"We looked in his Bible, and there was a slip of paper at the place
where he had marked the text.--

"'They desire a country, even a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed
to be called their God: for He hath prepared for them a city.'

"On this slip of paper he had written:

"'Bury me in the sea; it has been my home, and I love it. But will not
some one set up a stone for my memory [Note 12] at Fort Adams or at
Orleans, that my disgrace may not be more than I ought to bear? Say on
it:

"'_In Memory of_

"'PHILIP NOLAN,

"'_Lieutenant in the Army of the United States_.

"'He loved his country as no other man has
loved her; but no man deserved less
at her hands.'"


Notes

[Note 1:] - Frederic Ingham, the "I" of the narrative, is supposed to be
a retired officer of the United States Navy.

[Note 2:] - "_Few readers . . . observed_." In truth, no one observed