The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-01

WaO delighted ~ No saw CSilIOtua3
and OregOn-that, he said, he had sus-
pected partly. because he had never
been permitted to land ON that shore
though the ships were there 80 much.
And the men, said he, laughing.
brought of a good deal besides furs.'
Then he went back-heavens, how
far-to ask about the Chesapeake. and
what was done to Barron for surren-
dering her to the Leopard, and wheth-
er Burr ever tried again, and he ground
his teeth with the only passion hs
showed. But in . moment that wai
over, and he said. God forgive me
for I Am sure I forgive him. Then
he asked about the old war-tolc
me the true story Of his serving the
gun the day We took the Java-asked
about dear old David Porter, N he
called him. Then he settled down
more quietly, and very happily. to heaI
me tell In an hour the history Of nfty
years.
"How I wished It had been some
body who knew something! But ]
did a. well as I could. told him OF
the English war. told him about Full
ton and tho steamboat beginning. ]
told him about old Scott and Jackson
told him all l could think about thu
Mississippi, and New Orleans. ant
Texas, and his own old Kentucky
And do you know he asked who wa
In command Of the Legion Of thu
Westr told him 1t was a very gal
liant oficer named Grant. and that b,
our last news, he was about to estab
lish his headquarters at Vicksburg
Then, Where was Vicksburgr ]
worked that out on the map; 1t wa
about q hundred miles. more or less
above his old Fort Adams: and ]
thought Fort Adams must be q ruiz
now. 1t must be at old Vick's plan
tation,' said he: well, that II .
changer
II tell you, Ingham, 1t was . hard
thing to condense the history Of hall
a century into that talk with a sick
man. And do not 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 accu-
mulated questions Of fifty-six years,
II remember he asked. all Of a sud-
den, who was president now; and
when I told him, he asked II Old Abe
was Gen. Benjamin Lincoln's son. He
said he met old General Lincoln, when
he was quite a boy himself, at some
Indian treaty. l said no, that Old Abe
was a Kentuckian like himself, but
could not tell him of what family; he
had worked up from the ranks. Good
| for him! cried Nolan: I am glad OF
that. As l have brooded and won,
dered, I have thought our danger was
in keeping up those regular success
sions in the first families Then
got talking about my visit to Wash
ington. 1 told him of meeting the Ore
gon congressman, Harding; told him
about Smithsonian and the exploring
expedition; / told him about the capi-
tol-and the statues for the pediment
and Crawford's Liberty - and
Greenough's Washington: Ingham,
told him everything could think Of
that would show the grandeur Of his
country and its prosperity.
"And he drank 1t in, and enjoyed II
as 1 cannot tell you. He grew more
and more silent, yet never thought
he was tired or faint. I gave him q
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 sasd. with a smile, that 1t
would open al the right place-and SO
1t did. There was~ his double red
mark down the page; knelt down
and read, and he repeated with me,
For ourselves and our country, o gra-
cious God, we thank thee, that, not
withstanding our manifold transgres-
sions Of thy holy laws, thou hast con-
tinued to US thy marvellous kindness
and 30 to the end of that thanksgiv-
ing. Then he turned to the end of
the same book, and 1 read the words
more familiar to me: Most heartily
we beseech thee with thy favor to be-
hold and bless thy servant, the presi-
dent Of the United States, and all
others in authority'-and the rest Of
the Episcopal collect. Danforth,'
said he, 7 have repeated those prayers
night and morning, 1t is now ffty-five
years. And then he said he would
60 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 1t was the
end. I thought he was tired and
would sleep. knew he was happy.
and wanted him to be alone.
But In an hour, when the doctor
went In gently. he found Nolan had
breathed his life away with a smile.
He had something pressed close to