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iust have been
the story with
o much so, that
follows a good
the table for an in*
roken by Nolan himself,
fed, perfectly unconsciously,
what has become of Texas?
ie Mexlcaug got their indepeod-
_ thought that province of Texas
ould come forward very fast. It Is
really one of the finest regions on
earth; It is the Italy of this continent.
But I have not seen or heard a word
of Texas for near twenty years.”
There were two Texan officers at the
table. The reason he had never heard
of Texas was that Texas and her af
fairs had been painfully out of his
newspapers since Austin began his
settlements; so that, while he read of
Honduras and Tqnmullpas, and, till
quite lately, of California, this virgin
province, In which his brother had
traveled so far and, I believe, had died,
had ceased to l>e with him. Walters
and Williams, the two Texas men,
looked grimly at each other, and tried
not to laugh. Edward Morris had his
attention attracted by the third link
In the chain of the captain’s chan
delier. Watrous was seized with o con
vulsion of sneezing. Nolan himself
saw that something was to pay, he did
not know what. And I, ns master of
the feast, hud* to say:
“Texas is out of the map, Mr. No
lan. Have you seen Captain Back’s
curious account of Sir Thomas Roe’s
Welcome?”
After that cruise I never saw No-
lun again. I wrote to him at least
twice a year, for in that voyage we
became even confidentially Intimate?
but he never wrote to me. The other
men tell me that in those fifteen years
he aged very fast, as well he might
Indeed, but that he was still the same
gentle, uncomplaining, silent sufferer
that he ever was, bearing as best he
could his self-appointed punishment,
•*«ther less social, perhaps, with new
me# M' he did not know, but more
anxious, apparently, than ever to serve
and befriend and teach the boys, some
of whom fairly seemed to worship him.
And now it seems the dear old fellow
Is dead. lie has found a home at
lust, and a country.
Since writing this, and while con
sidering whether or no I would print
• It, as n warning to the young of today
of what It is to throw away u country,
I have received from Danforth, who is
on board the Levant, n letter which 1
gives an account of Nolan’s last hours.
It removes all my doubts about telliug
this story.
To understand the first words of the
letter, the no&professional reader
should remember that after 1817 the
position of every officer who had No
lan in charge was one of the greatest
delicacy. The government had fulled
to renew 4he order of 1807 regarding
him. What was a man to do? Should
he let him go? What, then, if he
w ere called to account by the depart- ■
ment for violating the order of 1807?
Should he keep him? What, then, if
Nolan should be liberated some day,
and should bring nn action for false
Imprisonment or kidnaping against ev
ery man who had had him in charge?
I urged and pressed this upon South
ard, and I have reason to think that
other officers did the same thing. But
the secretary always sold, as they so
often do at Washington, that there
were no special orders to give, and
that we must act ou our own Judg
ment. That means, “If you succeed,
you will be sustained; If you fail, you
will be disavowed.” Well, as Dnnforth
says, all that is over now, though I
do not know but I expose myself to a
criminal prosecution on the evidence
of the very revelation I ora making.
Here is the letter:
“Levant, 2° 2" S. @ 181° W.
“Dear Fred—I try to find heart and
life to tell you that It Is all over with
dear old Nolan. I have been with him
on this voyage more than I ever was,
and I can understand wholly now the
way In which you used to speak of the
dear old fellow. I could see that he
was not strong, but I had no idea that
the end was so near. The doctor had
been watching him very, carefully, and
yesterday morning came to me and
told me that Nolan was not so well,
and had not left his stateroom—a
thing I never remember before. He
had let the doctor come and see him as
he lay there, the first time the doctor
had been In the stateroom, and he said
he should like lo see me. Oh, dear!
