The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-07-26

will be disavowed." Well, as Danforth
says, all that Is over now, though 1
do not know but expose myself to n
criminal prosecution On the evidence
OF the very revelation / am making
Here is the letter:
"Eevant. %. 2~ s. q 1879 W.
Dear Fred-T try TO find heart and
life to tell you that 1t is sll over with
dear old Nolan. have been with him
on this voyage more than I ever was,
and 1 can understand wholly now the
way In which you used TO speak of the
dear old fellow. l could see that he
WAS not strong, bu. had no idea that
the end was SO near. The doctor had
been watching Kim very carefully. and
yesterday morning came TO me and
told ME that Nolan was not so well.
and lad not left his stateroom-a
thing ! never remember before. He
had let the doctor come and see him as
he lay there the first time the doctor
had been in the stateroom. and he said
he should like TO see me. oh. dear
do you remember the mysteries we
boys used 10 invent about his room. In
the old Intrepid days? Well. / went
in. and there. to be sure, the poor fel-
low lay in his berth. smiling pleasant
ly as he gave me his hand. bur look
ing very frail. / could not help
glnnce-round. which showed me what
little shrine he had made of the box
he was lying in. The stars and stripes
were triced up above and around a
picture of Washington. and he had
painted a majestic eagle, with light
nings blazing from his beak and his
foot Just cinsping the whole globe.
which his wings overshadowed- The
dear old boy saw my glance. and said.
with sad smile, Here, you see. have
n countryr And then he pointed to
the foot OF his bed. where ! had not
seen before a great map OF the United
States. as he had drawn IL from mein-
ory. and which he had there to look
upon rs ne lay. Quaint. queer old
names were on IL, in large letters:
Indiana Territory Mississippi Ter
ritory.' and louisiana as i supposed
our fathers learned such things: but
the old fellow had patched in Texas.
too: he had carried his western boun-
Diary all the way To the Pacific. but on
that shore he had defined nothing.
"'oh. Danforth. he said. I know
am dying. ! cannot get home. Sure
" you will tell me something now !?
Stop, stop, Do not speak Till I say
what I am sure you know. that there
is not in this ship. that there is not
In Amerlca-God bless her "a more
loyal man than /. There cannot be a
man who loves the old flag Ms / do. or
prays for IL as do. or hopes for II as
do. There are thirts-fcur stars in
Il now, DAnforth. ] thank God for
that, though ! do not know what their
names are There has never been one
| taken away: ! thank God for that.
know by that. that there has never
been any successful Burr. oh. Dam
forth. Dnnfor,h.' he sighed out. how
Ike n wretched nights dream a boys
| idea of personal fame or of separate
( sovereignty seems, when one looks
back on IL after such life as mine .
But tell me--tell me somethins-tcll
! me everything. Danforth. before die =
'Tngham. / swear TO you that I felt
| like monster that | had not told him
! everything before. Danger or no dan
ger, delicacy or no delicacy, who was-I
4 that should have been acting the
I tyrant all this time over this dear,
I saiuted old man. who had years ago
/ expiaied. in his whole manhood's life.
the madness of boys treason1 Mr..
| Nolan said L VIII tell you everything
! you ask about. Only, where shall !
beginr
.oh. the blessed smile that crep,
over his white face and he pressed my
hand and said. God bless you'll Tell
me their names he said. and he point
ed to the stars on the flag. The last
know is Ohio. My father lived in
Kentucky. But ! have guessed Mich
igan and Indiana and MIssissippi-ihas
was where Fort Adams is-they make
twenty. But where are your other
fourteen7 You have not cut up any
of the old ones, ! hcpey
"Well. that was not a bad text. and
told him the names, in as good or.
der as l could. and he hade me take
down his beautiful map and draw them
In as l best could with my pencil. He
was wild with delight about Texas
told me how his brother died there
he had marked a gold cross where he
supposed his brothers grave was; and
! he had guessed at Texas Then he
was delighted M he saw California
and oregon-,hnt, ne said, he had sus
pected partly, because he had never
been permitted To land on thar shore
| though the ships were there SO. much
And the men, said he. laughing
brought OF good deal besides furs.
| Then he went tack-heavens. how
] far--fo nSk -houf fb,. Chess, neale and
what was done TO Barron for surren
dering her to the Leopard. and wheth-
err Burr ever tried again. aud he ground