us, so severe that his own wife, having searched for
his body in the fort among the dead, scanned carefully
the face of every wounded soldier sheltered
by pitying neighbors, passing him twice without
recognizing him--? he too ill to make any sign--and
then resuming her search among the dead.

Later she found him, and after a time he regained
sufficient strength to be carried to his home.
He was, however, incapacitated by his injuries for
service in the field, and was thenceforth able to
perform only duties calling for honest watchfulness
rather than personal labor. After the removal to
Missouri the whole family prospered greatly. He
settled on a farm near the city of St. Louis, where he
lived many years, respected by all who knew him.
He died in 1831.

_____(6) Asher Wright_____

Near the place where the Hale family lie buried
is another grave covering the dust of Asher Wright,
once Nathan Hale's attendant. He was so strongly
attached to Hale that his tragic death is thought
to have unsettled his mind so that he never was
quite himself again, and never able to earn his own
living. For several years after Nathan Hale's
death Wright was not heard of in his early home.
Then he came back to Coventry, bringing with

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