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LAST ONEOF FAMOUS600 DEADluinTO ta mi Stbar• ng tilmetilnrb«‘o;b'nn w, anItheto* * otofDENVKK, Colo. Marrh 1*in hi }1ftl** • olorado home In Man*ass.i with Ib.fW miles of liiountain andplain and ( ♦‘an set ara ting him t'roin 5 ryth* m enns ot his t^lor•. Willi.tm N*dtnp * hn last *ur v l\«-t .a the six hundred ofUa! iklav.i, lit I ad at th*' **! '**yta rsKngllsh patriot. veteran of half * du/.;-n wars, tried In a seore oi battles, nvnnhei of tie* queen * guard. t h« tin ♦ i lt;.r the British army for tUtei n y r .»i . volumes might le written eon*lt;*» r i ng th** happenings in the lifr o'tu martial pint gom to it* last r»» •e u rPri a tuha«i helourn *a *\lt-it*\vlt;). npr*th*sWlt;w * •v or*l.The great T»nns**ns poem, “The Ou«rge ot the Light Brigade, may well he the epitaph of William NelmsIt is given to few men to see th*things uhioti his eyes witnessed T°l»in\ even a enn.ill part in one of the world's greatest battles, to hear the shell shriek over your head, to eelyour eoinrade* fall around you, to 1 Up cavalry with drawn *abers torn; to: the attack, to hear the “Charge ot the officers, to have part in the mad dash up to th» gaping mouth* of the great giinn; to t'e^l that there death stalks and that none but God ran save ♦ p0you. to have tho atory of your de* d-4 *.ffold in story and sung In s»ong, to hear h grateful ruhtr prulu* the jaw survi-voih for their heroism and weep tor F«eth'*se who went their death to feel * ththat * ven inuugh on* ot tin* rank and | lNSiltinev*1#KOfile you are great in the eyes 01 vour | i[(, itrvftien. and to know* that von did 1countrymen, ami to know that you did ; .n,sejsomething which will live long afteivoui bone* have moldered in th*giound*~Uuc is something which cotnoM to few menBut it nil happened to William Kelt s, who is de*d, to William Nelms, wf o . • rtp .j thi death that came to soimn\ in that gte.it charge at Halak*ia\*4 v\ h»» escaped tn« * hut and rheil jagd t* j trnke to end hi* life in *.«not I u i land, living out hla allot t« lt;i tine ama] pe;iraful rural s,p* ' ihng h. .1*** lining years in the tohi* ph.tmrt i^*k of telling ids ha* j Miireii and their . hildren *d his gr« at 1l« d * when ht was vniing end stronglt;Ilk*- they are., and shouldering hUcrutch to ahovv how tteUB were wonTh* “Bed Badge of Courage,1 fo!Nei n was the givat soar on hi?* tacf,received in the cavalry * burgs at Bal*nUttiVa. Wh. n the Six* llutUilVd” lodet«* what -»uppv*Hed would be theirgr.iv* N-» otln-r medal did heTlu* s ,*r told the tab* of his heroism oh thot dav In n he fell from his t4il-die t. * hr Mamphd vtpon h tluuo* f i * *» i - w h * « a me afteril* lived t *. tight again t'» t.*la part i r« tip* i|ea»- * * I S# baatopol, w n« r** h*ri* »*U clt;l a re t l)er w»aiad t,; - tlm** in the leg le lived to right at iokerman, and liter to t*e . n. o] th« «jUC^n . i vtigU ads, the hlg iest h« ult; I t'l vl . an j ttom*' t » iir^ Lnglish sydaier nH* lived to rro«i the* at the t* *of 71, to * ke nr. hif« •• • M^nlt; * \v »atlaug# i' * 1 it his I lid agi* tiu t»Wli fi* hu * If the re --f t a* i love«»f a f ’Op -eumunity hy th. * \ r ids#* . 1 Ip are ' ‘ rt ue ^ Id. a h dmml* h i e, :t. \ i n ft. ho o» pmtus I-aiOf (*u|IPi iti-*pVuth••m i, M -s.i hi ;r- * U r il . ••_i v M; wind it ^ i t. t h ! r .»t*. ■ a • v • »r« is will b» : p ven ht Ismes o’ iht .*lt;\. su? v*H »sid ru»td* hi nd will 1^ i to iv-^JBui tlu uI ot William Sol ms v*go p* ir.-hiiig on and the rminorv ■»: iiVita. § u■»'s1bni 1 nd h . men w h* fought with him *\ I •life.no t • ■ he#*r tlie hearts of his jrodntryn e; * ’-»i g o 4*i\ Lnglishmanwalk - fhe e«tiil: »nd . htinis FJngli^hid*od in his \ t ins\e. e re hi who rlatm to !»e th. ! **j \ \ i - lt;i ft*! great events, J Ala. W ! \elt ' 1 e f » j -1h * ’» f \ g: u fd! o\■« . h’ ' • * -U • I P. -toph- .. ' d t -da ti ud -l ’ fftp; that ip* !I.* * 1 ; 11 1 g.t itupie l i •» die? u\ o\ Lngltah► aJMV on a bleodv field. j ^A man’s temper 1® like a fly; it is j » toll grown th* moment it appears 11
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Lincoln Daily Evening News
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Thu, Mar 19, 1908
Page 8
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