The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise ... - JohnstownCafe

33^ THE STORY OJ-' /('/i.XSTOUW.
sioncrs of Ca'^tlr Garden and expected e\tT\ da\' to hear from lur hushand.
A letter sent to her mother in the ol be snstained
by the resnlts :
' It is like a blow on the head -Then- are no tears, thev are stunned Imt, ah, sir
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you they will awake after awhile, and then the tears will flow down the hills of this \.illey from
thousands of bleeding hearts, and there will be weepins and'wailins; such as never before.
You see nothing but that dazed, sickly smile that calamity leaves, like the crazy man wears
when you ask him, How came you here'' Something happened, he says, that he alone
knows : all the rest blank to him Here they give you that smile, that look, and say, 1 lost
is
my father, my mother, my sisters," but the)' do not realize ii yet. The Red Cross intends to lie
here in the ("oneniaui;h Valley when the pestilence comes, and we are making ready with all our
heart, with aM our soul, with all our strength The militia, the railroad, the relief committees,
everybody is workini: for us The railroad has completely barricaded us so that nrme
of our cars c.in be taken away by mistake.
Couki htiman sorrow fathcmi greater depths of iiiiserv than it sonndeil in
thotisands of casOs at Johnstown
I
tell