Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-21

Never, from the hour when private
KIchar" noubIedick enlisted al Chatham,
had the private, corporal, sergeant
mayor, ensign, or lieutenant, breathed
MS III iISHC il''lie, OF 'he name "i Mary
i;i' ,ii'i'' Vi d "'i" VI si't 9'"'N "l ms
ne INT" any ear eAcep; MS fcc.tiihef )
ci"SeH lie hah liflhiV resolved That his
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"iN ~ liD' t'tc pr'''e '''at hi'" .",'S
s'o" Il "'et ms o'" "hti'Nc5 l" 4r' IL "e
rev lc'i'u N''ci ne W. 'Gau' that ne hau
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r.vrr,.d . mother. il |r..dn,,iy - ta'.,nad ',.
tn her 49, if IN hc, haE.aya".3, m .b' n,I
found a son. Durjny hi, ,rnv in Em~'
land the u,Iiet p,rdrn into wIiri, h, h.,J
! slowly and painfully crept, a stranger.
became the boundary OF his home when
he was able to rejoin III, regiment in the
| spring. he eft the garden, thinking, Wa,
this indeed the first time he had ever
turned his face toward the old cOlors
with wOman's blessing,
He ClIn,y.d ,ton, 50 ro,rro, g,
sc,,.r..d and ,.;,,,,.,',, ,,,,. f., ,l..,-
would scarcely huld d,no.,h.r-,n t,u.tr,.
Bras. and IiUnv II. stood h,sid. th,In
in an aytui s,iIIr.s. If many man
aL l,,.. .l a l.:I
wet June forenoon. Oh the field OF
| Waterloo. And down to that hour. the
| picture in hi, mind OF tn, French officer
had never been compared with the re-
aiiy.
! The famous regimen, was in action
early in ,h.. ha,tle and r.coIv,a il. fir,
check in many an .v.r,fnI y.,r vh..m b.
| wa, seen ,p fail Hut il sven, an to
ny.nr. him and l.It b.bird + no s,cb
| cr,a,Ir. IN Tho ynrId nr consciousness
=. I,i.ut Richard Douhled;ck
! Jhruugh nit. ot miro and po,Is -,
| rain. aiHur deen ditrhes oncr road.
that were 1,unI,.J md nIn,vaI ~ ninr.s
! hv ,rtilior, Lo.vv ,,,no,o ,r,t,,u ~
men and horse. and fia strrrrTa ot
every wheeled tbino that cnnlI carry
wound.I soldiers ;T,,.I a,omr ,bn Ly.
,uu ands,h. d.,1 80 di.i;,rmroI h,. hInHj
and mud Il, to be nardly recognizable
for humanity. undi,turhed hv the moan
lng OF men and the shricking ot horses
which, newly taken from the peaceful
! pursuits of lie. could not endure the
sight ot the stragglers lying by the way
side. never to resume their toil,omc
journey; dead. "a to any >enticnt lite
that wa, in it. and Vet alive: the form
that had been Lieut.. Richard DoubIcdIck.
with whose praises England rang. was
conveyed to Brussels, There, it was
tcnderiE laid down in hospital; and
there 1t lay. week after week. through
the long bright summer days, unit. the
harvest. spared by war. had ripcned and
was gathered in.
Over and over again, the sun rose and
! set upon the crowded city; over and
over again, the moonlight nights We're
quiet on The plains OF Waterloo; and all
that time was Il blank to what had been
Lieut.. Richard Doublcdick. Rejoicing
troops marched into brussels. and
marched out: brothers and fathers. sis
tcrS. mothers and wives came thronglng
! thither. drew their lots OF Joy or agony.
and departed; so many times a day the
bells rang; So many times the shadows
OF the great buildings changed; so many
lights >prang up at dusk SO many feet
passed here and there upon the pave
ments: SO many hour, of sleer and