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Capt Guilford gives him a a big hearty welcome to the regiment as the women look on.
(Titus Moss hugs Emma, gestures for his son Howard to come near.)
Titus Moss: Son, come to me. Howard, while I am gone, you go to school. Be a good
boy and try do just as Miss Minor wishes you to when at school. At home you
must mind mother and do all you can to help her for mother has so much to
do and Emma is not big enough to help mother much yet and father will be
so far from home that I cannot help at home so that you must help and be as
good as you can. You must kiss mother and Emma and be just as kind and
good as you can so you will grow up a good and useful boy.
Howard
Moss: Father, I will try. I will try to be a good boy. But must you go
Titus Moss: It is my aim and prayer that I may act as it becomes a soldier. I have
been blessed beyond what I have right to expect with health and friends, and
endeavor to be thankful for them.
Silence. Then a murmuring through the crowd.
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Hitchcock appears and shouts: This is a party. Let’s not forget, everyone needs some
fun. Especially at a time like this. We have food and drink for one and all.
Narrator interrupts: Wait, Mr. Hitchcock, not so fast, all our guests from the 21 st
century want to know – what will happen to Titus Moss how about Capt
Foote, and all those they have met today. Come, everyone, over to the Civil
War Monument.
Titus Moss – Walk Back In Time – May 7, 2006 – SCRIPT Page 23