:MO LIFE 03 THE MISSISSIPPI

returned afire. Dr. Peyton, a principal physician, and rich in all the
attributes that go to constitute high and flawless character, did all
that educated judgment and trained skill could do for Henry; but,
as the newspapers had said in the beginning, his hurts were past
help. On the evening of the sixth day his wandering mind busied
itself with matters far away, and his nerveless fingers£ picked at his
coverlet.' His hour had struck; we bore him to the death-room,
poor boy.