The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-26

Mary Hams cotiin--one more lool
at Mary Ham Darleys grave shor,
they ellis II up forever
"'Come along, poor mate, said hi,
friend, and don't take on so terrible
have spoke 70 The bird yfrar, aud ht
says he will see 10 the monument be-
ing erected right, when you sends the
design from Newcastle. Only lhink
how comforting il win be, when sou
are a sailing alsug past tins here place
with Goals, TO be able just 70 look
through the glass and say, i can see
the place where, underneath an illi-
giant tomb, rests Mary Ham barley,
what was 80 very dear 10 me as n
wife aud all those who knowed her as
a sister
"These words seemed &c have n
/ comforting effect on the mind Of the
wdower, who suffered himself TO be
led away, saying in tones which deep
+ ly moved Us all, Bless your good ,i-
car, what wrote that tfact, which a
one pervents me following my Mary
Ham TO the grave broken arted.
"The bell began once more TO toll,
as the sexton tiled up the grave, and
hid from the admiring sight Of the
boys the rows OF brass ~nails, which
told that Mary Ann barley was cut
off at the early age oitwenty-six.
"'Cut off as tulip, said the SEX
ton, who always improved the occas-
ion to the bystanders; 'and her hus-
band remains as an ostrich alone in
the desert and how | wonders he
did not have brick grave, which
would have made her comfortable,
and been Is. 4d. into my brecches
pockets, which, as my wife has twins
again, would be aceepable-very.'
"Bless ye, John, says my old wo-
man, as we walked home, Il don't
know what ye would do without your
missus, to get your meals ready and
take the insides out OF fishes, nor |
without my old man and its thinking
OF this that makes me feel so sad about
this poor young man as has lost his
Mary Ann, which must have been
very beautiful if she was any way like
The figure on the ship, which was
most pleasing as seen through your
glass
~ had that evening, remember,
Left net on the sea shore, and as |
passed the coast-guard station i saw
the Lieutenant watching the ship,
which had not yet started. lie called
me up into the guardroom where he
was seated. Bill says he TO me,
three of my men unfortunately are at
Darling this week | must have at
least live men tonight so if you wish
TO earn a good nights wages, be down
at my house before eight this eyen-
ing.
"Before the appointed Time | was
at the Lieutenant's house; four OF the
coas guards were seated round the
kitchen fire, each armed with mus
kel and cutlass.
"This is tor you, said the Lieu
tenant, handing me cutlass and long
pistol now follow me-
"Where are we to 90 to 2 said |
TO the man with whom | had to walk.
"To church, says he.
"'To church 7 says !. What a
rum 60 !
"A rum 90, indeed, says he; 'on-
ly it's orders not to talk, SO don't ak
more questions
III was a clear night, and the frosty
tomb-stones looked like ghosts as we
entered The church, the key OF which
the Lieutenant had got. In few
minutes we were seated round the
stove in the yestry, which we had
lighted. A window was just opposite
where | was sitting could see the
light of the strange ship in the ofliug,
and a few yards before US was the
new made grave Of the shippers
wife.
II think we must have sat more
than three hours, when noticed the
light on The ship, which it was my
turn to watch, moving and through
ihe ni9ht-glass | could see that boat
was being lowered into the sea.
called the attention. Of the Lieutenant
10 this fact, who said, "All right
thought so but, as they won't think
Of landing nearer than the ruins, we
shall have to wait some time yer, H.
be bound.
"In less than an hour sf.er this,
just as the clock was Ginning twelve,
/ distinctly saw four figures Chamber
ing over the church wall. Two OF
them stopped short, andhid themselves
under the shadow OF an old to ID
stone, evidently to keep watch. The
other two, keeping as much as posi- .
bic out Of the moonlight, advanced
to the new made grave before the
wHdow.
u caniiell yoa sy horror, when |
saw tile iwo mem whom recognized
as The skit per ard his iriend aiih the
big buttons, proceed to take oil their
coats and set TO work with shovel and
pickaxe to open the grave.
"'iie can't make up bis mind 10
lease bis dear wife, arter ALL ] whis-
pered TO tie man next me, who was
"a -,.EttIlv exanining The DFinips ~