcosnradeal Heqstfetched out
his hand withaai smile which thes other bwill
nsfer forgetif he iges till his hair is Kbths GO
q
ffhe next instant he fell heavily. A. reb-
el shot had given hin. his mortal ", und. ~ sI'
9; With exertions which would Eseeir half in1 shf
credible if [ would rclatc them. Ssephepsdf
Chase succeeded in getting him OF the fsll.ss5f
he was not dead and hope still lurked in his -
conrade's 1eart that ho mie hit yet live to tel
1t home the story of the war He did not 80
sPeak,o move, but faithful Saephea could %
eel the faint beating Of his heart. .si Sais zsr
lie did not die till the troops had gone back ser
across the .Rappahannock. lie belonged to =
livisi1n which went into the fight six thousand
strong, and went back at night with only ff: s9is
'eea hundred. He lay there with wounded g
round him--the thin ranks of which SO manyaaO
brave feet had marched f,rever Just ut daw-a,.r
nin, he looked up and met his friends eyes. :,
lie falterd fecbly: ass 1iFe2fs0
= A defeat, Stephen, lived TO know-vica-s ADJ
inns, not cQnquers I /
hen his face frightened with strange rao,,
lianc:, and he whispered softly that his /, a.
'riend could Ecarcely catch the words-whis- -
,cred as to some invisible auditor: ebIaas3l
I Yes, my darling, yes. Is esssa 5a4 nsed hzd
Ths next instant the flint heart, beat under 81
Stephen Chases hand was still - .d-..-t
They have buried him since then, beside the
grave where he knclt in the moonlight the
li.h ~ before he went away. Only foot of 2rI
arth between the two who l,ved each other.SR
. dearly. Is there so much Surly our dreams .sa,
u 1hS uic are uOt III vain. surely SUme-
vhfre in the heaven which is "anchored of
his world where sickness and sorrow never n90
ome and there are neither wars nor r1mors ofgszb
Ears ). somewhere in that still land of Peace mid
hey are tasting Of the cup Of joy which earth
enies them. -
T John Morgan, and John Morgan's wife and 'i'i
hildren, will speak the name of Ash Thorny- gld
raft all with reverent tenderness as benefits yaY
he memory Of one who is epshrincd in their -
eartS as saint and as deliverer We know
ot fo- what good end he and those who fell %
ii h.h m laid down their lives-God grant that
re may know hereaiter-that the seed soWpr
n tears wemay reap with exceeding great joy:
JOHN gPnGN1x's CuRIosITY The incor-- g
ig pie wsg, Lieut.. Derby, ralias John Phe- OF
TX, while attending theatre in San Franz nIeo
iseo, thought he saw a person with whom he &C.,
Iishcd to spclk, few seats ahead Of him in I,
rider to attract his attention, he requested 20
Gentleman in front to reach over and punch ioT1
i'm with his umbrella. Ipon the person,ifif7