The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-03-15

tIc DlO5SOn.
She was on her way to Wash
ington, to ask President Lincoln
for her brothers life. She had
} brought Benuic's letter with her
no good, kind heart like tho Prcsi.
dents could refuse to be melted
by it.
! The next morning thay reached
New York, and the conductor
found suitable company for Bios
som. and hurried her on to Wash.
ington. Every minute now might
he q year in her brothers life
And 80 in an incredibly short time,
Blossom reached tho Capitol and
was hurried ut once to the White
House.
The President had just seated
himself to the morning task of
looking over and signing impor.
tant papers, when, without one
word of Announcement, the door
softly opened, and Blossom, with
her eyes down cast and folded
hands, stood before him.
"Well, my child" he said, in
his pleasant, CHEEKY tones, "what
do YOU want 50 bright and early
in the morning :"
"B nnie's life, please sir" fal.
tered Blossom.
"Bennio 4! Who is Bcnnie ~
"My brother, sir. They are
going to shoot him for sleeping at
his post"
"Oh, yes, said Mr.. Lincoln, as
ho ran his eye over the papers be.
ioro him 81 remember. 1t was n
fatal sleep. You see, my child, it
was time of special danger.
Thousands of lives might have
been lost through his culpablc
negligence"
$50 my father said" said Bios
som very gravely, "but poor Ben.
mic was SO tired, sir, and Jenny
SO weak. lie did the work of two,
sir, and it was Jemmy's night,
not his, but he was too tired"
"What is this you say, child 2
como here, | don't understand "
and the kind man caught eagerly,
us ever, at what seemed to be a
justification of an offence.
blossom went to him {; no put
his hand tenderly on her shoulder
and turned up tho pale, anxious
face toward his. How tall he
seemed, and he was President of
the United States, too A dim
thought Of this kind passed for
moment through Blossoms mind,
but she told her story now simply
and straightforward, and handed |
Mr.. Lincoln Bennie's letter to
read.
He read it carefully, then tax
ing up his pen, wrote n few hasty
lines and rang his bell.
Blossom heard this order, given.
"Send this dispatch at orce."
The President then turned to
the girl end said h: SEQ home my
child, and tell that father of yours,
who could approve his country's
sentence, even when it took the
life Of a child like that, that Abra.
ham Lincoln thinks the life far too
precious to be lost. Go back, or
wait until to morrow; Bennie |
will need change after he has so
bravely faced death I; he shall go
with you"
"God bless you, sir" said Bios
som; and who shall doubt that
God heard and registered the re- {
quest.
Two days after this interview |
,hc young soldier came to the
White House with his little sister.
He was called into the Presidents
private room, and n strap fastened
''upon the sh oulder," Mr.. Lincoln
said, "that could carry sick com.
rade's baggage and die for the act
10 uncomplainingly." Then Ben.
lie and Blossom took their way to {
heir Green Mountain home, and
,rowd gatherd at the Mill Depot a
o welcome them back, and farmer
OVENS tall head lowered above t
hem all, and as his hand grasped I
hat of his boy, Mr.. Allan heard n
lin say fervently, Ps the holiest v
blessing he could pronounce upon ,
lis child, "Just and true are all ii
hy ways, thou King Of Saints" ii
That night, Daisy and Drindle y
nd Bet came lowing home from /
he pasture, for they heard we'll b
,nown voice calling them at the {
ate as he pats his old pets, and y
ooks lovingly in their great brown @
yes, catches through the still ft
vening air his Puritan iather's gi
oico as he repeats to his happy In
,other these jubilant words - fir
Fear not, for | am with thee fe
ill bring thy seed from the East, Sc
nd will gather thee from the III
lest; / will say to the North Sc
We, and to the South, keep not m
ack bring my son from far, and hi
y daughters from the ends Of the m
nth, every one that is called by tri
y name, for / have created him to
= my glory; / have formed him, al
"a, | have made him." at
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