To the Bitter End
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Excerpt from To the Bitter End: A Tragedy in Five Acts Scene I. - A little garden in the rear of a neat, but small cottage in San Francisco. The cottage L. C. in the back-ground. A gate R. C. that opens upon a pathway, that leads round to the front. A door C. opening into the back part of the house. Lily and Josephine discovered. Lil. Yes, Josephine, my kindest, dearest friend, These hard misfortunes have come one by one And settled here upon my father´s house. The first, and hardest, was my brothers death: - A cruel, cruel blow; for in his heart Did nothing dwell but love. When last I saw thee We little thought he´d take so soon the wings Of Death, and fly away to heaven Josephine. Ah, Lily! My poor, poor friend; my heart is bleeding for thee! Lily. The burning fever first did scorch his brow; Then sickness racked him with her cruel pains; - I hear him now, with his poor, piteous wail Call out for help, in his delirium. A soothing sleep at last drove off his pain. And while he slept, all stood around his bed, With anxious faces, waiting till he waked. At last he ope´d his eyes, and smiled on us. And asked that we would raise him up, and then He sang a hymn, and said good-bye, and died. Jos. Oh Lily! Lily! I know ´tis hard - ´tis very hard! Lily. And then did more misfortune follow on The heels of this; - my father lost his land - Thus runs the tale forever down and downward! Jos. Ah, what a demon is adversity, That when he once hath seized upon a man, Will lead him to the death! But, Lily, look you up, for when to-day Is grown a yesterday, we smile at its Misfortune. Lily. But often will my memories fly Back to my childhood´s home, like swallow´s that still seek Their nest torn down by cruel Winter´s storms. Can I forget the old back stairs, where oft My little brother´s feet came, step by step? The little room, where, watching his worn face that night, About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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