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Show I hoiii1. imiil my oy.'S li.'iuii' acenstumeu to tint pi."lrillr X'hll'1 uf .lll;:-ilil!t'. Tl;. ;i th. y tu.ii: ni. to t i it rt mm when I f.uiii.l miithi'f, i-, t. i i. br itli.T.-t I uit'l u miii!.-:or. It w;w tliu iimili'M if im i1..t of tho I'.iM, aiul very cuiui'ul t-niily t-niily t'.'.niisht'il. ,)',ti oiit-i.l.' vi cor.lil i't! them thr.jun'n th.' wiiiilnw st. i.al a Njn'cinl 1 tail .1 twi l.i' i.ii-ii, i-i'!rcu.l as tho nu-wi'im.; nu-wi'im.; 'x-riiirirn.r th:' si'iit"iii'i .l man. T'ni...F mo I ;-h..'il.l lm it tttitil t!u lat liiiimtc I'.'t'ni'.-11 i.'cln. k. Imt tlioii voi:ll l:avi ! iri, tiio ruluni'l lm koil tin; dour an.! loft liio with my frii'tiiis. Th"" lt.nl sirinvl l!n jifivilci;i f jin!ni-i lli.w l;:-t f.-w h-mri with mo I l.ii."v. to (iiiiiturt ami fo';'l". ii rh.'i;n t.itr.-';rtl-.-n imt for tho lv.irf.il cr o'til thiot;.:!) v. iiii h I !m'! to l-at. lint 1 hail to rol:;'' .Vt H!.1 i'nll;olo tiic.'ll. My f;ii!t' r mi It ik.-ti ilown. It. nnit leu hi'r.i 1 .s'n.it! mi a t.i: in r'a !'. lirurs t.. -.' ai'. I lo..;; at his ..'ti. m tin .rnu" of II o i!. ai.'l i' t; it o.V th" I'.'W iiitiT-Vi iiitiT-Vi t..ii;.r iii.;:ti'.i i f that boy's romainiu lit'. l.i-'.t:i.- .'.!.T ooii'.l oti'v ','iiy.rt at it..' in -: .'' 'i1 ini.'ry. iij.;. iiii .I by tl"-;:lo nry Hi.-i'i.m- of tl.-f t !i t!.:it W'.H tin ii Mi !i;;':-i'i:cl !:!'. i ..,.! to b .-i'l'iai' i-oii-.oli r. ati.-l straim-il f. i in-! v.-, ;.!!. i i Tilt -vrry Jiowor to n il . I v.-ouM ii. .? ji.-nnii tho ut'inbliir la ia i .! '( io 1 to o!n r iiaMr.-. kliotvin;; 111'. W..!: Wolll.l fall UjU'il t'ilo-o ioillX tii: :,-.1: alii wails, lai i'hn!:, faliili,;' oil Biv follnt. I ilrow tlt.ti:. by I'Vorytliin fn;.-r. 'i!!;;: t'.mt I nml.l think of, to cm. ti n;; hit. ; uiivtlihi but. inv iiii.i'inlitig dooia. ,-l I Y.'olll.l ul'olll sr.rri'i'il tllli little el on tin- iii.-ui'it'l wa.nM hliMio, or it f.m;-t'i mi tho .t!i'r "iil.i.l", or w.tne Di.-v. in-f.t of tin. i:'i!'r-'i'i. w .i-M rocall t. in w.tii :i i-itth to ii,.- la . i.l I f. -"lit. ' ;;-.t liUh- i ioi li oil iho i.ia'io If -i ;iio.l to;.." ia im-. inl'-rui! ; in lit-k ii.u.i.'y as t!:- . U:,, ro! a ,.;;!. J ' -. ; : ': 1 1 i' i: ..if hunt's a- v.-.-!l io tho fnl: : iiii.I it f i..- 1 Iota" it- lit : Io wit :t w..:i. U-V.Z tui.i lit" tiay i'ai.iaior ! .-v. rv Ii.. latiiio.'-. T. :i! J i -,'. IVi-Viii! atrl it half! TVfiv ! li-ilf! U:i' ' J i.-..-.-. ! r-l l.owit ti.'i.V.l otV ti). "!'. Ulll.-l, jrju'" -1 'i"1 laia,t. s aa.l s-tar; !.! our pii " I i :ivs with iho-t! l'- . iiii;; lia'.f Loi..-: " v.-.'i-" - uU-1 ar-'Ui! t'i:i-r..m.-l to e oh r v. o r..;:M a. !. Fat hi r ou on ; .-...it., liiotii. rt ii tiie oli-.i-r of w..', a ;-a-!a: P: -h.VL I ... .... - . o ' - r;-iMai;!:r'.'-" ;i I isif may I had no j i aiiionition of iloarh. j Not whoii t!i,-y stood 1110 uji to hoar my a. ntenoo and to answer, nor allot'' Witnl in tin1 cool i'oii:.'iii;i!atioii my iso-lation iso-lation Mm) jiiii-iit iliiiiiviti affonle.i: not when tlie oPir"!' of tiio day, on that event fill o.'ii.'iailaaii itioi iiin,.;. r.'