The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-27

upon Ills ldC6, SLdSpLHS IlSHbIy VIC manu-
of an old colored woman who sat beside
him. She rose at my approach, and he
said: Nancy, dis is de lady dat spoke
ter you OBJ. Make yer respects ter her"
Then with a half shyness, infinitely beau
tiful and touching, he looked up at me.
81 sposs," he said, "dat some folks 'ud
won'er what sees in dis ole CONAN ter
fink SO much OBJ but dey looks at her, an'
dey jes' sees a wrinkled ole CONAN but
I looks at her, an I sees my wife, OATS
be n true ter me all desc many years"
Then he told the story of their meeting.
81 wor settin' on de bench by de winder,
an man come in an say dar wor 90
man outside dat wor wishful ter see me.
I didn't know what business no ooman
he'd wild me, butt tole him ter SEN her
in. So she coined in, an sot down d.
oder en- o. de. bench but I didn't take
no notice OBJ her I knowed eff she he'd
any word ter say she'd say it widout me
akin her; 'kase when women's got any
ting ter say dey can't .hol' in long widout
sayin' it. Dey'd bust, eff dey couldn't
talk. sho's trufe, SO I sot dar, an she sot
dar.; but 'peared like she wor mighty or
easy, an bimeby she kin o riz up little,
an she say, ''Henryr Den I look roun',
fer I won'er what CONAN wor CALM my
name like dat /; an when caught de fus'
blush oh her face, den I knowed her She
wor ol'er an wor oler dan we wor TWEEN
ty year ago; but she wor Nancy, an I
wor Henry all de same. " 1911
Glow did you know that Unclo Henry
was here 2" I asked her. -"
And then learned how 'ttruth is stran
erg than fiction and how all powerful is
faithful love.
Washington was the Mecca Of the freed
men. Hitler they fiocked, expecting not
only freedom and it's accom- panying bless
ings, but reunion with those who had been
separated from them years before. In
this hope Aunt Nancy came, and found
EN- pioymentin one of the hospitals, where
for nearly two years she worked, constant
ly searching and inquiring for the hus-
band, between whom and herself rolled
such gulf Of years that each would hard
ly know the other when they met. Then
came the winter of 1865 -'66, when the
smallpox ragged in Washington. The Kal
Drama, the smallpox hos pital, was crowd
ed to OVERLOOKING, and an advertisement
for nurses appeared in the daily papers
Aunt Nancy offered her Services, and an
ambulance was sent to take her to the
.Kalorama.a On the way, the driver, So
cially inclined, spoke of people and do
iugs at Campbell Hospital, where he and
the ambulance belonged, and at last men
toned the name of Henry Dodson. Said
he: 81 never saw anything act like that
woman. She just gave screech, and
tumbled on her knees in the ambulance,
and went to praying and crying and
calling Henry till I thought she was
gone stark, staring mad" Arriving at
last at a comprehension of the case he
turned his horses heads toward Campbell
Hospital and there the two faithful hearts
by man "put asunder," were once more
COINED together" .,...
Uncle Henry had been madegWard-
master of mo. 3. !" Two rooms in the
hospital were given to him, and here the
old couple took up the thread of life that
had slipped from their hands twenty
years before. Their manner to each other
was beautiful to witness on her part such
unvarying Difference on his such perfect
gentleness. She did nothing without con-
sulting him, and his, usual answer was {:
Berry well, Nancy, hab yer wish. has
no objections. | alters trusts ter yer lady
ship ter do e5erything ladyfed an prop
er, becomin' de wife OBJ preacher OBJ de
Gospill :"
For Uncle Henry was preacher as well
as pirate /; and though his sermons were
not modelled after either the Princeton or
Andover School, his prayers were supreme
ly beautiful; and never did he omit pc
tition for "a particular blessin' onto de
top O Gin'ral Sherman's head, an onto de
top O Gin'ral Howard 8 head, an onto de
tops O. de heads oh all dar two families"
-Four years of happiness were given to
them after their reunion, and then Uncle
Henry laid down upon the bed from
which he was to rise no more. He never
uttered a complaint, or expressed wish
for anything different, but met those who
visited him, with the old peaceful smile
and cheerful words. To one who went to
bid him good bye before leaving town, he
said; Il doubts bout SEEM yoC again,
honey.rt.'P Pears like Use nearly done wild
dis ole frame, an eff 'twaren't fer Nancy,
I'd be glad but its hard fer her ter be
let SO Lonesome again. But | ain poWays
troubled. Use settin' top o de Lords
will, an eff he luff me heah a wIile Ion :
ger, or eff he take me ter hisse'f o-night,
[ has no word ter say"
! The ''old frame" was indeed nearly
done with, and with the waning summer
General Sherman's Pirate" went to his
rest. ea.sav It'll .1-,s.-i ,'t.Aa
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The price and demand for Pennsylvania
iron has not been SO great since the war as.
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An International Congress of old Catholics
will be opened in Vienna on the 18th of next;
August. ~- 80, ~,
Gold was recently discovered in Minnesota
at 1epth Oils feet, while sinking a shaft
for coal. eBl6J 54 81. &a1 gFRA K es.t.,l