Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-10

| The winter rolled by slowh, and h,
1 diasnot die. Sometimes ] would feel /,
v1ld hope that he might recover, an(
he would Zee it shining in nv ewes. anl
would smile and shake his head in am,
swer to the unspoken thought.
In the spring." he said. very otter
=" IN the spring, shall die"
The spring came too soon. The rob
! ins began to sing in the sunshine--the
Starring came to his old. nest in the an.
ple tree by the wall Sometimes Frank
would bid me open the window so that
he could hear the plainfive notes of the
bluebirds and the twitter Of the spar.
rows under the caves. Wrapped in
heavy shawls, and sitting in his great
arm chair, he would gaze ont the win
dow with his dreamy blue eyes till he
seemed to forget that was there.
"They are getting ready" he would
murmur. 81 shall hear from them
| soon. sfll1--s
1 thought he was talking of the
angels. 4 ne .
. What do you see out t,sere, Captain
Frank ?" asked DIR. Thomas, one such
day, as he entered the room.
:" am looking southwark Z" wbis-
pered Frank. "There will be grand
news from the front very soon. That is
what am waiting for" a
Then we understood him. The win
dow looks toward the south, and COM
mands view of the road leading to
the village, ten miles away. And il was
there he sat when he died. You must
know that here on the Heights we get
the news bat once week. We are on
nc high road where travellers pass. The
half dozen farmers who live on the
Heights with us, like us, go to the vii
lage on Saturdays, the common market
day. Then we get the weekly news
paper, which is issued in the village on
Friday morning, and contains all of the
events of the week that is past.
Frank slept none on Thursday night,
and Friday morning early he asked that
Philip be sent to the village for the
Republican.
1t was afternoon when Philip re-
turned. Frank sat by the open window,
gazing earnestly down the road. 1t was
a beautiful day. The air was balmy as
In June, and the birds were fying
about and 'twittering joyously in the
trees. Presently Philip came in sight
around a bend III the road. He was way.
Ing The newspaper in the air, and
seemed to be shouting something. but
we could not hear. The orchard sbut
him from view minute after, and | ran |
down stairs to meet him at the gate and
get the Republican.
Hooray !" cried Philip. "vic-
tory! !"
l devoured the news with quick ewes |
and then ran up stairs to Frank. and |
knelt by his chair. s. t..,l ,r-l., : III |
"Iaear husband" said i, g the news
IS gid. Do you think you can bear
:" Mfy," said he, "I shall never be
'tronge4 than am this hour. 1t is NV
asst. Fsll me the good news. / have
waited lQng for it." &s
Amid my tears 1 read the news.
was evacuated and our
roops occupied it. jeff Davis was fy-
ng Tor his hfe, and Lees whole army
lad surrendered to Grant. An order
lad been issued to stop recruiting and
irafting. Peace had already dawned.
He listened with closed eyes. an ex-
preston OF unutterable happiness on his
White face.
Glory !" he murmured, when had
lone. "The night is past. Dear wife,
am happy now. 1 knew / should live
o see the dawn"
An hour later he passed away. sat
t his feet, clasping his hand in both of
zine, gsn stsIF
"Mary," he whispered, "you know
he legacy leave my boy. He is too
Dung to understand now, but as he !
rows up teach him its priceless value. I
he day will come when he will be
rouder to know that his father died
ne OF the martyrs in freedoms cause
han he would be if i had made him
cir TO millions. Twas a soldier, too
were the army blue !" Q
HIS breath came fainter and fainter {
lis hand grew lifeless in nv clasp.
hen he rose up in his chair, gazed !
18th brilliant eyes out at the window !
ward the south, waved his bony hand 9
the air, and fell back upon the cush,
ms. touched his cold forehead with
y trembling lips, and heard his last I
int whisper. a4p r'iaII = .
" Mary-don't forget IL wore the e
uel" And he was one of the many. 2