My story . z o 3 < Du S uOaiO M o o za o •—1 w I H BLESSED THE LAND 311 tHe peritonitis which was said to be the cause of his painhaving evidently subsided. Now, for the first time, hewas under the constant care of a physician and the dallyvisits of his doctor, to whom he became greatly attached,added greatly to his comfort. His Interest in current happenings revived. Hewatched the newspapers for every bit of political news,especially that which had to do with the State legislature atColumbus. He looked forward with eagerness to theweek-end visits of Senator Stockwell, who brought himdetail


My story . z o 3 < Du S uOaiO M o o za o •—1 w I H BLESSED THE LAND 311 tHe peritonitis which was said to be the cause of his painhaving evidently subsided. Now, for the first time, hewas under the constant care of a physician and the dallyvisits of his doctor, to whom he became greatly attached,added greatly to his comfort. His Interest in current happenings revived. Hewatched the newspapers for every bit of political news,especially that which had to do with the State legislature atColumbus. He looked forward with eagerness to theweek-end visits of Senator Stockwell, who brought himdetails of activities which he could not get from the articles on social and political questions inter-ested him as they never had done before. Book afterbook, short stories without number were read to him, andin the very last days Ernest Crosbys poems pleased himmost of all. His correspondence with friends in GreatBritain was one of his diversions, his interest in Britishpolitics never abating


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