Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-05-21

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dark lashes? And-oh, they come
Stealing under the lids, down the
pale cheeks, through the thin fingers
sinking softly into the pillow.
Come, let your brown hair just lighted with gold,
Fall on your shoulders again as of old;
Let it fall over forehead tonight
Shading my faint eyes away from the light.
For with Its sunny-edged shadows once more
HAPPY Will throng the sweet visions of yore;
Lovingly softly, its bright bows weep,
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.
Still the tears came. Silently,
steadily. Great warm, refreshing
tears, that had long refused to flow.
My voice was very unsteady as l be-
gan the last verse:
Mother dear mother, the years have been long
Since last listened to thy lullaby song;
Sing then and unto my soul it shall seem
Womanhood's years have been only dream.
Clasped to thine arms in loving embrace,
With thy light lashes just sweeping my face.
Never hereafter to wake to weep.
Rock me 70 sreep, mother, rock me TO sleep.
| hardly dared stir lest I break the
spell, and | repeated the last verse
over and over again, though there
was no need, for the hand | held re-
laxed its hold and-she slept! Was
ever poem sent on a more direct
mission?
The sunset had faded into twilight,
/ heard the low tinkling of the COW
bells as the herd boy drove them
slowly homeward. Some late bird
called to its mate from a neighbor-
tree. l rose softly to 90, and turn
ing, saw Mr.. G. standing in the door
way. The tears were in his eyes as
well, and look shone from their
honest depths that was not for me to
share. AS l passed him l whispered,
ssShe is safe" And she was.
BATTLEFIELD ROMANCE.
After the first days fight at Gettys
burg the writer was ordered to take
platoon of men and 90 over the
field to bury the dead and care for the
wounded. My first subject for burial
was young man of perhaps thirty
years, who did not die suddenly.
There was evidence of struggle,
and the torn fragments of letters ly-
ing around showed he had a secret
that he wished to die with him. But
the broken pieces of an old-fashioned
daguerreotype lying by his side gave
me curiosity to learn his name.
tore open the old frame that held the
picture he destroyed and found writ
ten on the pink paper inside my own
family name, that of young lady
living at Warrenton, S. G. Only her
name and address, written in a fem
mime hand. took the paper out
and placed it in my pocket-book,
burying the dead soldier where he lay.
On my way to Virginia l wrote the
young lady, inclosing the slip of
paper and describing the body. She
replied in due time, giving me the sad
information of her betrothal to the
young man. 1t was her picture he
had destroyed.
Our next was that of a Federal
cavalryman, APP acently dead, and
who was wearing an elegant pair of
boots. The guard under my command
were scattered over half mile of
territory. I noticed party of three
or four assembled around this caval-
ryman, apparently undecided as what
to do. / soon learned that they were
debating as to whether or not they
should take the boots or bury them
with him. At the moment of my
joining the squad they were disputing
over the spoils, when the matter was
brought to close by the dead caval
ryman himself. He had heard what
was said and in a sepulchral voice
asked that he be allowed decent bur-
ial with his boots on. AS he had to
all appearances risen from the dead
his request was unanimously granted.
We sent him comfortably to the hos
pital and hope he is alive to-day.
Our next work revealed to us a
sight, if possible, more touching than
anything war gives to us, the death
of little boy. He was dressed in
the full uniform of cavalryman and
as he lay he was dethroned statue
of Apollo. Beautiful as young
god, with face white and clear as a
girls, his right hand resting peace
fully across his breast and his left
hand holding his cap. Il. Walker
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