do you remember the mysteries we
boys used to invent about his room, in
the old Intrepid days? Well, I went
in, and there, to be sure, the poor fel
low lay In his berth, smiling pleasant
ly ns he gave me his hand, but look
ing very frail. I could not help a
glance rpund, whjeh showed me what
a little shriii9 he had made of the box
hp Wfl& lying In. The stars and stripes
were triced up above and around a
picture of Washington, and he had
painted a majestic eagle, with light
nings blazing from his beak and his
foot Just clasping the whole globe,
which his wings overshadowed. The
dear old boy saw my glance, and said,
with a sad smile, ‘Here, you see, I have
a country!’ And then he pointed to
the foot of his bed, where I had not
seen before a great map of the United
States, as he had drawn it from mem
ory, and which he had there to look
(typn as be lax. flgAhjt. queer qlfl
lana Territory,
rttory,’ and ‘Louisiana,’ as I supposed
our fathers learned such things; but
the old fellow had patched in Texas,
too; he bad carried his western boun
dary all the way to the Pacific, but on
that shore he had defiued nothing,
“*Oh, Danforth,’ he said,* 1 ! know I
um dying. I cannot get home. Sure
ly you will tell me something now?
Stop! stopl Do not speak till I suy
.vhnt I am sure you know, that there
Is not In this ship, that there Is not
In America—God bless her!—a more
loyal man than L There cannot be a
man who loves the old flag as I do, or
prays for It as I do, or hopes for It as
I do. There are thirty-four stars in
It now, Danforth. I thank God for
that, though I dp not know what their
names are. There has never been one
taken away; I thank God for that. I
know by that, that there has never
been any successful Burr. Oh, Dan
forth, Danforth,’ he sighed out, ‘how
like & wretched night’s dream u boy’s
Idea of personal fame or of separate
sovereignty, seems, when one looks
back on It after such a life as miue!
But tell me—toll me something—tell
me everything, Danforth, before I die!’ |
“Ingham, I swear to you that I felt j
like u monster that I had not told him !
everything before. Danger or no dan-!
ger, dellcucy or no delicacy, who wus I i
that I should have been acting the
tyrant all this time over this dear,
sainted old man, who had years ago j
expiated, In his whole manhood’s
the madness of a boy’s treason? ‘Mr. :
Nolan.’ said I ‘I will tell you everything 1
you ask about. Only, where shall I
begin?
“Oh. the blessed smile that crept'
over his white face! and he pressed my
hand and said, ‘God bless you 1 Tell
me their names.* he said, and ho point
ed to the slurs on the flag. ‘Ihe lust
I know is Ohio. My father lived in
Kentucky. But I have guessed Mich
igan and Indiana and Mississippi—that
was where Fort Adams is—they make
twenty. But where are*your other
fourteen? You have not cut up uuy
of the old ones, I hope?’
“Well, thut was not a l»ad text, and
I told him the names, in ns good or
der as I could, and he bade me take
dowu his beautiful map and draw them
in as I best could with my pencil. lie
was wild with delight ubout
told me how his brother died there;
he had marked a gold c£»ss where he
supposed his brother’s grave was; and
he had guessed ut Texas. Then he
was delighted as he saw California
and Oregon—that, he said, he had sus
pected partly, because he had never
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been permitted to land cn that shore,
though the ships were there so much.
‘And the men,’ said he, laughing,
‘brought off a good deal besides furs.’
Then he went back—heavens, how
far—to ask about the Chesapeake, and
what was done to Barron for surren
dering her to the Leopard, and wheth
er Burr ever tried again, and he ground
his teeth with the only passion he
showed. But in a moment that was
over, and he said, ‘God forgive me,
for I am sure I forgive him.’ Then
he asked about the old war—told
me the true story of his serving the
“Tell Me Their Mime*," He Said.
gun the day we took the Java—asked
about dear old David Porter, ap he
called him. Then he settled down
more quietly, and very happily, to hoar
me tell la an hour the history of fifty
body who knew something! ButT^
did as well as I couid. I told him bf'
the English war. I told him about Ful
ton and the steamboat beginning. I
told him about olQ Scott and Jacksoa; j
told him all I «ould think about the
Mississippi, and New Orleans, and
Texas, and his own old Kentucky.
And do you know he asked who was
in command of the ‘Legion of the
West?’ I told him it was a very gal*
Innt officer named Grant, and that by ,
our last ne\Vs, he was about to estab
lish his headquarters at Vicksburg.
Then, ‘Where was Vicksburg?’ I
worked that out on the map; it was
about a hundred miles, more or less,
above his old Fort Adams; and 1
thought Fojrt Adams must be a ruin
now. ‘It must he at old Vick’s plan
tation,’ said ho; ‘well, that is a ,
chaujql!
(To Bo Continued) •
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