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this singular stiffness, this apparent dc.
eerti ion meant

before, though had been lying in the
same position for several days, and from
it's size knew it to be a post flag and
doubtless flying all the while. Then there
was the booming OF q gun-and another
and another at regular intervals. had
not been used to hearing these guns, and
asked my nurse what it meant. He told
me it was target practice Then | heard
the rattle CT drums under my window;
men tramping past the house and the
word of command from the officers. 1t
was all very distinct. | knew from the
tramping that q considerable body of men
were marching. From the "halt" and
forward, march, Judged that their
movements had special reference to the
house in which lay. AT last they passed
out of hearing, and after an interval there
came the sound of volleys of musketry
and artillery firing. Then all was still
again.
When the doctor came one day asked
him how Williams was. He told me that
Williams didn't suffer any more | sus-
pected something from his words, but
my brain was not very clear and did not
retain the impression long. | lay all day
wondering at the strange condition OF
things, and as ! got better my mind dwelt
continually ON my surroundings, or,
rather, the absence of surroundings The
nights, too, were very long. | remember
one night | wanted something. Tho man
who had been detailed to attend me was
sitting in chair before the fire. He was
sound asleep. called to him. My weak
voice had no power to waken him. |
called again, louder-as loud as | could.
sat up and looked around for something
to throw at him. There was nothing
near; 1t was OF no avail; Tell back on
my pillow ana gave IL up On another
occasion my evening watcher, VINO had
beel New ork tough RECALLED me
with stories OF the hospital where he had
OeCA detained on account OF broken CON
ssululloh' Whlcn uhlitt@d nm Tor moro ac-
i've service re toid me about man
VINO was very III ana hau tne hlccoug1s'
Inc doctor hau toiu MS nurse When the
p"roAysinS came on TO give nm table
spoonful OF brandy me nurse went to
sIeep ana INC patient oled' .
OAe morning my nurse came TO me VII n
poWl OF water ana brush and comb
ana II maze a hlla OF toliet: was 1eel'
ing al the oeIlShts Oh rellei from suffer-
llS' was collN"Iesceut' Wy nurse took
Inc up ana puG me Ill an arm chalr' III
was De0uIlIul morning lhe sun was
SHINING oriShIly' ana lne transition from
SUFFERING 10 codlNtieScehce Drought SIN
guar 1ecIllg OF eNhliafatloh' one or two
persons came Ill whom questioned ABOUT
the general ana the o'hers ana received
replies lhaI were very satisfactory Stlll,
as sat LOOKING at the warm autumn sun
beams streaming IN at the windows, a
reallzatl0h OF something torrlple That had
happened suddenly came to me- repeated
TO myself several tlHes the words; Some
impending calamity
Presently the doctor came in. His face
always wore an encouraging smile, and
the smile vas there today. You arc
looking better, he said, and then asked
me if was well enough to hear some bad
news. Within two or three minutes he
told me that Williams had died, and the
general had died, and they had both been
buried four or five days. Then learned
for the first time that we had yellow
fever; that Col. Prentice and my brother
had recovered; that Of those taken down
death had gathered two in five. The flag
had seen through my window was at half
mast; the drums | had heard and the
tranping Of men past the house were
those Of a funeral escort; the volleys were
liams and to their commanding general.
For a week past there had been prac-