Show sir she know hhas ha 1310 lve i airs beryt peri ence as a nurse in army hospitals ta tells this story stary awas I 1 was passing through 0 one of the wards when I 1 came upon a young philadelphia zouave in m a perfect par of anguish three nurses stood around him and to my inquiry what is the matter matt erf tb they ey replied by dumb show that comin coming deal death was the matter and that all would soon be over while in words they told me that lie had not slept for forty eight hours I 1 had one of them place a chair for me sat down and with my ion long thin hands grasped the thigh 11 stump which was making all the trouble drew and pressed tho the muscles inton into a natural easy position cooed coded and talked and comforted the sufferer as I 1 should have done a sick baby and in ten minutes he was asleep then I 1 whispered to the nurses to bring cotton and oakum and little cushions made them put the cotton and ami oakum in small email tufts to my index finger and while I 1 crooned my directions in a sing song lullaby air I 1 worked in this support gradually and imperceptibly withdrawing my ban hands 1 s until I 1 could substitute the little littie cushions for the force by which I 1 had been holding the muscles in proper position this done my boy soldier slept as sweetly as ho he ever had done in ids his crib the next morning a nurse came running for moto mo to hurry to him lie ile had slept for six hours waked had his breakfast and had his wound dressed land and now the pain was back as bad as ever I 1 went fixed tho the mangled muscle with reference to his change of position made a half mold to hold it there and before I 1 had finished he be began bean an an eight hour sleep ten days afterward he was son sent home to his mother and I 1 heard 0 of him bi m no more |