Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-08-23

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LIGHr.-An elderly man with peaked
features. large watery eyes and an at
tire Of dllapidated respectability, called
at Danbury house last Friday morn
ing for ''lunch." He said he was
travelling from Boston to Buffalo, at
which latter place he had great expec-
tations. He sat down at the kitchen
table, with his long legs coiled up under
1t, and his long arms spread out upon
it, while his ponderous nose stood out
like grease spot on . pair OF white
pants.
The woman of the house brought him
q plate of bread and meat and q bowl Of
coffee. While she was placing the
things he noticed that she wore black
dress and q lock Of pallor.
"Had death, madam" he softly in
quired as he squared himself for the re-
past.
"Yes, SIR"
"Latelyf"
last Tuesday," she answered,
family.
"I was sure Of It. Father? mother?
sisterP brother?" he asked, taking up
q piece of meat with one hand, and
slapping it appetizingly upon q piece Of
bread In the other.
"My husband, SIR" she said, draw.
ing out q handkerchief, while her lips
quivered. She looked so white and sad
and dropping as she sat there, that his
heart was touched.
"Did he die natural death?" he
asked, softly chewing on the food and
bending the full glance Of his large
eyes upon her.
"Yes, SIR"
"lt's bad thing In one so young As
you to lose her protector. But he died
natural death, and there Is comfort In
that" He slapped another piece Of
meat upon another piece Of bread and
quie ly put his teeth Through them.
"YOu know" he presently added,
revolving the mOrsel In his mouth and
assuming an appearance Of delicate
cheerfulness. "that he died calmly with
every want attended TO, and loving
hands to administer to him-could
trouble you for little mustard?" She
wearily arose and got him the article.
''rhere's comfort in that isn't there 2"
he continued, referring to the passing
away of the deceased.
"Yes," she said in low tone, wiping
her eyes.
"Now you know, he said, looking in
tently at her with his eyes, while, his
hands spread the mustard, cit might
have been much different and far worse
He might have been run over by a train
of coal cars and cut into pound Jumps
stuck full of grsvel?"
81 know" said she, with shiver.
ssHhan a0nin ha niOhr have haQn
blown up in defective saw-mill," said
the stranger, taking another bite of the
food, and gently closing his eyes as if
the better to picture the irredeemable
horror of this proposition, land only
about two-thirds of him, and that badly
damaged, ever returned to your agonized
sight"
A low sob behind the handkerchief
was the only response, while he opened
his eyes in time TO detect fly making
extraordinary efforts to shake its hind
legs from the mustard. Coming mechan
ically to the assistance of the insect, he
said:
at Is bad enough to lose him. I'll
admit that. No one would be so cal
loused as to deny that, he said, looking
around inquiringly, as if to make quite
sure that no such party was in sight.
"Still, il could have been much worse,
you know. He might have been pre-
maturely perforated with the ramrOd
of cannon, and had to have had chic
roform injected in him at an expense of
SIS day. But IL he'd fallen into vat
of hot oil and had all his flesh peeled
OF, you'd never got over would
your"
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mere tne narrator shuadered himseli
tne AWFUL prospect ol suc1 catas-
lropne! WINE the oereaseu ~ohah
agonizlngiy pro'eseed against MS pro-
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1ou II auuiit !. might nave ceen
"Oh. YES. sir" she replied. wiping
her ewes.
SPIN glad of that. :" said he. exploring
his under law with the fork. aAffiic,
tions will come. but If we try to think
of those which are greater that have
not come to us. then we are better able
to bear those that do, It's been INV OBJ
ject to teach YOU that a natural death is
not a thing to de.pise in these times Of
rush, crash and spIutter, and If you
accomplished, and 1 90 nv way. 1
dom Z want 10 iutrude. Of course. on the
privacy of a deep grief. but If the de.
ceased was about nv build, and left be-
hind vest, not too paudy In pattern,
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