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Und after ve drove dem back, und der night come on, I listen,
L'nd cilnl-r.s. dot I hear Soinepody a callin'— a voice: dot cried,
Thing me .some vater, for Gott's sake ’— I saw his peltblate glisten
Oomler der moonlight, on der parapet, shust outside.

“ I dhrow my canteen ofcr to vere lie lie, but he answer
Dot hi.s left hand" vos gone, und his right arm proke mit a fall ;
DcrJi T shrimp ofer, und giie him to drink, but shust as I ran, sir,
Bang ! come a shuqj-shooter’s pullet; und dot’s how it vos— dot is a ll/1

"A nd they called you fool ish and crazv, did they ? Him you befriended—-
The ‘ Reb,’ 1 mean— what beeame of him ? Did he ever come ’round?”
“ D ey tell me he crawl to m y side, und call till his strength vos all
ended,
Until dey come out mit der stretchers, und carry us off from der ground.

ll' Eut pcforc vc go, he ask me my name, mid says he, ‘ Yaeob Keller,
You loses your leg- for me, und some day, if both of us leefs,
I shows you I don’t v o r g e t b u t he most hiife died, de poor feller ;
I never hear ofe him since. He don’t get veil, I beliefs.

“ Only I alvays got der saddisfaeshun ofe knowin ’—
Shtop ! vots der matter? llere, take some vater, you're vite as a
sheet—
Shteady your handt 011 my shoulder! my gootness 1 I dinks you vos
goin'
T o lose: your senses avay, und fall right off mit der seat.

II Geef me your handts. V o t ! der left one gone? Und yon vos a
soldier
In dot same-battle !— a Tennessee regiment?— dot’s mighty queer—
Bei (lap.1' after all you ’re™ '1 “ Yes, Yacob, God bless you old fellow,
I told you
I'd never forget you. I told you I ’d come, and I'm here/'
GliOiiGE L, Catling