The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-07-13

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 l am sure l forgive him. Then |
he asked about the old war-told
ME the true story of his serving the
gun the day we took the Java-asked
about dear old David Porter, as he
called him. Then he settled down
more quietly, and very happily, to hear
me tell In an hour the history of fifty
years.
body who knew something But
did as we'll as l could. l told him OF
the English war. I told him about Full
ton and the steamboat beginning.
told him about old Scott and Jackson;
told him all l could think about the
Mississippi, and New Orleans, and
Texas, and his own old Kentucky.
And do you know he asked who was
in command of the Legion OF the
West?' l told him it was very gal-
liant officer named Grant, and that 81
our last news he was about to estac
fish his headquarters at Vicksburg,
Then, Where was VicksburgT
worked that out on the map; 1t was
about hundred miles, more or less,
above his old Fort Adams; and !
thought Fort Adams must be ruin
. now. 1T must be at old Vick's plan
: tation, said he; well. that is q
, changer
II tell you,- Ingham, 1t was a hard
thing to condense the history of half
century into that talk with sick
man. And l do not know what l told
= him-0f emigration, and the means OF
( it-of steamboats, and railroads and
pVO-~~
. and literature--of the colleges and
: West Point and the Naval school
\ fbut with the queerest interruptions
!. that ever you heard. You see it was
/, Robinson Crusoe asking all the accu
4 INFLATED questions of tifty-six years
II remember he asked, all of a sud
= den, who was president now; an(
a when l told him, he asked If Old ABB
Il was Gen. Benjamin Linco]n's son. HI
= said he met old General Lincoln, whel
J. he was quite boy himself, at SOM
n Indian treaty. l said no, that Old Alb
was Kentucklan like himself, but
7 could not tell him Of what family; h
= had worked up from the ranks. Goo
4? for himv cried Nolan; I am glad O
v that. AS l have brooded and wor
e dered, have thought our danger wa
in keeping up those regular success
| sions in the first families Then
got talking about my visit to Wasl
| ington. l told him of meeting the Orr
gon congressman, Harding; l told hill
about Smithsonian and the explorin
expedition; told him about the cap
tol--and the statues for the pedimeI
- and Crawfords Liberty - an
Greenough's Washington: Ingham,
told him everything l could think {
4 that would show the grandeur of h
country and its prosperity.
Il "And he drank it In. and enjoyed
!. as l cannot tell you. He grew MOI
I and more silent, yet l never though
4 he was tired or faint. / gave him
4 glass Of water, but he just wet his lip
4 and told me not to go away. Then /
asked me to bring the Presbyteria
Book of Public Prayer which la
4 there, and said. with. a smile, that
n would open at the right place-and s
81 it did There was his double re
, mark down the page; l knelt dow
and read, and he repeated with IN
! For ourselves and our country, o gr
cious God, we thank thee, that, no
withstanding our manifold transgre
y sions of thy holy laws, thou hast COZ
tinued to us thy marvellous Kindness
d and so to the end of that thanksgi
" ing. Then he turned to the end
80 the same book, and l read the wore
~ more familiar to me: Most hearth
-. we beseech thee with thy favor to b
hold and bless thy servant, the pres
: dent of the United States, and a
- others in authority'-and the rest
the Episcopal collect. 'Danfortl
~, said he, have repeated those praye
w. night and morning, 1t Is now fifty-fi'
- years And then he said he wou
,rs go to sleep. He bent me down ov'
=, him and kissed me; and he sal
Al, Look in my Bible, Danforth, when
- am gone And l went away. -
-. but 1 had no thought it was Il
~ end. l thought he was tired al
:. would sleep. l knew he was happ
!, and wanted him to be alone.
~ But In an hour, when the doct
- went in gently, he found Nolan hi
~ breathed his life away with smil
:. He had something pressed close
- his Inns IT Wag hiS fathers badge