Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-11-20

The gambler sat moodily over
his bank, running the small
monte cards through his fingers,
and perhaps thinking of the
deed just perpetrated, when the
wounded man gave a moan of
agony as the doctors probe
reached the bottom of the wound.
The doctor inquired what State
he was from, and the wounded
man replied: .,s
EsFrom Vermont"
The gambler raised his head,
for it. had been a long time since
he had seen a person from the
home of his childhood, and, Yer
mont being the name Of his ma
tive State, the mere mention Of
the name interested him.
The doctor next inquired the
name Of the place where his par
ents resided, if he had any. The
wounded man replied:
montpelier"
The gambler sprang to his
feet, his limbs trembled, and his
face was pale as death, for Mont
pelier was the home of his youth,
and perhaps the wounded man
might have been his playmate in
childhood perhaps a school
mate-knew his parents, broth
ers and sisters, He clung con-
vulsively to the table, and, with
the contending emotions Of rapid
thought and the weight ofinjury
inflicted, he could scarcely keep
upon his feet.
A stimulant was given to the
wounded man, and he was mo-
mentarily relieved from that
weakness the body is so subject
to after a severe wound, when
the doctor inquired if there was
any friend in the city he wished
to send for.
'"Yes," he replied, "my wife.
She is at the City Hotel, ON the
corner of Clay and Kearney SITS.
Tell Mary to hasten, for l am
badly hurt"
A man was sent to bring his
wife.
Doctor" said the gambler,
"save that mans life, and there
is my bank and $4,000 in Bur-
goyne, and you shall have it
allw
The doctor felt the pulse of
the man, and probed the wound
anew. The gambler watched
him with the greatest anxiety
until the inspection was finished,
when the doctor shook his head
in token of impossibility.
The gambler sat by the side
of the wounded man-bathed
his head, and stanched the flow
of blood from his wound, until
the arrival of his wife. She
came, accompanied, by a few
friends, and as heroic women.
bear their misfortunes; she bore
hers. Not a word of reproach
passed her-words of cheerful
ness only passed her lips, as
tears coursed each other down
her cheeks. To her inquiry as
to the chances Of her husbands
recovery, the doctor assured her
there was no hope whatever.
that the wound was mortal, and
that in a few hours the wounded
man must die. She sank down
on her knees, and invoked the
mercy Of a forgiying God upon
her dying husband. and his mur-.
derer. tts
The gambler knelt at the side
of the wounded man, and asked
his forgiveness for the great
wrong he had committed, and
also that Of his afflicted wife,
which was readily granted. asa
"This," said he, ''is for diso-
beying the sacred injunction Of
my aged father and mother. I
have faced death a thousand
times, and still l have escaped;
the balls Of an enemy have
whistled past my ears as thick
as hailstones, and the bursting
bomb has exploded at my feet.
Still / have lived. o Godl and
for thisl High above the red
tide of battle / have, carried my
country's ensign, and that won
for me a name among men
LUban not ma cnrnrad dp was laff.