Evening star., 1928-04-22
Hero Who Wanted to Fight Gave Greater Service

The man who ran the saddlery shop
made him a couple Of knee pads and
he could get around on them quite
easily. Friends came 10 his rescue
James z. Peabody Of the Morris High
School in New York. Dr.. Howard s.
Kelly and DR.. Caroline LattimeE Of
Baltimore. and others.
In 1911 Congress heard OF 1t and
voted him a grant of Sl00 month.
With his grant OF 500 a monln ne
bought a farm; maybe some way ne
it slipped out Of his hands. He vas
incapacitated for work. his wife rOOS
in boarderS. they scraped along. mere
we're no doctors bills. He was living
in Andrews. Ind. town OF few nun
dred population. in a house for which
he was paying $40 Of the SiO0 nffutn
for rent. Now and then. III the Wun-
ter, they we're on the verge Of tsins
out OF coal Things looked pretty o.ue.
but his loyal friends stuck by him Ny
Peabody. aided and assisted oy the
American Association for Medica! Prog
ress, came to his aid and took 10
collection for him: $4,000 was ralSa-d.
dollar here a dollar there. even sc4tool
children gave money. One Donation
was from a group OF American women
living in South America-thsy could
picture what the country would oe II
yellow fever hadn't been put On the
run.
Then one day the good news came
10 KisSinger that he could SO on. and
select a house, and that q deed 70
il would be given 10 him UnorSev-
able! The present Of the wheel chair
had seemed wonderful-now q house.
a whole house! He looked around and
chose a farm house mile o0tSiCe O.
Huntington. Ind. surrounded BY TWO
indeeds
Gould I have just one thing more?'
asked the aStoniShed man
What IS it,"
I'D like TO have q COW"
And SO saw Sunshine. the pride c.
the family
A few years ago. by some medical
miracle. the feeling slowly began 70
return TO KiSSinger'S legs. little BIZ az
q time. Learned doctors. StiU studying
the effect Of yellow fever. came 70 visit
him and made long and exhaustive eN-
and il was explained that
the feeling might return. use of his
legs might be given him again snd
then at any hour he might fall 20 h.S
knees as he had thirteen years before
on the street in South Bend. A miracle
did happen he rose 20 his knees. 10 =
wheel chair: biz by DIT he lcft tie wheel
chair for crutcheS, and then the Gay
came when he needed only one crutch.
I'm not going 70 use Il any more,
he declared
II was pretty hard work. hobhliag
along supported by the furniture. or
with his hands on the wall. or sitting
on the steps oabylike when he wen;
downstairs. but soldier is born 10
hght. and tinaly the crutch went 20 the
wOodShed II has never come back.
There. IL Dream Home, as they call
the house given 70 him by popular sub
I visited them The old ws~
veteran was able 70 meet me, and about
him, even though he walks jsrksly
there is something of the soldier. But
he is never we'll. sometimes the pains
come back his nerves 50 10 pieces
pains take him III the head now and
then words slip away, sentences 50 UU-
finished They have been III Dream
Home since June, ne ana his vile -
Bobby, her grandson
Wonderful as Il is there are <tl..
troubles in Dream Home, There aye
stiu doctors bills borrowed money -
pay back and food 10 buy. i3tc.e
things during my visit eSgan ~ coss3s
out While We were talking II came
out that the suit worn ey the alSn ws,o
had given his body as a laboratory 4
science had been sent him by = mar ~
another State, Fur eleven years the>.
suits alone have covered the olS
soldier,
They are sensitive ABOUT IL, SeuS.5!s.
that had this unexpected gN>e& -
they have pride. Mr. and Mrs ks>Sstsev
SNN
4 MOTHER matter: There S,s3 rams
thrsN'gh him an intense and u'sy~
ms loyalty o. his Country X Sserss
never ta have occurred ~ the WgNc< ~
man that America has esCoale r1t1
ana powerful since he made his SActs-
nee twenty seven Years aSc Once !s>
>aid simply as We talked after S0pge1
OF course, IL was hard el,g SheG,d
do IL all over again II ie wo&sld help
The simple little sentence moved nae,
this man who had been practically an
Invalid for twenty~Seven wears. Who hAS
never known We'll day since che sing.
'ag test tube was held On his eaTv3
arm. saying simply, Il should d Il az
over again, IL il would heln"
Another little episode that moved nsN>
Now that he Was In his new aone =
wanted a pest ~ eold his mail ecN ases
81 he had a past eUt and carved AM
relored to represent lnele sam.
That. as l write, Is the picture th2
fingers IN NV mind Private kaSStaSN
alking iegksy out to U3Acle Sam 60 set
his mall and then the other picture
Private ksSSlnger hoeblhag cQt to mslS
he Cow. sunshine
Az the same time think " another
hing ef the negltginle number Of eases
u yellow fever last wear IN the AmeFtx@~
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