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LAST ONEhiTOa nOF FAMOUS600 DEADohnjTilmttilicen*a ? ihtooiofDENVER, lt;Y.lo, Man h 1'* in hH jittle •vdorado home in Man-with mile- of i lountam andplain and oc^an .n .antu him from th. si ♦*n^v ot his glory, William N**lm «.last •mrvlvot ot th** “six hundred ofI* * lt;, } , f » «* - M | f I * if i lt;4 • • ♦ ♦ V ’ o - # * r r % ( * * ^*1I 4 A • «i * - • , * * i * U nl. -a v. % * a uytars.English patriot. veteran of hair lt;dozen uar.% tried in a scor^ oi battles,nUMiibt i of tin* queens guard. t hetin ♦ i f,r the Mrtush army for tifte* nr.»ru volumes might le written con** • i i ng th»* happening* in the ijfr o’ tid martial pint gout to its iasi r« -v or'].The great Ttnnys«*n* poem, “Tin*Charge of the Light brigade, may ! *riehStis.4 1hithfoor•iif\•41W’1*1tl\\uwell b* the epitaph of William NeimaIt iff giveji to few men to see th** Ithings which hi* eyes witnessed T'» l»hi\ even a atm all part in one of tin*world's greatest battles, to hear the shell shru k ovlt; r your head, to eo I ^ \our I’omrudfK fall around you, to •■** \tin cavalry with drawn sabers torn;to: the attack, to hear the “Charge'ot tin* officers; to have part in the madda-h uj» to th* gaping mouth* of thegreat gum* to t**el that there deathtltalks* and that none but Ood can save | pKFyou. to have the story of your lt;Je* h1 * * ,* told iu story and sung in song, to hoarH gvaletul ruhw praise the jew mutvi-voi* for their heroism *.nd weep torth who went u their doath to t*»l I pthat * ven inuugh on* of the t ank and | p fib you are greet in the eyes ot your j ,,ricountrymen. anti to know that you did ;unmet hing which will live long afteiVo ji bon*‘ have inoldered in th**ground--thaf is something which comes to few numHut it u\\ happened to WilliamNc-h who if* dead, to Wiluani Nelm . t\ f .. . ti|N ii thi death that came to soi nin iu that gieat charge at Bud uk ia \ a who temped tn« m lot anti shedagd iH*r stroke to eiul his life in.«not 1 * i land Ining ■ «ut his allottedtine amid peaceful rural icvn* s,’ ding hi deeiuun# years in the to hi* pb .ivrud t«*»*k of telling his lt;h;.* f ^ Iren and their * inldren of hi* great|1i‘d s when h« w «e young mid **t »•lt; mg!fck* tin y are, arid shouldering hU I 1crutch to uhow how were w.#nThe * ‘Red Hadge oi t ’ourap*,'* forNehii was the grv«it scar on hie fare, Tiooived in the cavuiiry »haiga at Hal*4iU!ava. wh* n the “Six JJundiVd lodet'* what wa* /*up|HH*-d would llt;* theirgr.t^t No oth* i nied.il «H«t he ne*dThe s, a.r told the tale of h\* h«irois:n on th..t dux In n he fell from his ud-ib t. he ’tamp!»d upon b th«».ser i . \sU . . a me .»l t* i11* livetl \i light again to tak* putU. tie* .!»•«lt; *»f s* iui aapel. uiuh*r#« o\\ id ate th'i w * - u * i lt;I tu - tine* in the b*g tv lived to right u i.tkerm^n, and 1 «t«*r to t»e • n« oi th- «jue*m - »vn ]gtl ifds. th** highest hlt; it' ! t'\ wl . all4 oi no to ariN Kngtieb ^oiuier 1lb*, lived to crlt;»- tin **• «le at th : * £ '**f 71, to t ke lip his ■ * * Iden» » tl *rtl «! g* ! tud it 1.. ' ohl vge I « t*l] i fo himself the te. * 1• ommunitv by the *\,r-— - '1 '-1 ** W 'If’l W ~ ~'ir *■ a ■’ c \ I rt ua- Id* n h d . \ in th« iVix ** o* Iih*tI* * i m\~t i ni 'it * Inmud*h i mouth* »mn M#u a e ’ * » t 4* 111 Whti! * !: % * i.»r _ _ ,unertil coi1 its i t. x u \ ] , f e \ \\ i *rd * Will t *' ' lt;O*»n a ud t h. tn»ii» * o’ i m. la -*i su? \ i\ . oi i r.ool* heioi will i»a iwl 1 to ivuHie i ult; soul ot W illiam Xaims \* 1’ j i.i irehing on and th.n memory »- »a »nd *1 * men w ho fought with him 1\ |: , •nt’uue Ve#*r the liearts of h , ■»i ]utryn»e: .-♦* b*ng is an l\nglishrn»n walks fhe .nd plaints FlnglishId. m*| |!f h h \ t I i s\h*f were us who claim to U th*
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Lincoln Daily Evening News
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Thu, Mar 19, 1908
Page 8
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