.'i.l t inn in my iliima'ooii the .lay's, prom-ammo and do'.ini'iiteii my ilooni at tho liatnls of tivolvo del a'.lcl sohlierH. llo found 1110 whistliiiif as I paced my narrow cell Unit inoriiiii';. and exclaimed in mirpriso: "Good (Jod, captain! what kind of a tiiim nru you':' "Oh. I don't know; skin and lione, flesh and sinews, bUiod and bile. Why'" i ' Why! Don't yon know you are to bo ! shot today? Outside hero are the twelve men detailed to send you into eternity. ; You'll uever seo another morning! And here yon art whistling!" I "Well, why not whistle na loner as pos-I pos-I eible, mill cry when you cannot laiitrh': ' ! Hence, I may not be able to tell just ' ho .v it man feels who stares death calmly in tho face, for may lie 1 did not so com- pn heiid my situation, j But I was sentenced to death, that I ; fully comprehended when they marched ' liio, handcuffed, between two KUards wi'li anus at "charge" and bayoii- ts ' fixed, hack to the prison; and, instead of i to my former 1:3 by 12 cell, barred and ; bolted me in an underground, dark, dank dungeon, ;i by ID feet, with a tub occu-i occu-i py'ng two feet of that sparse space, sig-! sig-! iiificantly suggest iro that I was to stay right there until thu day and hour. The sentence was fully ro ili.-.l during the sunless days and no darker nights of tho weeks that followed. Daylight! (loud God. man! yon do j not appreciate what, 11 ray of :;l.id. bright : sunlight is until shut in from all that I inaki s day beautiful, j Oil, yes; Iconipreh-nded, sliglitlv, that i mine was no trilling sentence as I HHAWMi Tiin o'.nii'.i:. hand clasped by each, as the little monitor moni-tor on the mantel broke the gathering stillness with ils metal voice crying the half hour gone! Just then it step sounded without, a hand touched the knob, the la y turned in the lock, the dour was thrown open and the colonel stood lookingin hik.ii us. Instinctively I .inmp.-1 to my f.-et, as father and mother sprang to my side, a hand each upon my shoulder. How rapidly thought does its office in such emergencies! My first thought was, their dining hour approaches, and tivse ofac rs wi.-di to got through this unpleasant duty lie-fore lie-fore dinner. For a minute it seemed eternity, and that the little clock h id c m- ! to toll off time we stood, the coianel an 7 myself, my-self, silent, jr.izing slerii'; at each other. lie evi l"iii!y csp"cte.l me to speak. Out I did not, wonid not. At length he slowly drew from his pocket a slip of p;tp r, and saying, "Captain, I laivo just received this telegram," tele-gram," rem), while we gaa d upon him in strain. 1, listening eag n-iie:--.' The :i''eut ion of the se;:1i ill i III! ease of ('apt. William (oa-.a-a U pe -I polled li .1 1. il furthei orders., liy oluer ..I Tllli I'lil'SiJ.i-.NT. Not one of nf spoke. "Von cnu" s!;,y with your frii ud'( till 3 o'clock. Then vou ;.a back to your cell," he t-iiid. closed tin; door and left us hurriedly. Father drew a long, trembling sigh and sunk slowly to the lloor, wii"fo nio!atThad already fd'in, Titeir sap-poU sap-poU goiie. the sudden, ;::!,. a.