. Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry 1862-1865 from material furnished by Gen. J. Wheeler, to which is added his ... account of the Santiago campaign of 1898 .. . lly knew and trustedhim. But the daughter went her way as simply as the hirednurses, seeking no single favor or privilege beyond that high-est one to her—mitigation of suffering. She walked thosehideous wards with a great glory of charity on her face ; withthe song in her heart that another grand woman penned : These wounds are more precious than ghastly ; Time presses her lips to each scar,As she chants of a glory that vastly Tran
. Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry 1862-1865 from material furnished by Gen. J. Wheeler, to which is added his ... account of the Santiago campaign of 1898 .. . lly knew and trustedhim. But the daughter went her way as simply as the hirednurses, seeking no single favor or privilege beyond that high-est one to her—mitigation of suffering. She walked thosehideous wards with a great glory of charity on her face ; withthe song in her heart that another grand woman penned : These wounds are more precious than ghastly ; Time presses her lips to each scar,As she chants of a glory that vastly Transcends all the horrors of war ! Then—there on the very altar of her self-abnegation—came the blow^ that, for the moment, froze the pulses in allthe hearts that had held first and closest the life of her Bonny boy. Unspeakable in its suddenness and seemingcruelty, it prostrated the fearless old warrior, his unselfishdaughters and his brave soldier son. - Then, when the good old blood that had sent them all toface duties and dangers—trivial to nothingness now, be-fore this giant woe—began once more to move through their •sNoixvannod k ONV X0N3T -V-. l THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN. 65 veins, the dan<^hter and the father went back to duty ; out-wardly resigned, and ministering to those entrusted to them. Wlien IMontauk was no more, IMiss Wheeler found herbusy—and now skillful—hands fully occupied at —when need of her ministration no longer held herthere—she went to St. Lukes Hospital, New York, for a prac-tical finishing course in army hospital work. She had en-listed once in Charitys white-clad army, as a volunteer. Shehad determined that, next time, she would show her service-chevrons as a veteran. And now, when fame and honors have found her, hidingfrom them, she innocently writes her friend : I cannot saythat I have a natural aptitude for nursing. But while pursuing her even way, bowed by a weight thatmade all words almost unmeaning, the heart o
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