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LAST ONEtoa nOF FAMOUS600 DEADDENVf; 11, Colo, Mar. n ]'•in hH little » vdorado home in Man*a sea with HCVm milf* - of mountain andplain and ocean F^j.n.ain« him fromth. . one- his glory, Willlanilast survivor of the a\ hundred ofIs * »/ t »; t j * * ♦ ♦ v # f rr .. f,« *i I A Ml * .t , * * v £ U lt;o- v • * * “ Uyears.Kngllsh patriot, veteran of huh i doz n uar\ tried in a M'urp ot bat tb s, nvMiibri of tin* rju# lt;*n s guard. the tin ♦ I lt;r the British army for tit Pan yr,tr. volumes might 1* written non*c rong the happenings in the Itfr o’tnI martial pint gom to it * last r» *na.nitilthbeteen*a ti ihtlt;olOfvot'd.♦ hStPiathithfooraif\SIWTin* great T*unyto*ns poem, “The Charge of thv Light Brigade* may I *ripii i\\well he the epitaph of William NelmsIt is given to tew men to see ?h** tilings which hi* eyes witnessed T° l*hi\ even a ainall purt in one of the world's greatest battles, to hear the I shtdl shriek o\lt; r your head, to ec ! ^your • otnradeK fall around you, to j! th*’ cavalry’ with drawn sabers torm• i| to: the attack, to hear the ‘'Chargej ot the officers, to have part In the madda n up to th» gaping mouth* of the ’ great guns; to f**el that there deathtlM ilk- and that none but God can save • petla *KFyou. to bun* tha *tory of your deeds 1 ,* told in story and sung In »ong, to heara gratetul ruhwr praise the lev survivors for their heroism and weep torth««*e who vent to their death to fee I ; ?^ that . ven tnuugh on* of the rank and | p J Mb you are great in the eves ot your j ,, 1 countrymen, anil to know that you did ; *, something” which will live long aftei voui bone have moldered in thepr.:jground -thiP is something whichcomes to few menBut it u H happened to William Nc-h who is tiead, to Wdiiam Nrlm .who a|m*d th* death that came to *oI mn\ in that gieat charge at Bwlak ia\u v\ ho escaped tin t aut anti Ma iland t**r stroke lt;o end his life in.«noth«-i land living • *ut his allott* dtitn* aindl peaceful rural oem *,p*'* cing h; d •lt; IniiiiK yeat in the fa hi? pb*.is-niit t~~*k of telling his chlC | ^dren ami thelt children ot his* dg**ds when h* v «».*• young and strong!Utlt; they .ii » , andI crutch to show how tie id*- were vonm Th. **Bed Badge id Courage,1 for* 1 .* ig*Cl I? t'■ ! g(! iA .n* tforij N1 ai was the giv.it scar on hi?* tee,j * n calved in the cavalry . haiga at Bal*1ici\ltiv a. wlv*m the “Six Hundivd lodeto what w us »up|K»Hevi would tv* theirgrave No ot!;- I medal did he ne*dL j The s *rr told the tale of his heroism l j on th.lt;t dav lu n he fell from his «ui-„ j dh to be Mainpbd upon h tli«.»e * n» u i * wh » . a me alterih* lived t«» tight ag.iin to t..V:♦ put \j. th * of SeVukStopt»l, w a» r*' h*^ ■ rt « eB ed .in*'-lf)el v\»U.al to - tlnie iH( the leg p. lived to rigid .u l.ikerm«tn, | and 1 tt$i* be «*.;• \ h* «iueen * .c. I gU rcis, tbv highest hi u« : fh vt • an jtIoftiOoie t . ariN Lnglieh ^duierIt*', hv h * • cross th* -.I* at th. i?*of 71. to * ke lift his .»*!den*» \V i rt/'Cg* I and if »»lu age i lt;t»vie fo» hifi-o if the re; t .n 1 u»v»i.f a t i a a lt;-m um unity hy th* * \ r*(CP ,. i 1c stirp Mrt ues Id* n 1 dmafh hi .;i« i in ttv• d t- of jd .ai n ■ ■■•t hihiiii' liM1 UlV. -i r douth« Mit n M.Si.t -si 'a : ;e t u* ra!It *5 1 t * f h 1 a i ' opIt I * h v * rat. .t »•' v Vi • n h will h* ■ \ ao^ i h« la at Ml? s i\will I a* i to t • ..illiiiin Naims \* 1and th* rro innrv * no*n who fmjght with binhear ti,t hearts »vf hei en aat1 tiniHill* *1 Ol % !’ hi * nl« ■h■ lei 'Huti ...soul ot! k«. n.irchh:-gonhim «n»I f Ir ‘menvlll c1►nttnmlto* t1 V n • C ;-1 io‘ walkt h e» *? i r:| I * !* Mdin hIF\. 11M - /i\ tieI »i»»*nd . lain?* hTngit-ii• * Inivui ' -a all great events. \ha. \\ ! , Neic - 1 a d-M'vmer?w i . (
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Lincoln Daily Evening News
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Thu, Mar 19, 1908
Page 8
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