Look not on the cruelty of a few men as the work of the whole, and remember that if even you are not made happier by the achievement of independence, there are others you assist in making so, and other homes which would have been as desolate as yours, but for you and your comrades' defense.

Promise me, Alfred, that so long as the war lasts, you will never desert the South." "I promise," he replied.
"There is now but one thing that gives me thought," she continued, her voice growing weaker each moment, "our little boy--" "Shall have a home so long as I live and his father is serving his country," interrupted Dr.Humphries.

"Rest easy on that subject, madam," he continued, "it will be a pleasure for me to take care of the boy." "Then I die happy," said Mrs.Wentworth, and turning to her husband she said with difficulty, "Farewell, my husband.

Amid all my trials and sufferings my love for you has ever been as true and pure as the hour we married.

To die in your arms, with my head on your bosom was all I wished, and my desire is gratified.