The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-10

mad been In the staterOOm, and he said
he should like to see me. Oh, dear
! do you remember the mysteries we
boys used to invent about his room. in
the old Intrepid days? Well l went
in, and there, to be sure, the poor fell
low lay in his berth. smiling pleasant
~ as he gave me his hand, but look.
ing very frail. could not help a
glance 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 majestic eagle, with light.
nings blazing from his beak and his
foot just clasping the whole globe,
which his wings overshadowed The
dear old boy saw my glance, and said,
with sad smile, Here, you see, have
country! And then he pointed to
the foot Of his bed, where / had not
seen before great map of the United
States, as he had drawn It from men,
DRY, and which he had there to look
upon as he lay. Quaint, queer old
names were on it, in large letters:
Indiana Territory Mississippi Ter
eitory,' and louisiana as 1 supposed
our fathers learned such things; but
the old fellow had patched in Texas,
too; he had carried his western boun-
dairy oil the way to the Pacific, but on
that shore he had defined nothing.
"'Oh, Danforth,' he said, Z know I
am dying. l cannot get home. Sure
~ you will tell me something now?
Stop! stop! Do not speak till I 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 L There cannot be a |
man who loves the old flag as do, or |
prays for it as do. or hopes for it as |
I do. There are thirty-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 Dan
forth, Danforth,' he sighed out, how
like a wretched nights dream q boys
idea Of personal fame or of separate
sovereignty seems, when one looks
back on It after such q life as mine
But tell me-tell me sOmething-tell
NE everything, Danforth, before l die!
Bingham, swear to you that I felt
like q monster that I had not told him
before. Danger or no dan
ger, delicacy or no delicacy, who was l
that I should have been acting the
tyrant all this time over this dear,
sainted old man, who had years ago
expiated, in his whole manhOod's life,
he madness Of a boys treason7 Mr..
Nolan said I I will tell you everything
7ou ask about. Only, where shall
,eginr
"Oh, the blessed smile that crept
,ver his white face and he pressed my
land and said. God bless yCul Tell j
me their Names he said, and he point
ed to the stars on the flag. The last {
know is Ohio. Ny father lived 10
Kentucky. But l have guessed Mich. t
gan and Indiana and Mississippi-that |
vas where Fort Adams is-they make
twenty. But where are your other
'ourteen? You have not cut up any
# the old ones, hopper
well, that was not bad text, and IL
told him the names, in as good or
Ter as could, and he babe me take +
ic no if11l n hny | -
n as best could with my pencil. He t;
vas wild with delight about Texas, D
old me how his brother died there; q
e had marked gold cross where he ;,
opposed his brothers grave was; and r
e had guessed at Texas. Then he
vas delighted as he saw California
nd Oregon-that he said, he had sus-
ected partly, because he had never b
cen permitted to land on that shore, o
1ough the ships were there SO much. r,
and the men, said he, laughing, T
'rought off good deal besides furs.' ,.
hen he went back-heavens, how
lr-to ask about the Chesapeake, and
hat was done to Barron, for surren- l.
ering her to the Leopard, and wheth-
: Burr ever tried again, and he ground
Is teeth with the only passion he d.
bowed. But in a moment that was E
ver, and he said, God forgive me, m
n ] am sure / forgive him.. Then q
D asked about the old war-tol0 :.
. the tyUe starry 0f hls serving tAe
Ito be Co1tiMue1)