The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-13
That's All.

That's ALL
One night, when his stomach ha.
rebelled at the coarse fare Of the poor
house table, and no had been curses
and sneercd at and told that it was to
good for him, he sat by the open win
dow and looked out into the darkness
His wounds panied and his hear
ached, but not for long. The rat! tat
at of the drum suddenly came TO hi
ears, and through the gloom of nigh
he caught sight of a waving flag ant
marching men. 1t was a co,npan,
marching away to the a New lf
came to his blood-new strength t.
his limbs. He locked more closely
and he saw that he himself marche,
IN the ranks and waved his cap in re-
Spouse to tho cheers of the populace
The vision changed. There was tn
rattle Of musketry and the boom o
cannon, and a battle was on. He saw
regiment after regiment advance. halt
obilque to right or left. Batteries gal
loped hero and there, bodies of cav
airy Numbered along with banners
and guidons hidden in tho smoke. His
own regiment moved forward to thu
edge of the woods, and directly Their
was a blaze of fire all along its front
1t was advancing again. the me-
were cheering, when darkness sud
denly came to him. He had beer
wounded. In his vision he saw thu
hospital to which he was borne, hear'
the groans of the wounded, caugh'
the whispered words of a surgeon:
Very seriously wounded, but !
hope we may saw him"
fhe vision changed, and the roar
and crash of Antictam came to hi.
ears. He was a corporal then, WheI
the smoke cleared away he looket
down at his sleeve and it bore thu
stripes of q sergeant. There was 81
lence for a time. broken only by til.
wind rustling among the apple trees
and whirling away the dead and dying
leaves. Then came a crash and dir
as if the earth was breaking up. L
was the guns on Falmouth Hight'
%bombarding Fredericksburg. Wher
their roar died away he crossed thu
historic river-hc pushed up the mar
row strcets-he faced the deadly ston'
wall at the foot of Maryo's Hill. Nigh
came TO him again. Another bulie'
had plowed its way into his flesh.
Again tho roar and din of battle
came to him. 1t was the terrific crasl
at Gettysburg. His sleeve nov bore
the insignia of an orderly sergeant
and as he looked up and down thu
lines of his company he was amazed
to see how few men were LETT him
and how bronzed and old their face!
looked. The earth shook as if earth
quakes were battling. Death laughed
at prospect of such Il harvest, mel
were no longer men, hut demons. Tit
The crash died away, and there cam,
tho yenoeful crackle OF musketry
Right into the fame of fire advanced
the sergeant, waving his cap to chez,
his men, but it was not for long
Darkness came for the third time. ant
it was long hours before daylight cam
again and he knew that he was
cripple for life and had fought his las
battle.
Thcre was a vision of crutches-o
home-of sympathetic words, but i
was crowded out OF sight by a cleare
one in which tho word "FovertyE!
seemed to extend from east to west
If he drank-if he was weak-minded-
if the troubles of life bore him down
tho world should remember that he ha,
been Il soldier.
The vision of o poor old cripple wa
clear to his eyes when his ears caueh
the sounds of a mutf1ed drum and til
tramp of men. From out Of the dark
ness came six men bearing q pail, an
they were followed by soldiers wit
bowed heads and reversed muskets
Who was the dead soldier on the pail
Something forced him to lift the fla!
and look upon the face of the dead
He started back in horror. He saw hi
own corpse!
"Heigho!" called n gruff voice a
the son of morning shone upon tn
poor-house again, "but here's q &c
This cripple old soldier has died at hi
post! Tell the men to get him to til
dead room and dig a grave as soon a
possible"
"And the headstone?"
"Oh, yes:
"tJOHN DOE.
Died at the County House September 10, 1885
That's enough-that's all!"-A
Quad, in Detroit Free Press.
His Son was Studying.
"Here. Balkney, let me o you
moment said the kind hearted oil
editor as u young man entered tt
room. The young man %approache
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