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  "God !" says Ben, "You are a friend : Friend, old man, an' father too. Hold my hand right to the end— They'll take notice There of you. … Good-bye, Jim, an' Dusty Dick, Simon, Pike. … I'm goin'—quick."

With his eyes shut tight he lay. His breath comin' in great sobs. An' his poor lips seemed to pray. As his hand held fast to Bob's. .. Now his sobs an' prayin' cease. Says old Blair, "God give him peace!

"Give him peace!" sighed old Bob Blair, As he rose beside the dead. But I caught his wistful stare, An' the muttered words he said: "God," he prayed—"if one there be— Give such faith an' peace to me."