The Lincoln County herald., 1869-04-22

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sssoas bess 10 we're, TOE thick sad Assvy
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What % exciting Zine there was then
All those men crowded around with hor.
rot h thsis fssss, aaxiosS n help, b:
scarcely able, % weak aud trembling we're
they. 10 oil The grosp, Johosy was Ii,
ealmsst, Tie most collected, sAsviaS 10
emotion, ssd vhils 10 terrible agony b.
vsitsd for then 70 taks out the cylinder
ssd sss hin free, 10 only occasionally 10,
qairsd II Il wss aisssss doss. When 90.
svsrsd IN 'hs s@snasivs, be qsis.ly val
tod, without Sigh Or complaint Il vas
nearly ten minutes hours TO The Door
sufferer, before tho heavy cylinder soald
b taken from IL place, aud Johsuy vas
liitsd In the arms Of slrong men and car.
ried to The houss.
Il was terrible sight to 80, - they
carried Elm gently along, that poo, leg
that would sever Aslp hin 90 about any
more hanging dovs IN bloody pieces,
held together By ssrips Of assh or skia
he bad not ssen il Jet. asd when he in-
quirsd II his leg would have 70 b taken
of, not one could master strength 70 tell
the truth. bat 10 ed pity soe.hissly sss.
vsrsd hey '.gusss not" PsrAsps As
read Il 10 their faces, or was determined
y know the worst at once, 20 leaning
ever - they carried him, he saw Il all |;
but saw no simil,tuds Of tho useful nom.
Der that had always done such service
until now, and with the aid Of which hs
had hoped 70 run, In time not very dis
taut 70 meet his dear old parents, and
welcome them to his adopted land.
No thought nov Of himself, Of posi-.
bic death, or . weary life Of .dscrepitude
If he survived, those thoughts never
would have broken him down, but his
6rst thought and words were Of the loved
ones 90 cruelty deprived Of his sustaining
hand, and ia broken accents he sobbed
out, "Oh, my poor father and mother"
And be cried ss all such persons
CRY when they once give way, convul-
sivsly. Do you wonder that tsars were
10 those strong mems eyes. and they
dared not look each other IN the face, for
fear Of showing wsakuessi Women
would have sobbsd aloud In sinesrs SYN.
psthy, but they, msu.liks, ehoksd down
tho rising sobs, and 90 preserved their
dignity. -... 5..
They carefully laid him in bis bed,
and sadly vent back 70 their work again,
sick d heart Of thrsshing; for not oil
the hustle Of their busy work, could shut
out the sights Of that sad morning.
Reader. but little more remains to b
told. Probably you have guessed from
the 6rst what the end would bs. This
jewel 10 homely caskst did not remain to
b marrsd and sullied BY rough contact
with the world. Ere the setting Of the
son, this good son, this manly boy, this
real hero (uo myth Of imssination) who,
could endure such . shock v ith fortiudes
until hs realized that his loved parents
hopes would be crushed, and then gave
way to grief only for them; whose I'M.
told bodily suffering wss quite swallowed
up In sadness and sickness at heart for
their loss, vas freed from oil pain and at
rest. At moru-strong and with ~ good
chance Of life - you or a. present t-at
eve, be had lifted tho invisible curtain,
invisible, though 90 near our feet often
brush it, folds between the two worlds,
and passed out Of mortal sight forever.
Obi poor old mother waiting il far
Of Germany for the summons to embark,
for the adopted homo Of your darling, |
when you have hoped against hope, year
after year, and at last given up ip despair,
and laid down to arise NO more /; when
the death dew ID gathering on the poor
old brow, and the invisible throug are
ready to bear your spirit o'st the dsrk Va.
tsrs, how listls you'll dream that al last,
the barge and The boatmen have come to
'sts you 70 Johhny.
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