The old flag. [volume] (Philippi, W. Va.) 1861-18??, 1869-04-07
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selves. This wa IA tho event
abe needed. And Alt dyaity Of her
ancestral breed,-A sauine kings
flowing ~ without az cross from
him that was tho prtdo wealth of the
whole tribo Of delcrS 81 Sc1s, expressed
itself In her. I neM Nsy that I shared
her mood IsympAIhiaSnh her every utep.
I entered Into all hSr - humon. I pat.
tod her neck and Epof ring and cheer.
ful words to her. ca her my beauty.
my pride g. my pct hd did she not
Why that listening es3iurned back to
catch my eoftest WhisHu; why the 70
sponaive CULVER thro1A tho frame, and
tho low, happy neisf7a Well I az.
claimed a. 7 1eepcd Hom her back a,
tho clooe OF tia reyisw, -alAsl that
words spoken In Highest mood should
portend 10 much well. Gulna,c
II you should die. ypM nfs has had is
triumph. The nation, ftselk through lis
your beauty. and death can never rob you
OF your fame And 7 potted her moist
neck and foam. hecked shoulders, while
tho srooms wero buy with head and
'' aTAa. nigh. our sr3e.d. made it. biv.
o1ao inst over Long Bbdge, on the iden,i-
cal spot where four years before | had
cAmped my company. OF three months
volunteer With what experiences of
march and battle wGEe those four years
oiled For three Of these years Guinnre
had been my eon.taus companion. With
mo she had shared mytent and not rarely
my ndons, for In appetite sho was truly
human, and my steward always counted
her a. one Of our mesa Twice hsd she
been wounded-onco Mt Fredericktburg.
through tho thigh: and once at Cold
Harbor. whore pieca OF shell tore away
= part Of her scalp. 20 completely did It
stun her, that for soroS moments thought
her dead, but to rayA5eat Joy she shortly
recovered her oeHsSA had the wound
ss5Sfal5x assssss 800 surgeon:
with mo eAdsS 2unh 20 nicely
united that tPEpE With diflculty
detect tho light as usual, she
lay st my Tds9 ead almost touching
mine Never befn7e7 unless when on a
raid and In face OF Up enemy. had seen
her 30 uneasy. HeG movements during
the night mpelledswakefulncs, On nv
part Tho sky Waa SlsudIess, and in tho
dim light lay and watched her. Now
she would stretch EsEIelf At full length,
and rub her head ona3he ground Then
she would start upland. sitting ON her
launches, like does9ift one fore Leg and
paw her neck and ea1a Anon she would
rise To her feet and afSke herself, walk of
. foW rods, return ia lie down again by
my slda- ! did noshnow WIN, 10 make
OF II, unless tho e1f3tement of The day
had been too nmGA for her sensitive
nervea- 1fpoke u E5r kindly and petled
her. In response the would rub her nose
against me, and lick fmy hand with her
tongue peculia1 H5bit OF hers-like a
dog; A. WA pss1g my hand over her
head, dtecovGed tss II wan hot, and the
thought Of tho old z1pd hAshed into my
mind, with nomorSiIJ fear that some.
| thing might DO about her brain, but
| After thinklB6 1t ove4 dismissed II as in
credible. Bill WIZ alarmed. knew
that something wEe @aiE,, aud rejoIccd
at tho thought that ebonld soon DO at
homo whero ahe oos have quiet, and, IL
need be, tbs best oi1Etng. At len 9Th
tina morning dAwna1d the marc and
took our last meal sher on Southern
eoil-the last we e1eok together. The
brigade vas torn,e limo for tho last
Tins, and ~ rodon the front to re-
WOW tho boys, che ed with all her old
battle grace and Only now and
then, BY shake head was l re.
minded OF her sring the night.
said few woEdS foHs1 TO the mon
whom had led ssa 10 battle, with
whom had ehag mot . few, and
BY whom, a. 70 think, was
loved, and thea Q voice slightly
unsteady, tho Eat they would
ever recsivo fEfgsde, Atten.
tiop, HssaFa seph Ranks'
'tEey Esy9 fae, and
then, with sh5 and oven
moro powsF, fR Gulnare.
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