The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-07-28
A Hero Lost
and Won

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to wee MY heEg--CEK hero. -TiEla. fos
lAsys yo1rs a. vel ~ nlns-osr brsys
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fare. AZ X he4penIy vizlon had
dzrne6 rDOn H. L<tltiz. noE oDeaiy
pesrizg. cane sad took her hand,
azging:
Yes. sgreiy. Mokher Arm, ny hero.
texs--osr braye DolsieF. LeVil on, lea
~ - with yo1t@
~Ah, 'Tltiz, one rnnEt blde one's
fsme. awaiting the will a the Lord
patiently. BIT, poor eoul. y01U be
evlte aioue wien I'm gone. You must
fx1 yogrself hasban6-z protector"
Letitia 1ropDed the wasted hand she
VA <roksng and drew hack little.
Be 2lthlsag ID Leyiz~ she exclaimed.
= sugSest 4 only for yoar got.
returned Mrs Beard. Women usual
~ think Il no sin " take a second
husband; and 70 Leyi you we're not
married, only promised"
In the ere of heaven, / was mar
rse1 But no matter for that When
the word came that Len had fallen
eaid 10 myself. You've no right %
~ about trylpg 70 make life pleasant
for yourself after thls. 'Tisnt a. II
he had died naturally. He haa given
bic life ayay--giyen II Tor his coun-
try. You1l not be- worthy OF him.
really true To him, II you use yours
only To your own comfort"
Twas said nobiy. my child, and
you'Ye Iiyed true % H. Little com
fort you're had from that day to thIE
nearly thirty yearS-except what
comes from giving comfort to others.
To ne yoa've been son and daughter
bDth@ And Arx. Beard extended her
hand fsebly to ind reDose for It again
IL L1sitia's, "A sad lot his death made
for n1, ~rltia -aadder for you, per.
haDe, than for me. But have never
regretted him. I'm plain woman,
unachooled; but from the moment
I.erl WAS born dreamed of some sort
u giory for him. don't quite know
bow. but he seemed made for 1t. Yow
remember. be was never Ike others"
NO. be Wasn't. Mother Ann. Never
was there such another" assented
Letltia, fenderly smoothing the gray
hair Orer the brown forehead.
We'll. the glory came; not as /
dreamed Df II, for II cost him Bis life.
But NE amt much. 'Titla. when you
think cf II. Perhaps ~ he'd lived be
Wouldn't have been 70 NJ what be ia.
IN my darkest hour the thought Of
him has given me pride and courage
and joy.v
Whether from the erertion OF talk
ing. n from the excitement Of think
Ing. Mrs. Beard here fen into q Yio-
lent NJ Of coughing. Letitla was
greatly alarmed. After supplying an