, 1874-11-22
A TALE OF HOMRURC.

Hohe has no special attraction for stranger. uta
less it be the profueion Of flowers which eprine
| up round tho graves Roses red, white, and ysl
low. dahlias, gcIaniums, pansies, sweet william
and legion Of wild-tlowe1e, seom to mock witt
their gaiety the sad shadows OF the gravo-stonee
Many Of the monuments stand in q small plot ol
their Own, fenced in by miniature pa1isade, anl
| laid OUT in fowez-bods and tiny paths. spact
| being left for seat under trellised canopy
These gardens are more generally left to The
t bounty OF Nature than to the care Of man, buI
occasionally may be seen sombre figure stoop-
ing over afowar-hed, or trimming the borders ol
Some loved inclosufe.
/ was Btro1lng one June evening amid the
tombs and roses, when saw the seat in one oi
the little garlans occupied by man clad in deep
mourning. An Englishman certainly, from his
appearance, at once Judged him to be, before i
had heard the voice OF a little brown-eyed, ruddy
child, who was toddling about the paths, and
stopping over the doWers- Not far from the spot
stood nan-servans, hidden by tho arbor from
no view Of the visitors to the grave. The occu-
pant Of the seat, who was young man OF neat,
soldier-like appearance, was gazing vacant1y upon
he little girl, who was engaged in filing q wire
basket with flowers, picked with no small amount
Of difficulty. When filed. this IVES carried to
her father {for so naturally guessed him to be),
duly arranged by him, and then laid as an offer
ing At the foot Of tha bright green mound. This
done, the chlld, ciambering up to her fathers
aide on the reat, asked him soiemnly:
- Will mother Like to smell them, father 2"
liam sure sho will, darling" was the reply.
T WAS all this time concealed behlnd an adioin-
ing monument, whence watched avery move
ment Of the mournals who had SO attracted my
attention. Presently, the map-Bervanl, coming
s-&t mAt[ ktSH$ 3h$n
with an air of authority, mingled with respect,
opened the small gate OF the inciosure for his
master to pass ou1- Tho latter, kneelng for
moment with Ills forehead resting upon the
cross which sprang from some 'vy-clad rock
work at the head Of the grave. kissed the name
inscribed, and. followed by his daughter, who
insited upon shutting the gate herssf with greas
carefulness, took the path % the entrance Of the
cemetery. AZ soon ~ they were out OF sight, !
hurried to the spot which bad already awakened
in me strong feeling Of curosltJ, and read
these Words inscribed III gilt character on cross
Of white marble:
Hier ruhet in Gott, IoC1aI MARGARETHA MAR1IH,
Geh. den u August ls4o. Gcst den Mi 1870.
On tho reverse Of tho cross, an English inscrip-
ion ran thus:
dearly loved vile Of CvnlL JonS AaR1rs, Late Cap
tain Her Britannia Ma jesty |s I'll uCssaIa- Born
- Angus. 1879. Died May 1870.
After gazing sadly at these words. and noting
wards, 10 a saddened state OF feeling.
It WAS easy enough to read a tale OF sorrow in
what had seen but there was 50 oncthins moro
to be read between the lines, I felt cure. The
expression Of tho wldower's face, and the au-
thot1tasve manner Of the servant, could not but
mean something. However, I soon afterwards
entered the gardens Of the kuruaus, and min
elcd with tho crowd OF oromenaders. aly friend,
Dr.. Eichte had asked me- to sup with him that
evening; be would be sure to kno" eomethinE
otN.,t ft.ra tCnd Ctf m
telling, so that did not tall to avail myself Of
his Invitation. After our pleasant little meal,
when tho Doctor had pulled down from the wall
a china pire, with stem as tall as himself. and
had filled my own pipe with caporaI, l told him
what had seen In the cemetery.
"Ah! there's sad story about them, my
friend, almost too sad for happy meeting like
the present: but you shall hear It It was IN
1862 somewhat early in the season, that an En-
gliBh gentleman, named 1a1tyn, called upon me-
for advice. lie WIS a shopg looking man Of
athletic build, aud had one OF your regular Eu-
pl1sh taces. EXPRESSIVE OF coolness aud resolve.
F1om his appearance, should have said that
there 1as, not q healthier man IN Honburg
nor was it easy for me-, after careful examin-
alton, to discover his aiiment- But need not
tall you TINT it ia often the phyeiciau's duty to
devote his attention to an lmagiuaxy sickneas,
and to listen with rs interested an air to de-
lusions as to real suffering. Without entering
into any technical details. It will be enough for
suffering from general debility and lack Of
energy. He said he was always losing. ground,
that luck Was against him, and that there must
be some one thing radically wrong in his consti,
tuition. which prevented bis plarlng successful
part IN the world. He had tried al sorts Of sys-
TENS, as he called them, but they had failed mis-
e5ably, aud he was now broken-oown man. He
assured me that he had no mental cause OF an1-
iety, that he Was perfectly happy in his domestic
relations, and that be Was not in any degree hy-
pochondriaca1 Iprescrbed for him course
Of bathing, early hours, and regular exercise,
and, on his taking leave, begged for my wife to
Martyr. This request, you must unde5srand,
made from desire to have few words CONVEX
sation with my patients wife regarding his case.
But as he grew t1dGety and nervous on my max
ing the proposal. bade him goodbye with the
manner had tended to confirm my rising appre-
such nature as We can minister 70, and. after q
second prolonged visit from him: felt the abso.
lutte necessity Of putting myself into personal
with his wife. had already
made her acquaintance IN the gardens, and had
been struck BY her angular grace and sad beauty
Of expression. called at their lodgings one day
after my afternoons work. aud was usheted at