Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-16
ROMANTIC.
For Fifteen Years a Captive with The Indians
AWandererer meets his Wife ut the
Grave OF her Second Husband.
From the Findlay ROY cop,isr.


Some fifteen years ago there lived
IN the northern part of Portage
township a young married couple
oy the name of William and Anna
Olarklnson. They owned little farm
som, mace enough to keep them COM
iortably in the world and were
apparently happy. William was
handsome and we'll educated. having
graduated with honor at an easter9
university. lie did not like the hon
est but humble occupation of farming.
Wealth accumulated too slowly by
following the rlow he wanted to
make money by the thousands Of
dollars. Mrs. Clarkinson went to
live with her parents, and William
started for the golden State of Cali
tornia, with the expectation of
picking up" couple Of million dol
lars in couple of years.
For few months Mrs. Clarkinson
occasionally heard from her husband,
either directly or through some of
the neighbors who had friends with
the same train with which her hus-
band was going. Then there was q
long interval during which no word
came. After time there were
rumors that the train had been at
tackled one dark night, and before
any could recover from the surprise,
all were killed and scalped, and the
Indians rode away with their booty.
For three years Mrs. Clarkinson
mourned for her dead husband. AZ
ter the lapse Of that time she married
again, and moved to Wood county.
For nearly twelve years she was as
happy as q kind and affectionate
husband and two beautiful children
could make woman. AT the end
of that time (Which carries us up to
the 1st inst.) affection again cast its
mantle over her. Death claimed her
husband, and again she was n sor-
rowing, weeping widow.
She follows weeping to the grave
-sho hears the sad, solemn words
"Dust to dust, and ashes to ashes, -
the earth falls with dull, dreary
thud upon the coffin, as the sexton
covers up all that romans Of him
whose spirit has gone before to the
other world. The widow raises the
black veil and looks around. As she
docs SO she meets a pair Of eyes fixed
intentl y upon her. she starts-mem-
DRY rushes back fifteen years and
brings up the picture of her first
husband. There is no mistake-'tis
he The recognition is mutual
There is n scene-the widow and
wife faint-the bronzed stranger ex-
plains his relation to the woman, and
all repair TO the home of her who ten
minutes ago was widow, but now
is again a wife. Then Mr.. William
Clarkinson tells how he was not
killed by the Indians at tho time of
the sudden onslaught on the plains,
but was taken prisoner by the Black
feet and carried far away among the
mountain Businesses, and during all
these long years had been forced to
slave for his cruel captors.
He had finally escaped, and during
his flight through mountain gulches
he discovered a rich gold deposit
He had written back to his old
friends, but could get no answer.
He then went back and worked tho
gold mine which he had discovered.
Tie grew rich, and longed to again
visit the home of his youth and hap
piness. He had got off the cars at
Pittsburgh and taken the stage to
Bowling Greenland hired buggy
there and was driving to his old
home, when he overlook the funeral
"a strange impulse induced him to
follow-the widows person seemed
strangely familiar, and when she
drew aside her veil he recognized
her as the wife he had hidden adieu
to fifteen years before, and whom he
had thought to be dead, They are
now living happily together.