Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1905-04-14
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r 4 f.. hear the cad 81 buxh-
And the martial s,.hoc~ r.,ll.
~ And Know the land r.,lssscs-r
- Like osse nstxhty y.cs.r soul
Nar- hove y"n banner waving.
~ asbs's oi eur CIVIC pride
All. know " hat costs the glory
ss if- -I,..sssi.,f true and tried
ASK not a t-;ivc garland.
Tho Ioy that all glad.
From the past land .sns.ris.r hasut ue.
Aud nay heart W. strangely sad
HE. my clsie-, and nay ossly
Not s-ore of summers knsw
hen the gape oi Suapter argued
And the combat SUMMONS blew.
Then the kipdiiag ioFce of manhood
lespt into ~ patriot flame.
Till One Purpo-e for the conflict
1hrobied through all that boyi.h frame.
should -se nay darling offered
la war-mOlorhs arms of rcd2
trive hiBIP Never I,ut HE t,ieaeiinR
Won Tie duty. g0' | said.
The long months that crept we're giasielened
BY bic words from lar away
] touQht with him. shared his trials
Lived bic line from day to day.
Then there cam. the stern news telling
tH another hard fought field
Whore our flag had feed the tempest
And our brave Were forced To Yield.
Time went laggard, weeks drew mon tn ard
Came a l.-tter, just word.
'taPiured. IN the prison stopping.
IA quite well. was ali we heard
20 the weeks of weary waiting
@ the days that held no light,
And the voices of the visions
stalking thro the RESTLESS night
Dead or dying. lone and fiieBdiess.
In that loathsorne pri-on-I,en.
] should never of odd time
Clasp him To my heart again.
None can know what means such anguish
Save she that hath borne "a son.
Felt hs agony OF dying
l. er his liir has quite begun.
''Cruel time at last le.lented--
ShatteIing down the thickeuing gloom
Came one morn a rapturous message.
just exchanged. lm coming honc'
Glad? WHY talk OF such einution2
Gladncss knew NO lifting tongue.
There were songs could not utter.
There We're songs for long uusung.
GOne was all the old deep darkness
With it, shapes of dreaded fears.
What welcome would give him
safe from clutch oi wars Wild years."
"Al was done that love could order
As the sun vent smiling home.
on the day when just al evening
We should see the exile come
Ready was the old front chamber.
bnrkened since he went away.
Where oft had crcpt q midnight
All alone To Wecp ana pray.
Ready with kindly greeting
The high. iayorite arm chair stood.
Close beside the tempting table
With the things he counted good.
Twas the birthday uf the nation
And The village was at play,
For the news bad flashed that Yicksburg
kReeled To Grant that summers day"
Down the long hill winding slowly
Game at length the old stage coach
Down the walk we rushed to meet him
At it's nearer. swift approach
Never did mother tarry
With a greater glow of joy
Safe inside, the portal open
To receive her heaVen-crO Wue1 boy.
Than / waited by the roadside
In the fading after-light-
Waited till the coach dashed by me
Down the long street, out Of sight
'Sad? Sleep came not til the morning
But hope wove her golden thread
In the warp of my foreboding,
In the fabric OF my dread.
And again az sunset faded
Ger the ltops in the west.
Looked eNpectant, Vainly waited,
And sank down to wild unrest.
Evenings came and went in darkness
But my lost one did not come.
Fear and doubt had quelled my spirit
Till my lips Were clenched and dumb
when the last news flashed upon me
| was steelcd, | could not shrink
But they said my reason tottered
Trembling over ruins brink.
Those last words, ] hear them echo,
y our son William someone read.
Was too weak to stand the journey
Suffered little and is dead
Let me stay here with my hero
Tho | know the power and worth
Of the patriot imnortals,
Civic salt OF all the earth:
They had much and gave il freely
He had much and gave il all.
Glad. forsook his home and loved ones
AT his countrys pleading call