The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-25
Il HUSBAND 4T 4 TCSGASD's GEAVE
Fifteen Years u Captive Win the Tad ans
Wandrrcr Meets hil VIZ, III the Grave
oil ter Second Husband.

nv. .as ."t"is O'.,l CoH.icr.
Some fifteen years aso there lived IN the north
part OF Port. Township yclnI married cau. ,c
~ tie name o. VILLAIN and Anuie Cia.sirson.
They owu'l little farm, and m,tc enough to keep
Themselves comfortably ia tie world, and wc.c
pupsreaIy happy. William MAS aanl,o.ae AMI wc,l
ucatei, having lrIJatcd WITH honor at an E.stcrn
unworthy. lie I'D no. Ike the honest nut hun -ie
occupation OF farming. Wealth accurulI,cd too
slowly By following the plough: he wanted 10 ma. Q
money by the thousands OF dollars. So the Isrn
WIS solr. Mrs. Cllrkuson wen to ls" with her
eits, and v iiiau started oI the go,icn Sate Of
Cali .Oini1, With tue expectation OF picking ~ .
couple Of million do.ars IL coupe o. years.
Tor = ie'; months Mr'. CiarAlIson occsforaIy
some OF tde mel ,lbo-s 40 had friends ~tA tie
same tram VITA which her husband was coin'.
Then tdure long interval during Wrch 10
word came. Alter une u4ee we're Tu.aols tilat
the main had lceH STACKED Us Indians, and every
one killed. This So at lest to uu'ifuily yc''f'l
b. one pnor fellow. who was found by another party
a. few DIS after VITA inst iue enough cii IL tel
low the ual hrd been a,tlc;e' o. dark nicht.
end before aG could recover ron Tie 'urprise al
were XII ed lnd se1iiei, and t.c Indians rode tai
uIuph"u'ly away H!.I Their t2''N
DC I'd husb"ni After the lapse OF that hwe she
married R1lin. onl moved to Wood county. For
nearly twelve year, she VS. - happy - u kmd AMI
ufecti mate husband and two LJa1tI ~ chi
couii make wo,,la. Al 'hc END OF that tine (Which
csrras us up TO the 1T mst) an elton asi'n est
it, l.. nile over her. Death a im-d hcr husband,
IN again sine was a Borrowing, weopmg widow.
She ol.1vs we. ping " IN. grave = 9 hears tic
So !, solemn W,J04: - lSt u aust an. lsncs to
ashtH;n the eartl tails with aul drcary tud ~.
"a tie conn az tie sexton slowly cI.crs up MI lhit
remain. o. him whose spirit las gone before 10 the
other void.
Tie iduw In G. the back veil and looks around.
A. 4 docs che inc' aplG pi ,l- iisri Ni'n'g
uIOa Aef Sic ttrrls-.l.'HIry Tu-.Ics back u"Ccp
years and brings ~ the picture Oi her first ius-
b.nl. There ctl be no wisttEe-'iis hel The re.
CO -,ldOn il mutual. There Is a scene; the widow
and vie ftiN,s; t.C brOlZe str,h ler explains his
!r ion to HE Uo Au, AID al repair 20 tho house oil
her who ten minutes ago was idow, but now -
atuua vic. Then NJ william parkinson tells
now he was not killed ~ the ludianB at the time Of
that sudden n,lau ,ut tie pliins, hut was taken
pris.rer by tie Bnckiec,, gni carricd tar aW ay
anon their mount Ia fisthasscs, All during all
I use long years hHd beCl forced 10 slave cor lis
cruel caDtOrs.
l!ehid finally cscG ped, aud during iis night through
mountain gulchos hu discovere ri5l sOi deposit
| IL v ne had written "a X 70 lis old friends but
could get answer. lie u'n went back amt
| worked the gold mine which nc La discovered. lie
grew rich, ami long to l.ail VI II the home OF his
| youth and happiness lie had got u.l ihe ears at
pitsbursn and taken the stJge to Bowling Green
had nired a buggy there and driving to his cid
home wien he overlook the funeral a strange ml-
| pulse induced him 10 follow the widows person
| seemed strangely MmiiIr ghl whom she drew asll
her veil be recognized heI ~ the wife he had biaden
| adieu to fifteen years before, and whom he lad
| thought 10 DO dead. the are now living happily