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ging for life, although no doubt mortal¬ 
ly wounded. Comstock, turned to him 
and said, “ I am abloodv man ! I have 
a bloody hand and will be avenged P’ 
and again run him through the body 
with a bayonet ! He then begged for 
a little water ; u I’ll give you water,” 
said he, and once more plunging the 
weapon in his body, left him for dead ! 
Thus it appears that this more than 
demon, murdered with his own hands 
the whole ! Gladly would we wash 
from “ memory’s waste” all remem¬ 
brance of that bloody night. The com¬ 
passionate reader, however, whose 
heart sickens within him, at the peru¬ 
sal, as does ours at the recital, of this 
tale of woe, will not, we hope, disap¬ 
prove our publishing these melancholy 
facts to the world. As, through the 
boundless mercy of Providence, we 
have been restored, to the bosom of our 
families and homes, we deemed it a du¬ 
ty we owe to the world, to record our 
“ unvarnished tale.” 
