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AMERICAN WOMEN AND HOSPITALS. 157
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For It Is Some Certain Time That A More ...
off sockscoats and shirts , scrub them well , then put on clean shirts , and the attendants " If she , had will requested finish them me off been to , and shave less lay them them in all bed , or hut . ' dance to scrub a hornpipe on dozen the
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nothing by bandages the honor but bein roll g of the up havin his walks g eyes a , his lad and y hair wash bless the him me shrubbery , in as an he irresistible . expressed He was sty so it , le overpowered that which he was did
too knelt much down for to my take sense off his of the shoes , ludicrous , he flopped , so , w ' al so u , and hed wouldn together 't , hear and when of my I touching them dirty craters bed above be aisydarlin ' for the
which day ' s worrk is the ' ye dirrtiest are doon the — fut Whoosh or ; may the ! shoe your there . ' ye It was are , ; an and d bed if a he d , , hadn its hard 't _, been tellin to ' the foreI should have , gone on pulling , under the impression that the fut
took was comical a heart boot , tableau , and for trousers scrubbed produced , socks aw a ay general , shoes . like , any grin and , tid at legs y which parent were prop a on mass itious a Saturday of beg mud their inning . ni tired This ght I .
of heads Some the of again them hest st me took colored as the I worked like performance bashful , others girls like looke . sl d One eepy griml wore children y scandalized a soiled , leaning little , and bag several about roug
his neckand as I moved it to bathe his wounded breast , I said , — " ' Your , talisman didn't save you , for did that it ?' shot would le
"' WellI reck-on it didmarm a gone a coupa inches deeper , but for my old , mammy , ' s camphor bag , ' answered the cheerful philosopher . "
" THE VIKGINIAN BLACKSMITH . " One of the earlier comers had _> often spoken wounded of than a friend himself who mi had ht
remained reach a shelter behind first , th . at It those seemed apparentl a David y wors and e Jonathan sort of friendshi g p . The man fretted for his mateand was never tired of praising John , —his
courage , sobriety with , self He - ' denial out , , and ' -out unfailing fine feller kindliness ma ' am of heart see if , he always aint . '
winding up , — ' s an -an , , you watched I had som him e curiosity for a nig to ht behol or two d this before piece I made of excellence friends with , and him when ; for he , to came tell _,, statelwhose bed had to
the truthI was a little afraid of the y-looking man , be lengthened , to accommodate his commanding but stature , observed who seldom what spoke went _^ .
uttered no laintasked no sympathy , tranquilly statesman on about him comp warrior ; and , , as he lay hi full gh er upon of real his p di illows gnity , no than picture this Virg of d inian ying
blacksmith . or A most attractive was ever face he hadframed in brown hair and beard _,, comelfeaturedand full of vigor , as yet unsubdued , by pain ; thoughtful , and
forgetfu often beautifull y l of his y own , mild . His while mouth watching was grave the afflictions and firm , of with others plenty , as of if will entirel and y could make it sweet and
his courage eyes in were its lines child , but ' s eyes a smile , looking one well fairl for as y such in the as face laced any , woman with their a faith ' s clear ; in ,
straihtforward lancewhich promised as p and him . he g He had seemed learned g to the cling , secret to of life content as if it The were only rich time in duties I saw his and composure delights ,
disturbedwas when my surgeon broug . ht another to examine John , who ,
American Women And Hospitals. 157
AMERICAN WOMEN AND HOSPITALS . 157
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 2, 1864, page 157, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02051864/page/13/
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