Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-05-31

c1al ORDERS TO give ana In0C we muSC
act on our own Judgment.
Here is the letter:
Levant 20 2" S. @ 1879 W.
Dear Fred-I try to find heart and life
to tell you that it is all over with dear OLD
Nolan. The doctor had been watching
him very carefully and yesterday morning
came to me and told me that Nolan was
not so we'll and had not left his stateroom.
a thing / never remembered 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 tc
invent about his room in the old Intrepid
days? Well, 1 went in and there, to be
sure, the poor fellow lay in his berth,
smiling pleasantly as he gave me his
hand, but looking very frail. l could not
help a glance round, which showed mo
what little shrine he had made Of the
box he was lying in. The stars and stripes
were triced up above and around picture
of Washington, and he had painted MAJ
jestic eagle, with lightnings blazing from
his beak and his foot just clasping the
whole globe, which his wings oVershad"
owed. The dear old boy saw my glance
and said with a sad smile Here you see.
1 have a country" And he pointed to tho
foot of his bed, where l had not seen be-
fore a great map of the United States as
he had drawn it from memory and Whlch
he had there to look upon as he lay.
Quaint, queer old names were on it in
large letters ooh, Danforth,' he said, Il
know 1 dying. L cannot get home
Surely you will tell me something now
stop stop! Do not speak till / say what
am sure you know-that there is not in
this ship, that there IS not In America
God bless her!-a more loyal man than I.
There cannot be man who loves the old
flag as | do or prays for 1t as L do or
hopes for 1t as do. There are tAirty-four
stars in it now, Danforth l thank God
for that, though do not know what their
names are There has never been one
taken away. l thank God for that.
know by that that there has never been
! any successful Burr. Oh, Danforth, Dam
FORTH" he sighed out. "tell me-tell me
! SOmething-tell me everything. Danforth,
! before | dier
Ingham l swear to you that l felt like
| a monster that / had not told him every
! thing before. Danger or no danger, del"
icacy or no delicacy, who chat l
! should have been acting the tyrant all
! this time over this dear, saiHted OLD man
| VINO had years aGO cEDiated III Ills whole
manho0d's life the madness OF boys
treason" NH. Nolan" said l. L viii tell
you everything You ask about, only where
shall / begin
Oh, the blessed smile that crept over his
! white face and he pressed my hand and
| said: cod Bless you, Zen me their
Names" lie said, and he pointed to the
stars on the Gag.
Is ell ! told him the names in as good
| order as could ana he I2dc me take
down his beautiful map ana draw them
! in as ! best could with my pencil fio
/ was wild with delight about Texas; told
| ne how his brother died there. He had
! marked sold cross where nc supposed
! guessed at Texas. Then he was delighted
| as he saw California and oregon. That,
he said, lie had suspected partly because
he had never been permitted to land o.
that shore, though the ships were / ere
so much. And the men," said he laugh
in@ drought off a good deal besides
| fI"s." Then he went baCk-heaVenS. how
! far!-tO ask about the chesapeake and
what was done 10 Barron for surrondering
her TO the Leopard. and whether Burr
ever tried again, and he ground his teeth
with tn only passion he showed. But IN
moment that was over, and he said,
"GOd forgive me, for ] am sure / forgive
him" Then lie asked about the old war
and settled down more quietly and very
rpily to hear INC tell IN an hour the
hi. my of H.tE years
How wished it had been somebody
who knew &oa1ethinG! / tell YOU, Iash&m,
il was Il nail Ting to c0ndon&e lie MIS-
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