-.'d !',,r iift-ing iift-ing of tu" t a.::,! of U. a.ii. 'f a rr.-h of relief re-lief fi'oi'i Ua hoa.ii! nia''t aiare, ca.i'-ed a quiei; r. vulsion of fa.-liag that naele inn 1 : 111 p. a-; a r a.r. v a-c; a ; a .i'-iioc iiaiie. And I. !,),.. ..in if b-tweeii my par iiis. Th" liiiiii:-; -!' t.i! I s .'a'!::-ni; i at 1 tn.t hear. !sr : ... rs ;u. l ;,-rs !.a: '.' a .. 1 us. :.:ai I b ::.! 1 !.'. pia.aaa-r o . a ' - : .,1;'. a p:a;.. I' - f 'aaiiia 1" f aal ta - .'ark iha-! . ( . i -.... a i.-i'l pass d (,y. i..-,ivinv; tile iii.:-!: of 1:1". Mv seat a-- of ,,-.h was o'eiaa! -.1 to iutpi lsoum.'iit and labor uiii an ti;.? .i-, I'at va; !ii'a!-W. F. Gord-a in Is ..id is-: a .a:ae. SKNTl-NCKI) TO DEATH. " ,. F, V E U mind f - wliiit my Im: iia ss frf? f j ; or how 1 was be- t1' v i;i t rayed and bow I P 'A wait galhered in. fY''tMf. ' tti:nonhthatthev SJS - J.C . ."Jbaged me 1WJ V.' ' J mil. s inside the 4 '"' . eiiemv'slini'snnd - 41. .4W''!-T- hustled me off to vre nnt . . prisotiat Fort.Mc.- years j H ilt tniore harbor, where 1 wits V(vAWthnt Mr d with tint clmrgijof being it Jilbf,.y mat lor that I had on when VfC1 Pieces 1 my full uuiform aa a captain. Iv.seUL ter that at my court-martial trial JL ithei if wn officer who captured 1110 testi-t testi-t vSeil'Hiat ho did not take ins as a spy. that there was no work for a spy where hw captured me. J Xo timiter; 1 was found gniity, and tho sentence was read to me, "To bo , hanged as 11 spy on tho parade ground of Fort Melleiiry between the hours of 12 m. and ii o'clock p. 111., Nov. 3, lsi;:!." In answer to my request that, if they must kill me, for the sake of I , nor to give me the death of a soldier, they graciously changed the paper to read, "To lie shot to death with musketry, on the parade ground." etc. Somehow, 1 suppose I did not fully comprehend or adequately appreciate tny situation, lor 1 did not feel then, any more than I do now, that death was to be my next deal. Nor had I at all contemplated that result all through the trial. Only the last day before that sentence sen-tence was read to me I had been creating merriment by asking puzzling or irrelevant irrele-vant questions of the judge advocate, telling jokes during tho recesses of the con rt, in divers manners creating fnu to draw mirth for myself out of that barren rock, "military justice." Only tho day before, the president of the court martial, mar-tial, the colonel of tho regiment, twelve of wlioseflieers composed my adjudicators, adjudi-cators, listed to talk a littla with me. "Of course." "Captain," said he, "I greatly fear you do not appreciate your situation." "Well, colonel, 1 know of no man more favorably situated to realize it. Why do you say so?" "Because, sir, your life is at stake in this vrial." 