Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-11-21
fever in my life, and its not strange that


fever in my life, and its not strange that
shouldn't have known before
1t came all over me in minute, think.
Icouldnt shovel through. Nobody could
hear. might call, and might shout. BY
and by the fire would go out. Nancy would
not come. Nancy did not know. Nancy
and l should never kiss and make up now.
Il struck my arm out into the air, and shout
edout hN name, and yelled it. out. Then
I crawled out once more into tile drift.
/ tell you, Johnny,I was a stout-hearted
man, who'd never known fear could
freeze. could burn up there alone in the
horrid place with fever. could sta.ve. 1t
wasn't death nor awfulncss couldn't face,
.--not that, not that but loved her true, l
say,-l loved her true, and I'd spoken my
last words to her, my vsty best; I had left
her those to remember, day in and day out,
and year upon year, as long as she remem-
bered her husband, as long as she remember
ed anything. IL
think must have gone pretty nearly
| mad with the fever and the thinking. l
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mv n'au, ehou.ns ou' aS uiu peioie' anu :
.sii, ne'pioss neap' inso 'he corner a,'e,
'na' n'.ei s'nie' ~" many uays hau
gone' or how many nigh's' ! hao no more
no'ion 'hail 'ne aeau' knew Afterwards
| "heh l Anee 'how 1ney "al'eo anu eApec'-
ca aha 'aiked anu grew anxious ana sent
uo" lolie ~ see II was 'nefe' anu no"
'ne by, i.a' ~ a''ei' nv inassei apou' .ha'.
| used to scoop up little snow when
woke up from the stupors. The bread was
the other side OF the fire; could MT reach
round. Beauty eat it up one day; saw
her. Then the wood was used up. claw
ed out chips with my nails from the old rot
ten logs the shanty was made of, and kept
up little blaze. BY and by I could MT pull
any more. Then there were only some
Goals, then a little spark. blew at that
spark long while, IL had MT much breath
One night 1t went out, and the wind blew In.
One day opened my eyes, and Bess had
fallen down in the corner, dead and stiff.
Beauty had pushed out of the door some
how and gone. shut up my eyes. don't
think cared about seeing Bess, II can't re-
member very well.
Sometimes thought Nancy was there in
the plain shawl, walking round the ashes
where the spark went out. Then again /
thought Mary Ann was there, and Isaac, and
the baby. But they never were. used
to wonder if I wasn't dead, and hadn't made
a mistake about the place that was going
to. @a
One day there was noise. had heard
great many noises, 50 didn't take much
notice. 1t came up crunching on the snow
and didn't know but it Gabriel or some
body with his chariot Then thought more
likely II was wo1.
fretty soon looked up ana the dooi
was open; some men Were coming IN, and
woman. Won ohe was aneaa Oh them all spe
was sllc came IN WIN a great spring. ano
had my heaa against her neck, ana nef arm
holding me up, and her cheek down 10 mine'
Win her dear' sweet, warm preath all over
me; ana that was all knew'
"en' 'neic was pianuf' anu .neie was
lfe' anu 'here were oianhe's' anu 'neie mas
not water ana aont know "ha.' pu'
warmer than all tne rest ! iei' hef prea'n
against my cheea' anu ner arms ABOUT IN.
heck' ana her long nal'' winch she 'iae
wrapped AL ABOUT my nands. :,
90 ny anu py my voice came Nancy F!
saiu !.
~ doh u! SAID sne' anu lirs1 khew sii'
was crying
But Will, says L, torFl m sorry.