The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-06-22

dat voe wishful fer to see me +
didn't know what business NO
'ooman he'd wild me. but ! to!e him
to send her in.i So she coined in,s
An sat down on do odder end oh de-
bench but I didn't take no notice
OBJ her. I knowed ifshe had any
word ter say she would say it
witiout me AKIN her. kase when
a woman has got anything ter say
dey can't hole IA long widout sayin
It. Dey'd bust 1t deya couldn't
talk, sho's truf. SO I sot dar, and
she sot dar; but 'peared like she
wor mighty oneasy, and bimeby
she kin O. riz mp =, little. snd she
say, Henry! Den I look roun. fer
! wonder what CONAN wor callin
my name like dat, an when l
caught de fust blush Oh her face,
den kno wed ller, She wof>ol'es
an I wor oil er dan We we're twenty
year ago, hut she wor Nancy and
] wor Henry all de same.
How did you know Uncle Henry
was here? l asked her.
Aud then I learned how truth is
stranger than fiction, and how all
powerful is faithful love.
Washington was the Mecca of the
freedmen. Hither they focked
expecting not o',ly freedom and
accompanying blessings. but re-
union with those who had been
separated from them years before
In this hope Aunt Nancy came
and found employment in one oI
the hospitals, where for nearly
two years she worked, CONSTANT y
hunting and inquiring for the hus-
band. between whom and ihersel'
rolled such a gulf of years tha
each would hardly know the otheI
whea they met. Then came the
winter of 1866 ,'66, when the small
pox ragged in Washington. Th'
Kalorama, the smallpox hospital
Was crowded to overfowing, ant
an advertisement for nurses ap
peared in the daily papers. Aun
Nancy offered her services, and al
ambulance was sent to take her t.
the Kalorama. On the way, th
driver socially inclined, spoke Q
the people and doings at Campbell
hospital, where he and the ambu
lance belonged. and at last men
toned the name of Henry Dodsor
Said be. l never saw anythin
act like that woman. She jus
gave q screech, aud tumbled o
her knees in the ambulance, an
went to crying and praying, an
calling Henry, till I thought sh
had gone stark, staving mad. Al
irving at last at comprehensive
Of the case he turned his horse.
heads toward Campbell Hospit.
aud there the two faithful hear,
by man put asunder, were ono
more Joined together.
Uncle Henry had been mad
wsrdmaster Of No. 8 Two roou
in the hospital had been given hin
and here the old couple took Il
thread of life that had clipped fro
their hands twenty years befor.
Their manner toward each 9th,
was beautiful to witness; on b
part such unvarying Difference; {
his such perferct gentlenees. 81
did nothing without consultiu
him, and his usual answer was
Berry welt Nancy, hab your wisl
I has no objections / alters trus
to your lsdyshlp ter do everythil
ladyfied an proper, becomin Il
wife oh 8 preacher ob de gospil
Uncle Henry was q preacher
well ~ pirate, though his serma1
were not modified after Princet,
or Audover school, his praye
supremely beautiful; and never q
he omi: q petition for parlicul
blessing onto de top OBJ Gen.
Sherman's head, On onto de top
Gin'ral Howard's head, an or
de tops Oh de heads ob all dar t.
families. q
Four years of happiness We
given to them after their reunio
aud then Uncle Henry laid do
upon the bed from which he v
to rise no more He never utter
a complaint or expressed vi
for anything different, but n
those who visi.ed him with the {
peaceful smile ana cheerful wor'
To one who went to bid him got
by before leaving town, he sal
l doubts about seein you aga
honey. Pears like Use nearly do
wid dis ole frame an il twar