1 "Well?" I "Well, ywu'll be found guilty, most , assuredly, of tho charge." j 'WeiiV' j " on II be sentenced to die." ! "Well?" "And you'll be hanu'ed or shot! And' here yon have boon sp -nditig the leisure hours of the cam t trying you f ir life 111 frivolous jesling and mi; til. As a fallow fal-low man, it grieves me to sea yi.n so care-hsssly care-hsssly playing at so terriaia a brink as you stand on." "Coi niel," was the reply. "1 than!; you for your interest. If we itr- national enemies, you sp k a a mam and as a soldier. But let i.ie say thi s" mow I cannot can-not explain wliat in.iiiee.l n: : I 1 make the following foolish, braggart speech, but it bubbled upand was spoken i, "eol-01 "eol-01 .el, you or 1 may die before night: we d,iioti know; but in so far as the resuU ot our court's finding is concerned, 1 will lie alive when you and your twelve oliieers , 'ire dead and forgotten!" Ho left me in disgust and I don't blame him. But such was my fe-hug. I did not "('.el it in my b.aa-.-t." tta the slang goes, t!: it death was .so m ar. Tliat colonel and tho entire twelve cou'p. si:, th.. court di' d before I was Mcoaiiaa-'!---"shot to .hath" in one d'.ar.r.' at Cold M irbor. I la.e 1... write the occu.'i.-ai e twenty-five years aivr Uie Coi'V.-rs'ii a .u. it way or uaiv not be true that when 1ne '-rial ntoti t,-r sinalaso-ii victim li.. s, p.; inn;, s-iuie wiy. a spiriin-d pro-11101:11 pro-11101:11 n-.i that ii" is going t let fly from , iealii's quiver tho fatal uart. il: that ; 1 'cook's d.-lail v.i.ii lay i.arr c I. ; ono or ooiTce. lit:!, in v. a, unit", 1111 ier si rict orders not to i: or si j 1..! t tin.' prisoner. pris-oner. ;:s le , bak-a-liko slmVel leiUaled in , my tu-.r.sel i f taii;"-l food, j r.Tlilio:,! h.e.v I -rrov,; la make bim ! sp'.-ak! If i. only wuiiki oir.o ia.e. ahuso i ma, .'iiiy.,iiia.:; evi a iiis pr.aaiuty would I havtt sounded as ineloly in my solitude. I I never knew what anisic there was. in I thu human voice till in that dungeon where it never sounded, and where I soon grew stariied at uiy own. , The post chaplain's was tiio only human hu-man voice I heard for weeks and his only once, for my levity shocked him so' that he jgavo me up as an irredeemable reprobate. He offered u prayer for me, however, 1 courteously kneeling with him on the stouo Moor. But he never came again. Ho told mo what my occasionally allowed al-lowed letters from my friends had too plainly informed me that there was 110 hope of escape from the fate that seemed to them and the outside world to be staring 1110 in the fae.. Every possible effort had been made, every available influence in-fluence pressed into service with tho president, and he had positively declined interfering with the judgment of the court marl ial. The worthy chaplain corroborated cor-roborated their sad infoiiii.itioii: said he: "Captain, you should prepare for death, for your life ends in a few days." Here was fool for redaction, surely. In tho prime and vigor of early manhood, man-hood, my veins thrilling with the bounding bound-ing energy of young blood, life just ne-gilll, ne-gilll, wild its plans, schemes .Tad purposes pur-poses all to work out; a young wife mid two children, with all the hopes of joy existence with tiieui gave; ambitious walks all wide before me awaiting to be trod: what burning pages yet umvad in the book of life! In bat tle the half read paragraph of life is suddenly left, with a dash , an unseen, unlelt bullet cut ; off, without a though., the might be. But here, alone, in silent, darkness the heavy wond- r w-'-nl 1 c ;r,e, "So strong in health and hope, of life, ia death so near.