Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-05-16
THE MAN WITHOUT
A COUNTRY
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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 clasping the whole globe,
which his wings overshadowed. The
dear old boy saw my glance, and said,
q countryr And then he pointed to
the foot of his bed, where l had not
seen before a 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
ritory,' and louisiana as l supposed
our fathers learned such things; but
the old fellow had patched in Texas,
too; he had carried his western boun.
dairy 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 nowi
Stop! stop Do not speak till l 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 a
man who loves the old flag as I do, OF
prays for it as do, or hopes for it as
l do. There are thirty-four stars In
It now, Danforth. I thank God for
that, though l 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 a boys
idea of personal fame or Of separate
sovereignty seems, when one looks
back on 1t after such life as mine |!
But tell me-tell me something-tell
me everything, Danforth, before l die =
"Ingham, 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
that l 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,
the madness Of boys treason? Mr..
Nolan said Il will tell you everything
you ask about. Only, where shall
beginv
"Oh, the blessed smile that crept
over his white face . and he pressed my
hand and said, God bless you! Tell
me their Names he said, and he point
ed to the stars on the flag. The last
y know is Ohio. My father lived in
kentucky. But I have guessed Mich
igan and Indiana and Missssippi-tha
was where Fort Adams is-they make
twenty. But where are your other
fourteen? You have not cut up any
Of the old ones, hope?
well, that was not bad text, and
told him the names, in as good or
der as l could, and he babe 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 gold cross where he
supposed his brothers grave was; and
he had guessed at Texas. Then he
was delighted as he saw California
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 so much.
And the men, said he, laughing,
brought off 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 he
showed. But in a moment that was
over, and he said, God forgive me,
for I am sure l forgive him. Then
he asked about the old war-told
me the true story Of his serving the