The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-09

eompsnlon and say:
noli Ice n Oxford street, y ySa think e siy,
iS,s : y ;,sSs manner and sSi' you'll SGifo come sS OUT u
..cr 4 On The sss s s,sss the Sn ots ssi to e call mn aso e ds Tn
two. and | sesIIssd / should h,Hf have es so .sow TIC &c
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band ES.i - i Fl TIE. ;.s%sdi 70 Know s'l issi
advanced, almost 70 the kitchen door before
i Ei hsS1'' sipd a. e the ssssp isit i ( az d fsss x sss
sa 4sfSy a sia. 9nS = f sn ssrf Z mi II n y; l T. had been cen
\ Now w.. then ee!S w si%ussas dt TIC ons w iS5' had been
Sssoupsss t tbpn;us I,9 ,S.s sn %1,d / are e., going Ing, Into tho
main on ths iootoat.. Ne %;o %?d tpR nave y 20 cs ar.
tt snas tS' % ts sse Il n iSnan th,; . As *! 4 Nv We ,hadn'tin-
II ! s.abSornls rSfaSsed. what VI: en Course would
tnny *, tbsk 81 You wiz say that you would have
Hoa iai have sSe1 Uttered ,s 3 sudden %sy a sgSst t fos hs sna
had 5i Ss,s h. 70 S move ,o Or called fST Gsis
that they we're . couple Of Merry. desperate
's!aSSs t 51@ stood Ssi on an t H. s ana cut aed dst The the
i fSS ss S;$ = Ss ~ y ! sS!' i Isl H issSsaE in wins sH:
to sSo siu a 'esl s q the ss' family a1 ssss f'% sss.
We passed into the dining. room without the
ssusIIs sight q before and flashed the lisS;
on the side6oard. but after picking no a sugar
s s!ssfs I'D 4 .t. H. lad sn n / T isIio issS t S;ml front \. hall al
Si a bedroom, which was dimiy iish Hesi" By pyV q
and the heavy and regular breathing proved
thaf both 1th we're sound nsleen There was a
ed me the dark, lantern and motloned mo to
the seat. ne hen advanced to the bed and
!| Sa. IF fse 'A, ns.t T %dss 1 W"s to- Snf iasp ets E thc
s asIIet and hGhe e brous 9a watch = shalt sna ua Ms got 20 ma .
earring al he lifted Z up. Was I ,friehtenei'
have rstt!-d Ing; thilis ran W aud down my
% prevent my teeth clicking together. '""'
fns tie as %TS' t. meningitis sSaissHs" tn y" ~" 4 !fi; d fer be
side ne.npIed ~ ths ehisf. | was shakins and
second drawer. when there was y sudden na:h
and the repor. Of . rsy"lver The chlsi ND
WITHOUT any movement t" betray himself.
s ar III hung s"u svery ri .s' aa t'1ss''" nni ru. tHsI
for the stairs. L presume rolled
I nx"n,n so thr to hG the %%iinins r a"ms or r' cpsss,nr
the kitchen. As | ,lr"rped from the window
Tom was running away. and some one ut ~
d G,s%"T for nPG 9ss w Sai . s and o"t Of or TIN Inc r" oh' and
F Ern. q m ani C Sains s'nnr X, III iTo, Af-r g,t,in; ny ~
the house. Ths 10 ice we're taxing a dead man
away-n burglar who Ind heel shut through
a 81 sh "sn' t IN" c Ihn.ti" nth. f INT he r u,ne, T nai w. "
happen around. and l got n scoop. Furthe.-
and we bridEed the rhnsm. Dill | ever tell
how that burglary had GO n" about? started
tenth part Of the story he laughinEly inter-
rupted mo with:
on the i H"%c 81 Il" Il. s %. FL yd 'nf sa rsT s1r s%fe !i'rS
Hearing FIR I'm Jimmie.
The man on the cot to my right In the hos
pital had been woun 10 by n frag nent OF
shell. and for the first three or four days tho
urGeons said he had u living chance. Then
there WAS q chang, for tho w,rsa. and ono
afternoon the nurse told him that his hours
were numbered. Two or three times a day he
had aske II any letter had coma for him. and
one night I had heard him talIin: about
Jimmie" and PRAYING that he might live to
SEQ him again. I said to myself TINT Jimmie
was tho boy laby he had left behind him
when ho marched away to tho front.
and l hored for the Letter almost as
much as no did. That day. during
an hour whom he suf rered n bit less than usual.
l figured with him about his expected letter.
1t would 60 down to his re:iment and follow
him back to the hospital. and he had not given
It enough time. 1t might possibly come in
the afternoon. but he couli surely exp ect 1t by
next day noon.
"Hns my letter Gomez" he asked later rs he
looked up ut tina nurse. who was u man. but
yet had tears in his eyes.
No letter for YOU"
Then / shall not die tonight. must hear
from Jimmie FIRST. The letter will como to-
morrow"
1t was a strange thing to witness that man
fighting death away-fghting to gain a few
hours more time. They said he could not liv.
till midnight. but they did not know what was
giving him strength to fight on. When that
hour came no WAS whisrcrinG u prayer. When
s iass. but f his eyes ese ra iifyA b ia "eH WITH Hd dst ter q nj"
and Tor the Last three hours, Of his li's he never
minutes which carried him nearer and nearer
the shore OF the dark river. He must have
lived u lifetime in those hours. As both hands
pointed to high noon he whispered to me:
1t Is MON im an nnd b the Ta dI. i here l shall
Five minutes lator the nurse brought him the
expected letter. mailed from a New England
'"Rssd 1t and tell me OF Jimmie" said the
The nurse opened tho letter and read q fey
pale face and fearful eyes. 1t was a letter from
. sister The dying man WAS a widower. and
Jimmie was his only child-a boy : years old.
who. had beer, let in her care Jimmie was
open ~cistern. Had that letter come to him at
the front 1t would haye broken he heart.
man as I laid the letter down.
'He is better of" i finally answered.
"DAadp"
Yes"
Thank God /! I shall be with him this very
dar. II Is good nsys-glorious news God
Knows what Is bost J"
Then he closed his eyes. clasped his hands
together. and death came SO quietly that we
knew II not
AIaintsiaing His Digaity.