The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-25

wv Ni1iSLeIi II COilIilOI name, ana
yet here were three OF the name IN one
brigade.
We went on the battlefield, but
amidst the debris OF the struggle, and
the new-made graves, we could find no
traces OF our lost, and sadly weturned
homeward, my father looking aged and
broken. When my husband and |
reached our home in Philadelphia, we
found poor Rose looking white ana
anxious, and to her mute appea! OF
inquiry, we could only reply by a silent
and sad shake OF the head. No words
were necessary.
II.
AS time went on, other and more
terrible battles were fought, and wom-
en-, as well as men, had their hands
full OF work for those at the front.
My husband spent more time raising
money and men than in his business,
while !, ! II common with other women,
almost forfeited my claim to be con
side:ed a model Philadelphia house
keeper, for | confess the dust some.
times lazy thick on tables and mantels;
Harly's shirts went buttonless, and
his dinner was frequently q dinner OF
herbs" While | was busy making
lint, bandages, iellies, and stockings,
or roaming through hospitals doing
what / could, Rose was my efficient
little helper, but her wan face and list
less manner were piCiful to see, her
faithful heart was true ever to one
memory of q few short weeks OF hap
piness. One of her duties, never omit
tod, was,the visiting ofhospitalsdaily;
and another was attendance at the
"Cooper-shop," q soldiers resting
place at the foot of Washington aven-
ne, where "the boys were fed, COM
forted and. nursed, if sick. There, al
80, exchanged prisoners were brought,
on their way home, and many were
the pitiful scenes there witnessed.
As the exchange OF prisoners be-
came a system, and the vicinity Of
"Cooper-shop,nbecame a rendezvous
fo1Aorthern aud southern prisoners,
Rose grew more and more constant in
her Attendance, indeed, fairly haunted
the place. She would leave home
early in the inofn;ng. and not return
until late at night, until was obliged
to remonstrate with hers on the score
of her health us we'll as lof propriety.
1t was all useless, and finding her de-
ternined to 90, I sometimes sent
servant with her, and at other times
accompanied her myself. After two
or three of these trips, ! was ssruck by
Roses behavior while at the Cooper
shop" for instead Of helping the busy
and hardworked women to feed the
hungry soldiers, she took her station
some distance up the avenue. and
stood there like a statue; a train
was coming slowly toward us, it's
platform crowded with blue coats,
who hardly waited for it to stop,
but sprang off and hurried to the re-
freshment rooms. Rose planted her.
self in a position to see every man as
he passed, and when all were gore l
expected to see herturn away, but she
stood looking eagerly toward the APP
parently empty train. In 81 few min
uCes two men appeared at the door of
one Of the cars, having between them
q third man, whom they seemed to be
supporting, and slowly, carefully they
helped him down the high steps and
came toward us. Rose peered wistful-
ly in their faces, then turned away to
repeat the same action again and
again, as several similar parties were
carried past. At last she came, slow
ly and ~listlessly toward me, saying
YEARLY:
"Shall we 60 into the hospital and
see what we can do for the poor fell
lows?"
Little Rose! So care-free aud light
hearted before :h:s dreadful wacssen-
ed now q mature woman, so rapidly
had she changed, and as we walked
between the cots, and stopped, to fan
one, to give water to another, to write
a letter to q third,I was struck by her
tender compassionate womanliness,
which seemed TO make her the daugh-
ter of all elder men, and sister OF all
the younger ones. While we were thus
engaged a shrill whistle heralded the
approach of another train, and in
stantly Rose dropped the fan she had
been waving before an armless soldier
and rising h%urriedly, she almost ran
from the ward, her deserted patient
saying, with q wan smile:
1.-The little lady likes to see trains
come in; every day she does that, and
then she comes back again until the
next train comes"
followed to the avenue, and found
Rose watching intently the debarka-
ton of the soldiers. Just as she was
about to turn away, a party OF three
men, who carried between them a
fourth. appeared at one OF the car
doors. She instantly stopped, and
waited until they came up to her, then
stepped up and gazed earnestly into
their faces.
The sick man looked at her, then
raised his head an stared at her with
eyes that looked likethose OF thed dead,
so sunken were they, SO hollow the
cheeks about them. The bearers
stopped, set down the litter, and,
wiping the perspiration from their
faces, one Of them said to Rose:
IA pretty bad case, miss; the poor