, 1870-07-21

Fifteen TraEA a Captive with the
IudiaAn~~.A Wnnderer Merts liis
Wife at the Grave OF Her Second
Husband
ftut The Fiaa!ay %, C,urer-
Some fifteen years ago there lived in the
northern part OF Portage township a youu.
married couple br the uanle Ut Will,m and
Anua Clalkinsun. They owned little farm.
aud made enough to keep them confortaby il,
the No1ld. AID were apl'areutly happy. William
mas handsome and well educated. lavis,g grad
uated with lono1 at AL Eastern university. He
did uor like the honest but huube occupation
Of farming. Wealth ACCOMPLISHED too
slowly ls following The plow: Le wsnted to
u1ake money bE thr thutl-anls OF dollars, So
the farm WAS totd. Mrs. C1a1kiuson went to
liie will her pafehtr. and William started for
tie golden State Of California, with the e1pec-
dollars in a couple Of years.
For lew months MrH. cl1rkinson occasion-
ally heard frpm her Lueband, either directly px
through scme Of the peishbors who had friends
With the saue train with which let husband
w.t gting. Then there wAs long interval dur
iHg which no word csme. After time there
were sumors that the train had been attacked
by Indians, AID eyc:s ono Killed. THIS was at
'ast too truthfullS verified by one poor fellow,
who "as found by another parts few days
after With just Life enough left to tell how the
train had Leen attacked one dark night aud
before any could recover from the surprise
all we're killed and tcaipcd, aud the Indians
rode t1iumphant1y axay will their booty,
For three years Mrs. Clsrkipson tnourned
for her dead husband After the lapse Of
that time she married again, and moved
to Wood County. For nearly twelve years
tionate husband aud two beautlfal
| children could make a woman. At the
I! end Of that time (which carries ua up to
tho 1et ils,.. atfilction again casts it's mantle
| over het. Death claimed her husband, aud
| again she g wa borrowing, weeping widow.
the sad, solemn words: s.Dust to dust and
| a.hes to ashes the earth falls With 4 dull
asesry thud upon tue coffin, a. the textot
slowly eovc1H mp all that remains OF hin
whose spirit has gone before to the othe,
world. The widow raises the black yeil AMI
q pair OF eyes liked intentIy upon her
| She ttalts-meuory Euhles back tifteel
| vcrre mud brig up the picture Of her first bus
land. There can be no miAtake-'tis lie
he tx eeogsniion il mutual. These IL \ see &C
the widow anl wife fAini-the bronzed strau
all 1cpa.r to the home Of her who ten minutes
ago was widow. hut nov IL Again a wife
Then Mr. William Clarki1lson tell how he va,
not killed by the Indians at the time of tia
sudden onslaught on the plains, nut va
taken prisoner bs the Btackfeet and car1iet
and during al those loug wars AaI becl
forced to slave for lis cruel captors.
HI had iiusl'y escaped. and during his fIigh
through mountain gnlches lie discovered r1rl
eul1 deFosit. uo" qe Lad written back to III
old friends, but could set no answer. He tbe1
went ha'k and worked the gold mine which h.
had discovered. Tie grew rich, aud longed t,
again visit the home Of Lis youth and happiness
He haaC got on the carr at Pittsburgh and sakel
the stage 10 Bowling Grccn-hal hired 3 bugg
there and was driving to his old home wbc
he overlook tho fnneral--a stra1 &c impuis
Induced linn to follow-the widows perro
seemed strangely familiar, and when she DIRE,
aside her veil lie recognized her AZ the wife h
had hidden adieu to fifteen yeazs betoxe, an
whom he had thought to be dead. They II
now liz ing IaIily fOcether