Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1899 — One Soldier’s Death. [ARTICLE]

One Soldier’s Death.

A simple story, yet a most touching one, is the Chicago Tiifies-Herald’s description of the last hours of Private Ben Jones of the First Illinois: He had lain In a stupor all day. Fever had depleted, his reserve force. Toward evening he opened bls eyes and said to Nurse Alary: “You say something.” “What?” she asked. He drew his breath and answered, “You say, ‘The Lord Is ’ ” He was too far gone to speak it all; but she understood. She bent over him and repeated, “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will ” “Yes,” Private Jones interrupted, “the valley of the shadow.” He turned his face from her and fell asleep forever.