The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-17

nal service, 50 II * very Disappointing 1
have no tangible enemy 10 meet 10
are q brave mother. - YOU must fes-
ike | 10 whenever We ara engaged i
anything u al daneerou-en]oy the ex
element. feel that, but nothing more
/ Thank Heaven. | have found that ! have
no fear. for ! have analysed all my feel!
in-s III danger. Don't REPEAT that j
would b Il hoa>T 10 any one bat you.
Your last letter made me feel ;" happy
AMI | am - proCd 70 receive your praise.
/ 10 feel that never have | given you an
| hours trouble or unhappine>-. To hear
| vou say that. dear angel. j more ~ H.
than any ambition III this world
Do yol eyer think that | have no
heart l. love because follow i rrofes-
sion thar keeps ne nearly always from
you: | know that you never DO feel 50.
for you know ! love Won. Sometimes !
remember and think II how You always
love . have n children TEL you how
much we love Won.
Goodbye for . short space. This
letter j. hurried for there j. i great deal
that | must 10. Love 70 every one.
Goodbye for a few day>.
"Devotediy.
WORTH
II. :. + Henry his hrotheri going
- the war: II you wish II send him. !
VIII use all my Influence 10 get him q
volunteer commission III the army.
w. r."
- shown. the tenderness and love
Of courage Of Ensign Blgley, the follow
ing extract i taken from a letter written
IN Baltimore u his brother-in-law. Mr.
Jo>ephn> Daniels. in Raleigh. Ills moth
or WAS III Johns Hopkins Hospital about
u Undergo al operation TO which her son.
Worth, referred ~ follows: she did not
make I murmHr in regard - the knife. /
A. Il man. ! feel vastly proud II her
courage. When they came for her 10
take her 10 the operating room. | went
into the room nknow 10 her T. See that
they didn't handle her roughly ~ they
do. You know. AZ
She passed me on her Strctchcr. She if,ea
hand up for me to take. all the time
looking ont Of her eyes with the same
expression Of resignation that the Sa-
vior is pictured with. 2 We.
Addic Mrs. Daniels. his sister and
We're informed that the operation would
te over in fifteen minutes. Well. from
The time the Stretcher left the room till
I returned we waited on the balcony out
,ide Of mothers window. 2 re-
member turning around 10 look ut Addie:
he was sobbing but otherwise apparent
y calm, and accused me of crying. SUCH
IN a woman was too much for me.
. | took a brace for very shame Of il.
Ii = letter written on t.. $. torpedo I
'oat WinsloW, April 18th. re said: The
var if il comes viii be very easy. 20 ;
be uneasy about me. | will not run (
no any danger don't think proper. but :
ant promise You anything else: don't
know what | mean, dear. Still. {
ill think Of You all the time. )
IT was 50 sweet Of You TO remember
le Oh my birthday. | was 50 busy that i
ay that | didn't know it WAS my birth Il
ay till > in The afternoon. The pipe is i
beauty Being your present, it Will
rank many a p eaceful. happy smoke for Il
lc whenever smoke it.
The little yellow buds You put in your =
st letter made me think of our front
,rch 1T home. ana Of how beautiful it l.
ll>t be just now with its wealth of
ZEN. .
I send Won my picture taken the other fl
ny by an artist in Key West. | am n
raid they are good likenesses, for [ am II
'NH III VII iNtoulI Oh the neat. f.
| am well, however. and stron- II
T than ever was, so You can know :
at | 90 70 war in good condition. y,
Il am 50 glad You are well. Please 81
t he uneasy on my account: as / said n,
fore, the chance Of war after all i = -,
ther Scant one. + = = =.
must close now. = ? s. II Is = :,
easnre to tell you that | am thinking -
'out YOU al the time !,
On the Bird OF. March, Just before leay- II
g for Washington. he wrote: "You M
ny be sure that | am not ashamed to L.
Z Il proper amount of care for myself. RI
q VIII THINK OF yon in the midst Of III
niger "
On the DIST Of April. writing to his no
'li'I ne Salu: We are under orders n
stand by to leave tonight. g as
cit like would like to write Won a line 10
ore gong, 10 say goodbye, not that 10,
re IS any danger for mc-thcre never dI
any-but | knew You would wish 70
ar. Tor your sake. | might almost I,
Sh there would be no war: on my own |
t"llni. am very happy that chance
""ered me for distinction. = = .
u need have no fear for me. Nothing ito
lappen 10 me with such prayers as the
r. 10 AID me. | shall have full conf
ice III all times. in action or Wherever :
may be, and that alone would keep u
ready 10 do good service. = g . SEQ
not be AFRAID for me. Everything pas
rs out for the best" -
on vic
OF Matanzls, Cuba. May Z. 1898.
4Xtract from last letter he wrote. au'
Icll was received after the telegram vii
lonnclng his death. had been Received our
1 he nation as Il whole. from the tenor Low
the press, has realized that the navy :,
our defense. Our real fighting body.' :
= exr
On Texas. Nov. Goth. 1897 are
But for the present. must t-ose with dor
remark that | love my mother &c