Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-23

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NV wounds make me ill--my neiahbor
sim lying there, enormous aud motion
/ less.
Towards morning a chill, penetrating
wind rises; the bushes SILVER; bird,
half awake. suddenly nlus away, tht.
stars pale; the sky becomes gray, lightly
yelled with q ecy clouds; the shadow
night fades away. ana the third dav III
agony begins The third! How much
longer shall ! 10 hereS Ii cannot Ne
1 iun2, ! have become so feeble that /
/ cannot even drag myself away fsAm The
'efrlhlo BODY soon we shall bc alike,
Then we shsll ,rOuhle cacl, OTHER ITO more
/ drink npw only three times day,
m Ncnng noon and night rhc sun Is
rlsing; NJ crest DISK, cut aud eiyided BIZ
I the branches " thNtliieEot. rs as fc,l AZ
hloo0--'thc dag wli bo very bot. Neigh
Dor, whatwlil beeame of your You arc
already horrible, leA, hp ~ horrihiei
liis hair is heginning 20 iall out, his
naturally black skin has become pale aud
yellowi his IA pufted aud dlsteudcd 70
such an extent that the skin Is bursting
behind the ears, and worms are crawling
there's his feet are SO tightly swollen In
his shoes that great blisters appear b.
tween the flstenings he Is puffad UP
iikea mountain. What viii become ~
him In to.day's SUM-
To lie so near him Is lnsupporlable. l
must get away, cost what itmay. But can
~ lean scarcely raise my hand Ia onen
the gourd when dnnk; then how move
my heavy. mntinnlcss bodyp AN the
same, will Try and 20 little by little,
not more than half a step an hour. An
the morning Is consumed In this effort.
The pain is horrible, hut It does not mat.
Yer TO mo now. cannot even recall the
ieciings OF a well man. could almost
say mad become accustomed TO the paiu.
Daring the incoming have dragged my.
sell only the length OF four meters, back
10 my old place, but the air Is no pnfor---
~ u any Que could sSbsl4-ruTe air within
SIX feet OF q accompanying curpsel Every
time The wind chnrges IL brings me anew
the horrible oduiso strong that II naI-
seates me. My empty stomach contracts
palnfullyi NicNonlng shuddcrs wrench
my whole body, and still the wind brings
that pest,lenllsl air. In despair lie
there, weeping bitterly.
Heavy and stupid like one drunk, ro-
main almost unconscious Suaduniy--it
may be the deluSion Of dlsorderod brain
II hear voices, the tramplug " horses
aud human beings. start up with 4 CRY,
but restrain myself; II msy be the Turks.
The very idea makes the hair stand up on
my head, think OF nothing but what
the papers said, and they would tear thu
skin from my flesh aud roast my wounded
feet. stun, perhaps u IS better TO end
life by their hands than 60 die here like Il
dog MayOeitls our mcnl Acoursed
bushes, why do.You surround me With IA
hedge SO thick that can soc nothing be-
yondl Only one spot Is open, something
like window, and Il gives me view OF
the distant rayino. Thpre, IT seems 60
me, IL tho little river where We
! drank before tho hattle Yes, there Is
the great table OF sandstone, stretching
across Ike q hrldge.-it is there they will
surely pass. The voices cease, | cannot
distinguish the language; my heating Is
feeble, like all the rest Sud.
denly there appeared at the crossing Of
the fivcr some Cossacke, with glittering
lances and n,ue aud red uniiogms,
Ia all about half hundred. AZ their
head rides an officer with long black
bead.
''llalt Haiti For the love Of Coo, helpl
helpl my brothers.
But the trampling OF The horses the
clash Of the sabers, the lively talk OF the
men oyerpower my plteous cry; they do
not hear me,
OH curses on my weakened state. r.
fall headlong TO the ground, grooming IN
agony. Tears gush from my eyes. From
the gourd, which have overturned In
my fall, ponrs the water, my life,my safe.
ty my only hope. Scarcely half glass
remains, the rest has soaked Into the dry
and greedy earth
After this terrible accident torpor
seems 20 fall upon me; | lie motionless,
with hall-cosed eyes. The wind always
changing, sometimes brings me a breath
q pure mir, ihun again waves Of stencil,
My neighbour today has become terrible
beyond description | opened my eyes
and looked at him only once; he had no
longer u face; the ilrsli had fallen from
the bones Although | had often held
human skulls ia my hguds, had even dis.
sected them, this skeleton IN uniform,
with buttons OF shining metal, made mo
shudder II - War; | thoughts there
Hes It's image
The sun broils me ne before; my hands
and face are on fire. The little water
that was left Is gone; my thirst tortured
me and ] meant 70 take but ono littlitI
dranghti suddenly swallowed II all as a
gulp.
nFAih 4 DIV tuS ltbilN NiilN AOE LDt |
concierge knocks his head against the
wall and throws him into ditch OF dirty
water He Is not dead, hut lives and
suffers all day. | ON moro miserable |
than he, for have suffered three days.
tomorrow Will be the fourth, thon the
1fh, the sixth. Oh, death, where art
thouf Why dost thou not come and take
me?
But death comes not. still lie under
under the burning sun, and nnta drop Of |
water to cool my parched tongue. Aud |
the putrld body---lt has fallen iuto liquid
essences myritds Of worms are crawling
from II. When they have eaten hin--all
but the bones aud the uuifDrm--.hen
will come my turn, Shall ] look rs be
dld2
The day aud the night pass 1.-THE morn.
Ing colnes-~glways the same thi1g. Au-
other dry begins; the bushes SILVER and
rustle as II talking 10 each other. rThou
Wilt dle--thnn Wit die--thOa wilt dic,n
they whisper. eve will see--we Will
see--we viii see," answer the thIckots.
All ~ once q loud "We viii seor comes
~ y ring ng voice close beside me. l.
suddenly come 70 myself From b hind
The hpohus looking strahhs down upon
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