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Forty of the wounded were placed upon pallets on the floor of a
great public hall, and among these was Henry. There the ladies of
Memphis came every day, with flowers, fruits, and dainties and
delicacies of all kinds, and there they remained and nursed the

THE FIBE DBOVE THE AXEMEN AWAY.
wounded. JJ1 the physicians stood watches there, and all the medical
students; and the rest of the town furnished money, or whatever
else was wanted. And Memphis knew how to do all these things
well; for many a disaster like the * Pennsylvania's * had happened