Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-09-19
A True story.

ouC 0"ys ~ IIle COURSE OK my "2n-
derings. found myself in the c-,n.-
tory set apart FOX the burial f ran
gers. Prot-stauts, and the like. who
~ere not members Of the ltonish
communion. It waa bare aud bleak
spo, enough. situated Oh very high
ground. and there wxs not much in
the surrounding details and pic,u-
r-squen-ss Of the graves. as is some
times the case in foreign burial places,
to interest a sigh,.-er, with one TX
ccp,ion. In the extreme eastern
corner. and on tho most elevated
ground, stood simple white cross
OF marble, with the iu.;ials M. L."
on il. and the date Of the persons
d.a:h: q wreath IF flowers eucircl-d
the atone. and the gray. wa. evil
IDENTITY very carefully tended aud
watched. presenting thereby con
adorable contrast TO ,hos. Of the
other strangers who bad found their
last resting place on tina, bleak rock.
So struck was I with til. nce-ness
Of this individual grave. that. seeing
Az old man working hard by, l asked
him II there was any particular his
tory attached e. II. and il he knew
who til" person was who was buried
there. His answer did not give tn.
much information. beyond the lac, Of
,ts being the grave OF an English
lady who had dI.d ,h-r. some year.
before. aud whose husband paid him
(,he old many small sum yearly tor
keep ng that spot in order aud sup
plying the Gloss constantly viii,
flowers.
This little ;nc:d.n: had quite
passed out Of my mind ~ a matter
100 trivial to be- worth r.u.r.:. boring
I'll! l was reminded Of it in rntlnr a
Startling manner shor. tine. ago
l "a- STAYING at Il country house
in Yorkshire. the host and ho.t-ss
h.. & both Of them old and de- II
tricMds OF mine. when late one eve
ming tn" conversation hnpp-ned to
turn upon II sub jcct sufficiently excl
':ng 70 rouse The mos, si--pily in
Glued of the guests into wak-tu!n"ss.
I: m. de. a,-d whether instances
ha' really ever occurred Of p.."pl..
having been burr 4 aliv--wl.-.nvr.
/ C.. any authenticated cas-. could
y" stated O. man who had ,a!,-n
!",o :sancr. had been il; that con
i.,,,u buried, bad a:;"r~a. d, com ,
TO Ike Tor a Ur!,t interval. nnI III II
had been suaoc7."G in his cottin
Opinions were pretty equally divided
un the subject; liz. o"- party ntii IN
:us -ha: j; was imp s-1t!-. in tn.
,4ayboIy 20 NEE: with such 4 hngr!
tl, fate. and the o,h... though
apparently unab!-. to cite any exam
pies. declaring that they were s,sr..
such ching nigh, happen. 'hoAsh
they admitted 1T the & me t!.r- hat
CARS O: tina, nature wouI;. tr I,.-,
likely to occus IN England, wh~.. 81.
REASONABLE. tim. -l,ps.u before bnr;:
than on the continent, ~hrr.. thu
laws ru.urc"d til. iu,crm"n: o: the
body 40 soon after death. La the
In!d-. 0: :hc discussion. the lady OF
the honse. who had s"..In.i 70 TAX.
but !:t!- interest IN it on way OF
n. o,Lrs. Suddenly surprised Us a.
by saving ,L1' II We would Civ hey
our attention. tor shur, time. She
you'd tell us a story OF. hat vel V
-ubj~c.. and rela,. wha, had +, al y
occurred to ncas s.la,!v. O. her
own many years before.
You may have often heard m,
mention" she said. turning 70 w..
my two cousins, Charles and Frank
Living,ou. though don, much
think you have ever had a personal
acquaintance with either OF them. 1t
Is ius, twenty years ago uow that
,uer Tell il love with Two os t!!..
pretti-., girls IN Yorkshire sisters
and heis-sscs, whos- names were.
Mary and Florence Arden. A. ':-
progress ct ssIlses=- !a&.- 44iinirs had not
much to do with the gls, of my story,
II is enough for me to say that every
tl.ing wen, on very Satisfactorily,
a4d .ha, 10 due course, and on ;h.,
same day. Mary and Florence be-
cam. ,h- wives q: my Two Cousins,
Charles and Frank res, -c,iv"ly -,
Mary vas III. eldest siater. though ut
thu time o: their marriage SIZE was
barely riuctreu, and to my mind The
mos; taking ant lovrabl- of th. ~ o.
O. course Frank though, differently
aud perhapa it was AS we'll he did so
Il need scarcely tel! you tia, the
happy couples passed their honey
mons very pleasantly in visiting
various spots IN England and Scot
land. and afterwards settled down q
.,~ miles from each other in close
proximity to the city of York Itself
The marriage happened in the
spring Of tn. year. and IN the follow
ing autumn. much to the d-ligh, OF
the two br,!cs, 1t WAS determined
tina. yacht should be- chartered for
a few months. and the winter spent
in cruising abou, from place TO place
their ideas chiefly pointed tow