. Recollections of a Rebel surgeon (and other sketches); or, In the doctor's sappy days . Hurried to join the boys at the front. eyed maiden who already saw in her soldier lovera hero, and to whom he had pledged his undyingfaith. Time was, when, with recollections of Mary, or Lucy,—perhaps with the fragrance of that last kiss lingering still in his memory, he joined the terrible charge, to seek the bubble reputation at the can- 166 THE STORY OF A STUMP. nons mouth/—to prove himself worthy of her;and like Brunswicks fated chieftain, foremostfighting, **&* Foremost fighting fell. Time was
. Recollections of a Rebel surgeon (and other sketches); or, In the doctor's sappy days . Hurried to join the boys at the front. eyed maiden who already saw in her soldier lovera hero, and to whom he had pledged his undyingfaith. Time was, when, with recollections of Mary, or Lucy,—perhaps with the fragrance of that last kiss lingering still in his memory, he joined the terrible charge, to seek the bubble reputation at the can- 166 THE STORY OF A STUMP. nons mouth/—to prove himself worthy of her;and like Brunswicks fated chieftain, foremostfighting, **&* Foremost fighting fell. Time was, when, fainting from the loss of blood, he was carried to the field hospital, where the first dressing was put on his wounds, and the blood stanched; when, delirious with fever and pain, later, 167 RECOLLECTIONS OF A REBEL SURGEON. at the general hospital, the bearded and the beard-less surgeons consult, and decide that the loss of aleg is necessary to save life; when consciousness isrestored, and the alternative is told him,—quickas a flash he sees the long years ahead, when, lameand old, and perhaps friendless, he shall drag out
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