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The Daily Dispatch: October 21, 1861., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: October 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Late Northern war News. (search)
The little Heroine.by Mrs. Caroline Soule. "Morning again!" and the weary, wasted invalid lifted his head from the pillow and looked pitifully over the dim room. "Oh, that the night had been longer! To the wretched, sleep is dear. My poor, poor wife — my darling babies — must they freeze and starve! Oh, God! it is too much!" And with tears gushing from his eyes, the pale man buried his head in the scanty covering and groaned aloud. It was no wonder that he was out of heart on that cold, dark December day. At best, he had a hard struggle to get food, and for the past six months the struggle had been almost desperate for his wife had been unable to assist him in the least, being confined to her bed with a slow, wasting disease. His little daughter Mart, a pretty child of twelve, kept the one room tidy, and herself and two little brothers like wax. By the aid of her mother's whispered directions she also managed to cook the se ly meals, and also managed to do up the week