The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-31

III. SHORE
A. TRUE WI FE.


for stranger, unless it be the pro,
fusion of flowers which spring upronnd
the graves. Roses red, white, and yell
low, dahlias, geraniums, pansies, sweet
william, and legion of wild-tiowers,
seem to mock with their gayety and sad
shadows of the grave.stones. Many OF
the monuments stand in small plot OF
their own, fenced in by miniature pal,
isado, and laid out in hower-beds and
tiny paths, a space being left for a seat
under a trellised canopy. These gar
dens are more generally left to the
bounty of nature than to the care OF
man, but occasionally may be seen
somber fiaure STOPPING over Hover
bed, or trimming the borders OF some
loved inclosure.
T was strolling, one June evening,
amid the tombs and roses, when saw
the seat in one of the little gardens oc-
cupied by man clad in deep mourn
ing. An Englishman certainly, from
his appearance, at once judged him to
be. before | had heard the veice OF
little brown-eyed, ruddy child, who was
toddling about the paths, and stoopinG
over the flowers. Not far from the spot
stood man servant, hidden by the ar
Dor from the view of the visitors TO the
grave. The occupant of the seat, who
was a young man of neat, soldler'hke
appearances, was gazing vacantly upon
the little girl, who was engaged IN M,
ing wire basket with flowers, plcKed
with no small amount OF difficulty
When filed, this was carried TO her
father Cfor SO I naturally guesssd nm 10
be), duly arranged by him, and TIen
laid as an offering at the foot OF the
bright green mound. This done, the
child. clambering up to her fathers
side of the seat, asked him solomnly:
"Will mother like to smell them
father ?"
II am sure she will, dorling,' wal
the reply. 49,, ,,h;,,
an adjoining monument, whence
watched every movement Of the mourn
ers who had so attracted my attention
Q Presently, the man-servant, coming loi
4 ward, intimated that it was getting late
n and, with an air of authority, mingIe
Il with respect, opened the small gate {
d the inclosure for his master to pass ou
The latter. kneeling for moment, VII
his forehead resting upon the eros
which sprung from some ivy-clad roci
} work at the head Of the grave, klsse
y the name inscribed, and, followed b
IL his daughter, who insisted upon shu
"a inc the gate herself with great cerel''
II moss. took the path to the entrance
ID the cemetery. AS soon as they were o, o:
# OF sight, I hurried to the spot WWnic W
d had alleady awakened in me a stron
feeling OF curiosity, and read thes
q words inscribed in gilt character on
cross of white marble;
Heir ruhet in Gott, Louise Margaret Ma
10 tvn, Geb, den % August, lolo' GeSt uol
T. Mai, 1870.
f. On the reverse of the cross, an Eni
" lish inscription ran thus;
IS Here rests in peace Louise Margaret Marty
* the dearly ll ,ed vito of Cyfl' Johh NiarIS
l. late u Cap in III Her Brltshnlc maJo1.S
-, -th IIussars. Born % August, lS4o. Dl
% May, 1870.
= After gazing sadly at these words, al
III noting much that | have described,
~ bent my way homewaM, in sadden'
tv .} state of feeling.
", " 1t was easy enough to read tale
VI sorrow in what had seen; but the
was something moro to be read betWe
the lines, felt sure. The express
Of the widower's if &c, and the autno
q tatiye manner of the servant, could L
of but mean something. However, J. so
nj afterward entered the gardens OF I
n Kinhaus, and mingled with the cro'
10 of promenaders. My friend, DIR. flch
had asked me to sup with him, u
lie evening; he would be sure TO- KIN
n, something about the Martyrs, II th'
ia was ANYTHING worth telling, 80 tina
PC. " did not fail to avail myself OF his IN
-. tation, After our pleasant little me
nm wborthe doctor had pulled down fr
n the wall china pipe, with stem
mn long as himself, and | had filled my o
r,t nine with caporal, told him Wha
,ev had seen in the cemetery. 80.
,oi- "Ah there's a sad story about tht
20" nv friend, almost too sad for haI
I'M. Meeting like the present; but you 81
ndo l hear H. 1t was in 1869, somewhat ea
oua oua in the season, that an English gen
Il man. named Martyr, called upon,
oye for advice. He was strong-looR
a ave ;u man of athletic build, and had one
md your regular English faces, express
NH Of coolness and resolve. From his
nae iu nearance, / should have said that u
. ~ was not a healthier man in Hompu
,,;n nor was it easy for me, after car
" mn ~ examination, to discover his aim
10 IL But I need not tell you, that 1t Is o
Tho the physicians duty to devote his at
IN y tion to an imaginary sickness, an,
>, ~ listen with as interested an air to d
Ison ~ VI s;ons as to real suffering. Without
= : % terinc into any technical details, IL
= !, w W he enough for me to say that my pa
no described himself as suffering from
,,o,r e,al debility and lack Of energy;
heuy soid he was always losing ground,
u .hot 81 Inek was against him, and that
,,il'a ina. mus. be some one thing radically W
lllns IN his constitution, which preyente
upon upon ,laying a successful part in the W
p.Dlu ,.; W Tie had tried all sorts OF systems,
.I''es, ss cailrJ them. but they lad failed n
G G IMoi M I'll mud he wns now broken
hs '.od's y man man He assured me that ne ma h
nch na rnanial cause of anxiety, that ne
,,o;nt eorO perfectly happy IN his domestic