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160 AMEBICAN WOMEN AND HOSPITALS.
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For It Is Some Certain Time That A More ...
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in and front if it ; was it looks to do cowardl over again y to , be I'd hit do in it . the I ' back m a , but I sorry obeye I d wasn orders ' , and it have don " ' Poor t spared matter John the in ! the long it did end , not I know matter in store . ' now for him , except . He that seemed a shot to read in front the thoug mig ht ht
that troubled meas agony he spoke so hopefully when there was no hope , for hesuddenl This y added is : first , battle do ththink it ' s going to be last ?'
doubl " " " It i ' I ' m was hard afrai the my with d they hardest those do , clear John question ; eyes . ' fixed I ey had on ever mine been , forcing called a truthful my upon to answer answer by _p y
th fateful eir own fact truth a moment . He then seemed shook a little his head startled with a at lance first , pondered at the broad over chest the and muscular limbs stretched , out before him . g
" ' I ' m not afraidbut it ' s difficult to believe all at once . I ' m so strong it don " ' Merry t seem Mercutio possible , for ' s d such ying a words little wound glanced to throug kill me h my . ' memory as he spoke l wide church doorbut tis h *
And — - 'Ti John s not would so deep have as a sai well d , the nor sam so e could as a he have seen the , ominous 'enoug black . holes between his shoulders , he never saw ; and seeing the ghastly sights
about himcould not believe Ms own wound more fatal than these , for all the suffering it , caused him . sudden "' Shall tidings I write miht to change your mother all lans now and ? ' I asked , but thinking they did that not these for
the man received the g order of the Divine p Commander purposes to ; marchwith the same ; unquestioning obedience with which that the the soldier first had led him received to , life th the at last of the to
human onedoubtless remembering , death . , " ' Noma ' am ; to Laurie just the same ; he'll break it to her best , and I'll
_, add " So a line I , wrote to her the myself letter when which you _, he have dictated done , . finding ' it better than any I had . h here and there little ineleganteach
sentence sent , for cam thoug e to me briefly worded a but ungrammatical most expressive or , full of excellent , ounsel to the boytenderlbequeathin' mother and Lizzie' to his care
c , y g , added and bidding a few him lines good with -bye stead in words handand the sadder as I seale for d it their said simp with licity a patient . He y , ,
quiver turning sort of sig of away h emotion , " I his hop face at e the the , laid answer thou the ght will flowers of come , such against , a in sudden time his for sundering lips me , as to if of see to all hide it the ; ' some then dear , -
home " These ties . things had happened two days before , now John was dying and the letter had not th come at . made I had been heart summoned ache it to did many then death since -beds mother in my
lifebut to none my as , my patient called , me strength to watch As the I departure went inJohn of a sp stretched irit akin out to this both in hands its gentleness . and
. , " " He * I knew wasand you' so d come rapidl ! y that I guess even I ' m while moving he spoke on , ma , over ' am . ' his face I saw the
and drops grey waited veil from falling his , to hel forehead that p him no , die human stirred . He the hand stood air can about in lift _soi- him e need I sat with of down the hel slow p b — y him and wave , I wi could of ped a fan the dp ,
little—foras the doctor had foretoldthe strong body rebelled against with death so , and foug , and ht clench every his inch hands of the with way , an , forcing imploring him look to draw as if each he breath asked
without 4 How a long spasm a moment must , I ' s endure respite this , or , a and moment be still ' s murmuring ? ' For hours ; his he limbs , suffere grew d dumbl cold y , whiteand and he tore the coveringoff "
his face damp , his lips , again again , ,
160 Amebican Women And Hospitals.
160 _AMEBICAN WOMEN AND HOSPITALS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 2, 1864, page 160, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02051864/page/16/
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