. "Prison life in Andersonville" . sively, *^de doctahsee me do dis yah, I done go, the invalid began to cry hysteri-cally. The sympathy of the kind oldheart was still further aroused and,sj)reading her great hand on his head,she said softly, ^Po chile, po chile, hewant ta see he muddah. Mother, Mother! How that wordstirred his heart and aroused his mem-ory so weakened by suffering. Physicalvigor from the dark hand upon his An Incident by the Way 101 head was surcharged with vitality thatprobably stimulated the depleted per-sonality. Again the young man asked, ^* Aunty,aunty, give me
. "Prison life in Andersonville" . sively, *^de doctahsee me do dis yah, I done go, the invalid began to cry hysteri-cally. The sympathy of the kind oldheart was still further aroused and,sj)reading her great hand on his head,she said softly, ^Po chile, po chile, hewant ta see he muddah. Mother, Mother! How that wordstirred his heart and aroused his mem-ory so weakened by suffering. Physicalvigor from the dark hand upon his An Incident by the Way 101 head was surcharged with vitality thatprobably stimulated the depleted per-sonality. Again the young man asked, ^* Aunty,aunty, give me some more, and againcame the reply, No, honey, de doctahsee me do dis, he send me off for Olean was pressing hisface against the third-story window tosee how Michigan was prospering inhis quest for soup. A soldier nurse approached the cot-tage and aunty, who seemed to be ongood terms with all, interceded for herguest. Dis ya chile done cum down foa wok; he done tiad out, yo help himback, wont yo, massa? And he Dinah, Dinah, look at dat ar po white chile; he bleached so white as linen. 102 CHAPTER X. A SEQUEL. At the age of thirteen, the writer at-tended a series of religious meetingsand became profoundly convicted of hisobligation to accept Jesus Christ as hispersonal Savior. Lack of moral cour-age held him back from an open confes-sion. He compromised by secretlypledging to become a Christian after hehad entered upon his chosen professionof law. Thereupon his convictionsceased and the matter was forgotten. Now, in his illness in Andersonvilleprison, answer to prayer, as evidencedin the instance of Providence Spring,turned his attention to his own moralnecessities. Well might this introspec-tion occur; for, in this month of August,1864, his prospects of surviving the sur-rounding conditions were swiftly dimin-ishing. Blood poisoning, in the form ofscurvy, had settled in his face. He tot- 103 104 Prison Life in Andersonville tered from weakness. His long da
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