The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-13


ton which would have 50 accorded
with his kindly heart and tie long af-
lection in which lie had he'd tie o.d
Scotcllman. Seymour received Iesinis-
sion to accompany Lewis. ii order to
ascertain. if possible, what Lad become
of Talbot.
The men of MERGERS command re-
ported that they Lad seen the two of
ficers dismounscd and fighting braveIy.
after having refused TO resrcgt. Tie
two young officers were very melan-
choly as they rode along tie familiar
road. Lewis belonged to a Virgin a
regiment and Lad known both Mer
and Talbot well, AMI. in fact. all the
officers who had becn killed. The Of
ficers of that little army were Ike a
band of brothers, and after every bat
tie there was a general mourning
for the loss Of many friends. The
casualties among the officers in the
sharp engagement had been unusually
severe and entirely d.sproYortioned to
tie total loss: tie bulk of tie loss had
fallen upon MERGERS brigade.
They found the general in Clark's
farmhouse. neal the. fed of battle,
lingering in great pain, and Slowly dy
ing from a number of ferocious bayo-
net wounds. He was attended by his
aid. Major Armstrong, and the ccle-
brated DR.. Benjamin Rush came cspe-
cia.ly from Philadelphia to give the
dying hero the benefit Of his ski and
services. He had been treated with
the greatest respect by tie enemy. for
CORVALLIS was always quick to recog-
n.ze and respect d gallant soldier. The
kindly Quakers lad spared neither
time nor trouble to tighten his dying
hours, and the ONT of the house
hold nursed him with gentle and as
siduous care. He passed away ten
days after the battle, leaving to lis
descendants tie u~n.arnished name of
a gallant soldier and gentleman. who
never faltered in the pursuit of his
high ideals of duty. E-ief as had been
his career as a general in the Revolu-
ton, his memory is still cherished by a
grateful poster.ty as II OF tie first
heroes OF that mighty struggle for
liberty.
Details of the British were already
marching toward tie field of action to
engage in the melancholy work of
burying the dead wien Seymour. un-
der Major Armstrong; guidance, went
over the ground in a search for Talbot.
lie had no difficulty in finding the
! place where lis friend he'd fallen. The
field had not been disturbed by any
one. A bloody frozen mass of ice and
snow had shown where Mercer had
fallen. and across the place whore his
feet lad been lay the body Of Talbot.
In front of lin lay tie lieutenant with
when he had fought. tie sword still
buried in his breast; farther away were
the two n.en Tat tie general and lie
had cut down in tie first onslaught,
/ and ut Lis feet was tie corpse OF the
man he Lad last SHOT. his stiffened
hands still tightly clasping his gun.
Seymour with a Sad heart stopped
and turned over the body Of his friend,
lifting lis face once more to that heav-
en- lie lad S lzsd Upon so bravely a few
hours since for it ives morning again.
but oh. hoy different. The face was
covered with blood from the wound in
the forehead. by which he had been
beaten down. Sadly, tenGerly. CRATE
fully. remembering an hour when Tai
bot had knelt by his side and perform
ed q similar service. lie e~ndeavored to
wipe the lurid stains from off his mar
tle brow. Then a thought came to
him. Taking from his breast katha-
rine's handkerchief. which had never
left him. he moistened it in the snow
and. fndin. an r~nstained place where
her dainty hand Lad embroidered her
Initials *. W." he carefully wiped
clean the " hitc face of his dead frier l..
There was n little smile upon Talbo y
lips and II look of peace and calm up \
his face which Seymour had not seen
La wear since the sinking of tie frig.
ate. His right hand. whittier than the
lace which dropped over IL. was press
ed against his heart. evidently as the
result of his last conscious movement
tTU he cotiillued.J