Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1866-09-06

forsaken you, and from the depths o
this deep lruble you can still say, This
Maker Of aoll doeth well'.
"Yes yes, and for an instant theri
glimmered from his duh eyes spark o
the old controversial fire-''yon dom
suppose that ] have held on 10 that anch
or when the skies were cloudIess, 0nC
the little waves just rocked my bark, lC
let 60 of it now-now, when the great
waves and bill0ws are going over me, dc
you I've planted il firm, and it dom
yield; no it don't yield, but the strain j.
terrible. God send it may-carry me into
port oh, Mr.. Allen, say il will. II has
seemed to me to day so dark, so wonder.
full, so inscrutable, that he-my Benpie
Mr.. Allen, there is good, wise purpose
behind it all. Can you see it 2" 20
ITO bring you nearer the kingdom. .
said the minister.
"OI, don't tell me that, Ican't bear it.
God is too wise He knows a hundred
such souls as mine are not worth one of
my Bennie's. / can suffer If / am 10
great a sinner for Gods grace to save.
but Bennle! Bennie!! have sat here all
day, since The news came, wondering,
wondering; be was so good son, -
and Mr.. Owens voice grew almost mar
ticulate in its emotion. such dear, pre-
cious noble boy thought, when gave
him 70 his country, that not father in
all the broad land made so precious a
gift-no, not one. God forgive me if
nv grief is a sin. Mr.. Allen, the dear
boy only slept minute, just one little
minute, at his post; | know that was ali,
for Bennie never dozed over duty. How
prompt aud reliable he wasp and Mr..
Ovens ere wandered out over :, the
brown fields. with such a perpiexed,
wondering. look. IL know he only fell
off one little second he wa9 so young,
and not strong, that boy of mine why,
he was as tall as l, and only eighteen 1!
and now they shot him because be was
found asleep when doing sentinel duty"
Mr., Owen repeated these words very
Slowly, as if endeyoring to find out The
true meaning Twenty. four hours, the
telegraph said-only twenty.fonr hours.
Where is, Bennie now !,'
"We will hope with his Heavenly
Father" said Mr.. Allen, soothingIy.,.
"Yes, yes, let US hope God is. very
mercifui, and Bennie was so good do
not mean holy" he said, correcting him
self sharply "there is'no one holy-no,
not one but Jesus died for sinners.
Mr.. Allen tell me that. Oh, Benniei!
Bennie 70 H 7au H,aa ?
The mother raising herself as she
heard his name called, and, turning,
said with a smile: ''Don't call 90 loud,
father. Bennie is not far off; he will
soon come" aari Z&) 4tE "
"God laid his hand on them both,
said Mr.. Owen, pointing to her, without
making any direct reply. 'She has not
been Justly herself~slnce. 1t is mercifnl
thing she is sort of stunned, it seems to
me she makes no wall Poor mother
if my heart was not broken 1t would al
most kill me to see her so. Bennie was
her idol / told her often, Gcd had said
Though shall have no otaer gods before
me-" aB b3 -iao
Mr.. Allen looked in astonishment al
he bowed man as be came and stood be-
.ore him, These few hours had done
he work Of years The sinewy frame
vas tonering, the eyes were dimmed,
md the sudden sorrow had written aitss
elf in deep wrinkles all over his manly
ACE. He recognized the power of the
great kind heart, simple and almost
:hildlike in its innocent, clinging affect
on; how could this be reconeiIed with
he stern, strong head-the head to the
common Observers outlined the character
# the man2 God have mercy on you;
He is trying you in furnace seven
lines heated be exclaimed, almost In
10y .f..,
Il should be ashamed. fatherI'' be
.aid, when l am a man, to think never
lsed this great right arm m'-and he held
l out so proudly before me-'for my
when It needed 1t. Palsy il,
.alher, than keep il al the plow.
Go, Bennie, then go, my boy, said,
ind God keep you, God has kept him,
thlnk, Mr.. Allen p and the farmer re-
,eated these last werds slowly, as if, in
;pite Of his head, his heart doubted them,
Like the apple of his eye. Mr.. Owen,
doubted it notp
Blossom had sat near them listening
yith blanched cheek. She had not shed
/ tear today, and the terror in her face
lad been so very still no one had noticed
L. She had occupied herself mechanic
ally in The household cares, which her
condition deFoIyed entirely upon
ler. Now she answered gentle TAP at
he kitchen door, opening it to receive
from a neighbor's hand a letter. IL is
rom him. was all she said,
Twas like a message from the dead.
Mr.. Owen could not break the seal for
his trembling fingers. and heldsittOwards
Mr., Allen, with the hslplessness Of "A
;hiId.
The minister opened it, and, obedient
70 a motion from the father, read as
follows ebsH - 81 s7s saza5f Z HI
Dear Father: When thias reaches you
shall be in eternity, Atfrst. i seem
ed awful to me but Ihave thought about
il so much now thai it has no terror.
They say they wi not bind me, bnl that
[ may meet my death like a man. ]
thought, father, II might have been on
the battle feld, for my courty, and that,
when l felt, il would be fighting glorious.
ly; bat to be shot down like a.dgg for