The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-24
This singular Stiffness, this apparent de-
earfion meant

fbis singular Stiffness. this apparent ds-
sertion meant.
One dav saw through the window
FAC. remembered that had not seen it
before. thoueh had been lying in the
some positior. for several days. and from
is size knew it to be post nag and
doubtless flying all he while. Then there
was the booming q gun-and another
and another a. regular intervals. had
not been used TO herring these guns and
asked INV nurse whs. It meant. He told
me il was target practice Then | heard
the ra.tl: Ct drums under my window;
men trsmping ,.ast The house and the
word Of command from the officers. II
was ali very distinct. I E-ev from the
,rarnping that a considerable body OF men
were marching. From tho halt and
forward. march, judged that their
movements had special reference 70 tho
house I'm which lag. ~ last they passed
cut of herring. nd after an interval there
came t.s &C. I'D vi v0lleys Of musSctry
AID atillory firing Then all was still
AGAIN
WHEN the doctor came ono day | asked
Lin bow William, YES. IL told ne that
Williams didn't suffer any move. / sus-
rcctcl f0mething from lis words. blt
mv lraiu was not very clear and did not
retain tEs impression long. / lag al Gay
wondering 81 the strange condition Of
things. and IS got better 10y mind dwclt
continually on uy surroundings. OF,
rather tie absence 0i surrounding The
nights. too, were ve,y long / remember
one IigLt wanted something. The man
who Lad been detailed CD attead me was
sitting iu chair before the fire. lie wa5
soand asleep. lcalcl % him. Ny weak
voice had 300 power 90 waken him.
called again. l0uder-as loud as / could.
sat mp and looked around for something
TO throw at him. There was nothing
near; it was Of no avail | fell back on
ny pillow and gave il up On another
occasion my evening watcher. who had
been q Ncw York tough RECALLED me
with stories If the hospital where he had
been detailed on account Of broken con-
s,itution which untitled him for more ac-
tive service Hc told me about a man
who was very DID and had tie hicc0ughs.
The doctor had told his MUSE when the
par0xysm5 came on 20 give him table
spoonful ol brandy. The nurse went to
sleep and Che patient died.
Oao morning my nurse came 20 mo with
a bowl of water and q brush AID comb
and nlLea kind of toilet vas feel
Ing all the delights Of relief from suffer
il. was convaloscent. Ny nurse took
~ mp and put me in an arm chair II
was q beautiful morning, the sun was
shining brightly, and the transition from
suffering 10 c0nvalescuce brought q sin
gular feeling of exbil0ration Ono or two
persons cane in whom questioned about
tho general and the others ana received
replies that were very satisfactory. Still,
a1 ! sat looking ~ the warm autumn sun
beams streaming in ~ the windows. n
recitation 81 something terrible that had
happened suddenly came % M. repeated
20 myself several times the words. Some
impending calamity
Prcs@rtly the doctor came in. His face
alwaya wore an encouraging smile, and
tla smile vas there today. You are
looking better. he said, aAd thon asked
msif / was wcll cuoueA % lcar s0-la lad
news. Within $50 So. three minutes he
told no hat Williams had died, and the
general lad died. AMI they had both been
barred f3cr or Eve days Then learned
for tie first time tina, we had yellow
fcvor. tl1t Col Prentice and my brother
he'll reo1vered: that OF those taken down
death lad gathered two IN five. The flag .
had seen through my window was at half
mast; the drums ! had heard and the
framping ~ men past tho house were
those I'd o funeral escort; the vClieys were .
the las. tribIte # soldiers 70 Capt. vii .
lams and 10 their commanding general. 7
For a week past thcre had been pr3c- .
ticcd upon lie o continued doccp-ion-a .
deception readily forgavo and felt duly .
thankful f0r. since lt doubtless saved Ly +
life. What imrre Jed me most was that .
the life Of one in whose military career .
we md all taken SD much interest had .
been s0 suddenly snufiel out. that enc .
who might have been useful had been .
-akcn those whose places could easily be
supplied were left.
Then came au or' Up from the succeeding
department commander for those Of MS
who lived after q leave Of absence in
which 90 reeuperate. 90 rnp1r, 90 Wash
ngton-perni-si from Admiral Dupont,
commanding the naval force at Port
Royal 90 40 north iI q government trans.
port-the cuia.faticn Of several cma-
Ga.ed. yellow boxing young officers with
Grape on their lett ar-4s-a storm ~ seq
tLe lraahage 0i machinery 90
Port Royal with shattered ne-vcs-~n.
other st.r,-auival as L0Io. There were
loving hands % smooth comfortable pll-
loss. that night. lut the plea-ureofmeet- .
ing was far more than ueutr4li-ea by the
umer. brauce Of the two who had been
left behind. r. a. MiTClEL
s~Cruslv Naclulgat ,ftciel, Astronomer and
General" uou-hton Mfil O. Co.. Boston.