The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-03-04


undertake the mission.
eff he will Gomez said the general,
81 will meet him at the house of DR..
Hughes"
The citizen promised to do his best,
and on certain night a few days
later Magoffin came to the designated
house, where he was met by Colonel
Brown, whom Steele, for some reason,
had selected to meet the confederate. |
/ was n9t present at the interview.
but was afLerward informed by Col. |
Brown as to It's character. Magotfin
bore the traces of hard usage and
great suffering. His hair and beard
we've matted and tangled. his clothing
was torn and dirty. his face and heir
were covered with dirt. He however,
bore himself with the old erectness,
and shook the hand of Colonel Brown
when introduced by DIR. Hughes, and
bowed with all his .Old-iime statiiness
and impressment. After the custo
mary commonpaces Colonel Brow
asked:
Colonel Magofiin, what is it that
you are here for? What do you
wish? l knOw your reputation too
well to believe that you are IN this
part of the STATE in search of iufOrma-
lion as tn army movements"
s'Gool God. no." he exclaimed, as
be threw his hsnfs IN a distracted
manner to his head. 81 only wish TO
See my dying wife; that is all 1 have
come for
you will be allowed to see Der,
have no doubt. Bot before this is
done L wish to ask you if you have
no terms of reconciliation to propose
to the federal guverum mt p
"Cclpnel Brown" be responded in
trembling, broken voice, II sm
almost insane. / have laid three days
and three nights in the woods, in his
wintiy weather. without covering or
food, and have not slept a IN )ment.
Give me ten days 10 answer and in
that time my wife will be either dead
or cOnvale SENT
This was reported TO General Steele.
who consented and wrote out per-
NIT giving him leave to remain here
ten days. And then Magcffin, with
DIR. Hughes and Colonel Brown as
escorts, went to his home In George
town.
The scene at the bedside Of his wife
was most affecting. She was suffering
from jaundice, which had changed be
complexion to hideOus yellow. She
was unconscious when her husbsnd
came into the room. At that moment
she was staggering and cropping blind
ly through the dark, May wilderness
that borders the cold river of death:
but, sppealed to by the passionate
voice OF her husband. she came back
n,nmon. to life and consciousness,
and placed her feeble arm around his
neck. She was too weak to speak.
but a glance of joyful recognition
lighted her glazing eyes. Then, with
deep sigh, she sank back, and, with
her unborn child, passed away forever.
The grief Of the husband found
vent in tears. For a long time he
lay with his face buried against the
bosom of the dead woman, while bis
powerful frame was sha ken with sobs. |
An army chaplain read some verses
from the bible and utterei u PRAYER
over The emaciated remains. Some
symp 'thizing men in blue stood about
as the religious ceremonies were in
progress and bore the body to its final
home. Colonel Magofin owed the
sepulture of his wife to the men whom
he so hated and to the representative
Of government which he spared no
effort to destroy.
During the ten days granted him by
oteele's permit be remained in the |.
vicinity of his home. He moved
about listliesly with bowed head,
hands elasped behind his back and
yes staring into vacancy. On the
18th of December, one day before the
expiration OF his permit, he returned
to gentleman in Sedalia and then i,
led TO rejoin Price. What afterward ,
'ecame of him, whether he is living ]
r dead, / never have learned"
After Colonel Magoffin left Pettis :
ounry, he worked his way on horse.
ack, disguised, through Southwest
iissouri and joined Prices army in
arkansas. He was given charge of
command and served with Price un-
j the close of the war. Many of the
iissOuri Ex-Confederates recollect
i'm. He was distinguished as a des- u
crate, reckless, daredevil fighter, al \
avs in the front of the fight and a g
ranppr Tn fear He sur.ordo,ol -. n