Show An Incident Sunset On 1 cot In a hospital he lay watching the night coming on He cow the sbiKlows creep down from the nearby illOtlilill ins and the clouds with their silver sil-ver lining hanging over the landscape away don the allcy Tbe sigh of The wind through the trees cnme Lo bib ear now nnd then broken by i the shrill i nice of children ut play on a neighboring street corner Raising himself upon his elbow to a halfsitting position ho began ito to sing It was an old eradle song ponu lar voara ago and the yearning tenderness tender-ness ho throw Into the tune was startling Down the quIet hospital ward the voice weak at first but puthrrlng strength as he sang rang sweet nod clear Tho occupants of the other cols turned lowird tho voice many an eye moistening moisten-ing JIM thoughts flew back to mothers and childhood Moro than one raised themselves them-selves up to catch a glimpse of Use singer All al once In tile midst of the song there OH inn a break Then a few dying cadences met the ear like the faroff ocho of Iho tune and then a deep quiet tell oret till A nurse came hastening down tile corridor cor-ridor Sho asked who had boon singing Tho nccupunls ot lie I cots pointed to tho one nearest tho window She moved quickly to the upper end of he i room and I stood looking for a while Into his face Ho was dead |