174   J. A. McEachern died of Typhoid fever and never talked any thing about dying as he believed until the last that he was going to get well, & and as for Davie I think he was sensible when he was first taken he would die for he told Jack Glanton he did not think the Dr would do him any good, nor was his physical strength sufficient to restore him & if he got well it would only be through the hand of providence but did not seem to be excited at no time during his sickness & as for Newel he died of the same fever of Garrison (what the Dr now terms the camp fever) tell Mrs. McEachern I was setting by Newel about an hour before he died & he was quite nervous and had his hands down his sides under the cover & commenced patting his hand very fast. I said Newel be still and go to sleep, and he says Hardy this is too good a place to sleep, and wanted to know when I come. I told him I had been there some time, & he says & Davie aint he coming & I told him Davie had been here some time about that time Jack Clanton steped to the tent door & he says Jack he's come too he then says aint Les coming I told him Les had been there some time he says I am afraid Les feet will not get in & again remarked Hardy this too good a place to sleep and wanted to know what time he died to day I says Newel you never died you are not dead, he then asked me if he was just caught up to heaven, he talked and called me my name just as rational as he ever did. I never had much feeling before nor since. Wade was sick about 28 days with Typhoid and sleped pretty much all the time for three or four days before he died we could only rouse him up for a word or so at a time so he never said any thing about dying. He died the easiest I ever saw any person went off just like he was going to sleep.           Contents  Words  Study Questions  Related Sites Next Page