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He hugged it to his breast. He gave a few words of final message for me. And that was all." HE HUGGED IT TO HIS BREAST AND GAVE A FEW WORDS OF THE FINAL MESSAGE TO ME AND THAT WAS ALL
!’ “He called this out just as Ring was about to enter upon the worst part of the bridge--the covered part, where there were top and bottom and sides of blazing wood. The roar of the flames was so close to Ring that he could not hear the calls from either side of the river, and he pushed desperately on and disappeared in the covered part. “There was dead silence except for the crackling of the fire. Not a man cried out. All waited in hopeless expectancy. And then came a mighty yell from Northerner and Southerner alike, for Johnnie came crawling out of the end of the covered way--he had actually passed through that frightful place--and his clothes were ablaze, and he toppled over and fell into shallow water; and in a few moments he was dragged out, unconscious, and hurried to a hospital. “He lingered for a day or so, still unconscious, and then came to himself and smiled a little as he found that the sword for which he had given his life had been left beside him. He took it in his arms.  I WILL LET HIM GO FREE HE CALLED OUT JUST AS RING WAS ABOUT TO ENTER UPON THE WORST PART OF THE BRIDGE THE COVERED PARK WHERE THERE WERE TOP AND BOTTOM AND SIDES OF BLAZING WOOD THE ROAR OF THE FLAME WAS SO CLOSE TO RING THAT HE COULD NOT HEAR THE CALLS FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER AND HE PUSHED DESPERATELY ON AND DISAPPEARED INTO THE COVERED PART THERE WAS DEAD SILENCE EXCEPT FOR THE CRACKLING OF THE FIRE NOT A MAN CRIED OUT ALL WAITED IN HOPELESS EXPECTANCY AND THEN CAME A MIGHTY YELL FROM NORTHERNER AND SOUTHERNER ALIKE FOR JOHNNY CAME CRAWLING OUT OF THE END OF THE COVERED WAY HE HAD ACTUALLY PASSED THROUGH THAT FRIGHTFUL PLACE AND HIS CLOTHES WERE ABLAZED AND HE TOPPLED OVER AND FELL INTO THE SHALLOW WATER AND A FEW MINUTES LATER HE WAS DRAGGED OUT UNCONSCIOUS AND HURRIED TO A HOSPITAL HE LINGERED FOR A DAY OR TWO STILL UNCONSCIOUS AND THEN CAME TO HIMSELF AND SMILED A LITTLE AND FOUND THAT THE SWORD FOR WHICH HE HAD GIVEN HIS LIFE HAD BEEN LEFT BESIDE HIM HE TOOK IT IN HIS ARMS
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