Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-06
From the Aldine for Feb,J
peradvepture.
BY JULIA c r. DoRR.

I am thinking tonight of the little Child,
That lay on my breast three summer days,
Then swiftly, silently, dropped from slght
while nv soul cried out in sore amaze.
1t is fifteen years ago, tonight;
Somewhere, L know, he has lived them
through,
Perhaps, wife never a thought or dream
Of the mother heart he never knew
Is he yet but babe? Or has he grown
To be like his brothers, fair and TALL
With clear bright eye, and springing
step,
And voice that rings like bugle call
1 loved him. The rose in his waxen hand
Was wet with the dew of my falling tears;
l have kept the thought of my baby,s
grave
Through all the length of these change
full years.
Yet the love gave him was not like that
| give to-day to my other boys,
Who have grown beside me, and turned
to me
In all their griefs and in all their joys.
Do you think he knows it? l wonder
much
If the dead are passionless' oolg and
If into the calm of the deathless years
No thrill of human love may come!
Perhaps, sometimes from the upper air
He has seen me walk with his brothers
three;
Or felt in the tender twilight hour
The breath of the kisses they gave to me!
over his birthright, lost so soon,
Perhaps he has sighed as the swift years
flew;
child of my heart you shall find some
where
The love that on earth you never knew
The Greeley VIII Case.
THE DAUGHTERS GIVE Up THE CONTEST.
At the re-opening of the Greeley will
case at White Plains, Monday, the Judge
stated that he had received the follow.
ing note from Miss Ida Greeley:
No. 70 COTTAGE PLACE, Jan. 30, 1878.
Dear Judge Hart am so much dis
tressed by the report of yesterdays pro
ceedings at White Plains that | must
withdraw from contest which our Op
ponents are determined shall be wageC
over my fathers grave, for not even tC
carry out his last wishes can | permit {
memory which is infinitely dear to me
to be so desecrated. With best thanks
to yourself, Mr.. Nelson and Mr.. Choate
for the very kind efforts which you have
made on behalf of myself and sister,
remain, with much respect, very truly
yours, IDA l.. GREELEY
join my sister in the sentiments OF
this letter GABRIELLE GREELEY.
The contestants then proceeded Il
prove the will made by Mr. Greeley il
1871, without further opposition. Dur
ing the proceedings Mr.. Choate remarked
that he had received a communication
from the Children's Aid Society stating
that, if it should transpire that Mr.
| Greeley's estate had been impaired il
value since 1871 and the will should bt
admitted to probate, they would abatC
proportionately their claims to a legacy
The value of Mr. Greeley's property
is varioutly estimated at between $50,
and 1925 000 In the Court, to-day
Mr.. Williams stated that it amounted Il
&206. 500 but others equally well acquaint
ed with the affairs of the estate say that
after a careful inventory, it does not ex
coed $3.50, 600, allowing the very highes
prices for the shares in the Iribgne anC
! other stock
just before the close Of the proceed
ings Mr. A. J. Johnson. feeling that h,
had been misunderstood before, said tina
Mr. Greeley had implicit confidence il
the management of the Tribune during
the campaipn and declared to those who
wanted to change the policy of the pa
| per by removing Mr.. Reid that. if h
went, he CGreeley) would 60 also