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he said. he had suspected partly because
he had never been permitted to land on
that shore. though. the ships were there
so much. And the men,, said he, laugh
ing. brought off a good deal besides
q furs." Then he went hack-heavens, how
far!-to ask about the Chesapeake and
what was done to Barron for surrendering
her to the Leopard, and whether Burr
ever tried again. and he ground his teeth
with the only passion he showed. But in
moment that was over, and he said.
God forgive me. for / am sure forgive
him." Then he asked about the old war
and settled down more quietly and very
happily to hear me tell in an hour the
history of fifty years.
How | wished it had been somebody
who knew something! / tell you, Ingham,
it was a hard thing to condense the his
tory of half a century into that talk with
a sick man. And l do not now know
what ! told him of emigration and the
means of it. of steamboats, and railroads
and telegraphs, of inventions and books
and literature. of the colleges and West
Point and the naval school. but with the
queerest interruptions that ever you heard.
You see, it was Robinson Crusoe asking
all the accumulated questions of fifty-six
years.
remember he asked all of a sudden
who was president now. and when ! told
him he asked if Old Abe was General
Benjamin Lincoln's son. He said he met
old General Lincoln when he was quite a
boy himself at some Indian treaty. | said
no; that Old Abe was Kentuckian, like
himself. but | could not tell him of what
family. He had worked up from the
ranks. Good for him." cried Nolan Il
am glad of that. AS have brooded and
wondered Il have thought our danger was
in keeping 10 those regular SUGGESTIONS
IN the Hrsts families told him every
thing | could think Of that would show
the grandeur of his country and its pros
perity. fea
And he drank it in and enjoyed it as l
cannot tell you. He grew more and more
silent, yet | never thought he was tired
or faint. l gave him a glass Of water,
but he just wet his lips and told me not
to go away Then he asked me to bring
the Presbyterian Book of Public Prayer.
which lay there, and said. with smile.
that it would open at the right place,
and so it did There was his double
red mark down the page, and | knet
down and read. and he repeated with me.
For ourselves and our country. gra-
cious God, we thank thee, that, notWith-
standing our manifold transgressions of
| thy holy laws thou hast continued to us
| thy marvellous kindness" and so to the
| end Of that thanksgiving Then he turned
! to the end Of the same book, and | read
i the words more familiar to me, Most
| heartily we beseech thee with thy favor
| to behold and bless thy servant, the pres
ident of the United States, and all others
/ In authority" and the rest of the Episco-
| pal collect. "DanfoFth,". said he, 81 have
repeated those prayers night and morn
ing-it is now flfty-five years" And then
he said he would go to sleep. He bent
me down over him and kissed me, and
| he said, Look in my Bible, Danforth
| when | am gone" And went away,
But had no thought it was the end
thought he was tired and would sleep.
knew he was happy, and ! wanted him tc
b. alone.
But in an hour when the doctor went in
! gently he found Nolan had breathed his
life away. with a smile. He had some
| thing pressed close to his lips 1t was
his fathers badge Of the Order Of Gin
cinnati.
We looked in his Bible. and there was
slip of paper at the place where ne mad
marked the text:
They desire "a country even a heaven.
~: wherefore God is not ashamed to be
called their God: for he hath prepared fol
them city
On this slip Of paper he had written:
Bury me in the sea. 1t mas been my
=
one set up a stone for my memory al
Fort Adams or at Orleans. that my dis
grace may not be more than i Ought tC
bear? Say on It: rsato,
I'm memory Of u9
PHILIP NOLA4i.
Lieutenant
In the army of
W. the United States.
'sHe loved his country as no other mar
has loved her, but no man deserved les:
at her hands"