The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-01-22
II CANNOT GO WITHOUT ny DEAR
MOTHER"


corded in the New York papers Of the '4th.
We may search the literature OF romance
aud fiction in vain to find heroSm more
undaunted aud an affection more exalted
than were exhibited in a fashionable street 10
the metropolis of the country on Tuesday
last. It was love stronger than the most
excruciatipg agouies Of horrible death. 1t
was a devotion more exalted than that OF
the martys.
There lived on Sixteenth street O wealthy
gentleman named Stiner, Bavarian by
birth, but long resident Of this country.
where be had accumulated large fortune
10 the tea trade He had surrounded him
self by every comfort and luxury the most
fastidious could desire; was blessed with two
beautiful and accomplished daughters aod
loving, devoted wife. whom disease had ov-
ertaken and FRUSTRATED. The father and
daughters had responded to an Invitation to
visit neighbours on Monday night, but re-
turned home about IL o'clock. The daugh-
ters passed into the mothers room, kissed
her good night, and then retired tothelr
own chamber. Sleep gently lowered over
the household and soothed them In Its en-
brace, until they were awakened about 3
o'clock in the morning BY the terrible alarm
of five. 1t had originated from Aue, and
spread through the floors Of the entire build
ing. almost before it was discovered. lp the
CONSERVATION that followed, the father rush
ed, in his night apparel, to the top Of thu
bay window some thirty feet from the ground,
and there piteously cried for assistance, in-
dicating by his manner that he was about to
make desperate leap for life. lie was call
ed to not to jump, as he would certainly XIII
! himself. But not hearing, or it hearing, IN
| his bewilderment, not needing, he made the
| fatal venture, struck the ground, then rose
| to his feet, and fell back dead. A servant
girl followed in the same direction to death 8
doom. Then appeared the two lovely daugh-
tiers, Deborah, aged 81. and Flora, aged
eighteen. A young man appealed to them
not to leap. and at the risk OF his life, SIC
ceeded in placing ladder SO as to enable
him to reach to where they were Standing
He seized the younger in his arms, and has
tened down with his precious burden into an
adjoining house. He instantly returned for
the other. On reaching her, and extending
his strong arms for her safety. she cried out,
81 cannot go without my dear mother. She
is in the other room. | cannot 90 without
her"-when the young man endeavored to
seize her garments aud phil her to him, but
she rushed to the bedside of her "dear moth
err and with her arms around the neck and
her head upon the breast that had nourshed
her in infancy, was found shortly afterwards,
burned to crisp! .a
As the stern, rugged fremen entered the
apartment, after the fire had been quenched.
and witnessed that scene OF horror and
death, the lifeless charred remains OF the
lovely and loving daughter bending over the
| CHASTITY. skeleton of the s.dear mother they
stood awe-struck, the tears courslng down
their bronzed cheeks, their whole beings al.
most paralyzed at the horrible sight, so ex-
pressive of the love that beautiful girl bore
to her sdear mother" How stronger thar
the fierce pangs of the consuming flames
than of death itself, in its most terrible
form, was that daughters affection! And
what an awful scene that must have been
the mangled broken body Of the father-the
aeshless, blackened bones Of the daughter
and mother-all still in death, and the tears
and groans, land heart-aches, of tie remaining
daughter and SOD, staadipg in presence Of
this unspeakable bereavement!
| A strange incident of the heart-reudine
scene, was pct parrot, that had escaped the
FIRE in some way, and was found sitting al
the head Of its dead mistress, chattering its
own sorrow, as it were, and adding Its notes
to the doleful surroundings.
| And how suggestive are the painful Incl
dents connected with this horrible occur
renee, of the vanity Of human life. MIR
Stincr had recently purchased an elegan
residence at cost of $50 900. He hae
furnished it with every luxury that refined
taste and pleasure could suggest; his bust
ness was prosperous, his two daughters beau
tiful, accomplished and affectionate, his son.
successful in their callings,. and everything
around him calculated to add charm ans
attraction to life, yet in few moments thi
inviting scene was turned into desolatior
and death-a Kissing mockery of the vani
ties of life!
\ Nor REpREsENTED.-The South is no
uapr ssented on the us. Supreme Bench
ahere are nine judges, including the Chic
Justice. Nathan Clifford, aged 10, is from
Maine; Noah H. Swaype, aged 81, Ohio
Samuel F. Miller, aged So, Iowa; David
Davis, aged SO, Illinois; Stephen J. Field
aged 50, California VIM. Strong, aged IS
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