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Show 132 ROEllUCK. • the U nitcJ States before the vnn·. lie :tppenrecl to he a gentleman, ancl his conyersation increased the ~n terest which his suffering ::t\vakcnetl. But the doctor clicl not suffer hi1n to talk n1nch, and a· soon a~ it WitS practicable, he lt:Hl the captain, as ·wen as the othce 'vounclctl, provi 1e<..1 'vith con1fortablc cots and tents nncl with proper attendance. The drenchiug rain that clay fell on 1nany unsheltered men, the living and the dead, the ·wounded, the 'veary and the sick, ou tho 'vide plain of 1\Ianassa. ROEBUCK. 133 CIIAPTER XIII. A DUEL IN the ev01dng of that rainy day they buried tho soldier who l1ad. been killed, as already mentioned, by n grape-shot 'vlnle engaged in the pursnit. At this early period of the 'var death had not lost its awe by familiarity. When a single 1nan of a con1pany fell in battle, the event i mprcssed the mind::; of the f:urvi vors with ahnol:lt as nnwh solmnnity as a de:1.th at homo before the 'var. Tho body of this soldier 'vas followed by most of his co1nrades in the c01npany, " ·ith every demonstration of respect that circumst:.tnces perntittcd, to a snwll grove of stunted trees 1vhoro a }>hce of burial had been solected for SOn1e of the Confederate deau. The n1elancholy solen1nity of the scene w:1..-; deepened by the gloo1n of the i:lky and of the neighboring battle-field, yet enctunbcred \vith dead n.nl dying. 'Vhen they had fuliillecl their sad duty the men in attendance 'vere about to 1narch away, when Abrahmn 1\IarliD, the preachi11g cooper, stepped forward and touching his cav; requested pcnnis ·ion to S[ty a few words. IIo renun·kcd it '\ras a pi t.y any human being shoulcl b~ buried ' vithout son1e reli<rious . b service. lie knew· a chaplain coulu not be had when 80 many dying n1en required their attendance on then1. But he thought so1ne one might offer up an humble Pl~ayer. at the grave. This suggestion 'vas received ~vi:h Silent acquiescence, but all eyes looked around 01 the person ·who n1ight perfonn the proposed |