-'" Life's retro; licet, as memory w.'ei forced tot hi. l'.-vli v. presented so much to bo naiioiio, so milch yet to lie dan;', ao much just begun that should b" finish; 1. li il po'-.'ilile-is it true-litis hill", h";ir!y, he: it ay body to .-o.... to iVcd t h- woiaie. At" tiie-a li::," Kii'bs to walk Quick, il.-: ; '. e. lii'ii! , i ill" S.-'di-i'S who li.ar 'h w,;h ia;. .'. 1 i to ii,.ia 'a out wild tin-:.:, and 1:1 -y Lack wiiiea,; me? to :,', .' ;,; y .oa a,.': oy, -. one 0 i':d,; . f saa-iaait, saa-iaait, . :: I t a, :. :;.'.: 1 a;i for; a ia i ho e:.-i't.:.! ..,.:' , .-,' d' ata'; l.-a ;, Am 1 ! .1.. ? 'i"ia:;r T A- ia. moia? Taik- 1 i ' a a.:;: . ; v..- i: aal lia ti f..r-j.'oii f..r-j.'oii . a? U t i v:: a am is I..,, a! ! 1 t Wll .!' so! ': .- i I Si 'la ' '. ''.' eh" ' W i i' ' ' 1 1. Cn 111 lay !':' a.'? To 1, -ai- '.:-.- c "a . .::;, " iiaaa y : a: -Iia !" 1: , . ;:" ,; . a" . a ai a ti. ..th. ,ol ia aa i-ra-L i;a t.;;i -umi li:. :i for. v -f iz'.o v i. . : :::. '; For tia. Ik m r ; - I esiik! i,..t s..v. and wbv I a -a a; ;..!'. 1 !:;:.-v.- : :.. 1 ; ii a -a -y :, ;f 1 iliat of la-' 'a.: ): ; of tia: ! !;n ','.- .J. ' ., , . 1 .". i.y ,:iy .riai:-", ; ik ai!, i c ai-i 1 1 !..",..: I was io die aa soon. Mi.-ii r ;' ' i . 1 a re' :' a -. - I'' a:-;aiin ; : y. ; .a " ',,, t ' . ;.i 1 ,a;,ky : -. : a , . ' , ,k i , '. , 1- .'vt ia,: a. a,:'.. ." a. :i i . . : . i ' a: "' i a i t so. f t.n ia t.,a t. aUa ; v 1.. a .p.;.r'.e:' of au rz' l' . " - i ,"'r ('"i !' f S-V; ' ! ! ',.( -a 1 ! ' ' 'V vi i K h .. -',--' ; WHI'N CAIft !.'t''a crrriu -hed in tiiat. b-lr. iVirun.'Ss. w:r.i ing till liilafed .tl ! I I 1 ! II perfectly wilil w I 1 touched. Finally, ho t t I 1 , It) sead out and bnv a la:.:;- and to u, : :t J'S'ltted. Tiie w.u.-i na 1 i.e -.a r.-ti -.itediv v.':ii!"'r:ish"d bu t 1 1 i 1 tiifoaii tlie lirteki laa! tm i" i it oil i:i discolored fla it aoiid or cent u I 1 t n 3 lie,'.':i'iviil anv aioi'L' line 1 . -a ot --i:tr-gi.y out." AWaV t.p VviliKT. ten or t welve b et aw i 1 1 ill 1 cilia.;, wh:,: 1 1 1 1 it taa. was nud 1 1 it 111 11 1 "tin '.tww.i ia" it 1 1 1 1 1 1 s . across 1 he mo il f 1 n 1 fotii.-l and iln I 11 r damp: tiio di i 1 1 1 ti t 1 1 r tin- gi','it"d I r 1 1 1 1, t 1 1 ie. .r yielding 111 t u e i 1 t ; 1 row a:r t"ei h. Ik;; tiw ! tnitmcw, ntfl 1 1. iVirki)-.-, ii'id ik" tlirt were, hv.t iri ikr- ot d;ist compared to the uri.i'. 1 "rakae ! .: : ka -.-i that grow up.. u me in that ;-' :.ei k.r. Not 11 human soul not, rvei; 1: k";'e. except ex-cept ihe i-.'iiia'-'i-ii-.r 1 u. ) I .- :.!. the h"i;vv si illio ss of t aal mark y f 1 ' Out yonder, aot a-wii. r--. ! ia: a.- , 1 '-rim sent re. t'.r I h-;Ti ( ! ri ; -nr.-1 i a -1 of tiie r'l;.-f a. iat-y It i i..- 1 on l.-'ely post. 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