The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-08-24

significance Of the letters he was cut
ting in the white marble The June
sun was nearly at the end Of the days
journey, sinking slowly TO rest upon the
bosom Of the broad Atlantic, whose
waves washed the shores Of the little
seaport town Of Monkton, A stranger
hands0mely-dressed, middleaged or
more, with dark hair, thiclsly strcakcd
with grey, and large, lustlcus brown
eyes, came TO tile fcnce that was around
the yard where the stone-cuttcr worked,
and read the lettering, almost com.
lpleted, upon the tombstone
"IImAM GoLDny,
| Aged S5,
Lost at Sea, January 1866"
The last 6 was nearly completed, A
strange pollor gathered for moment
upon the Strangers face, then he ,'F5w,
a long, deep breath, and said:
lis not ten years long time TO be
cutting the letters on tombstone,
fricndF
''Eh, sir F
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turned up IN All theSe years u nc w"sh !
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the prettlest ! ever see, sir an @ys
she; My heart never told me he was
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my heart tells me
His sweetheart questioned the
stinnger.
His wife, siI-hls loving faithful
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IN misery. her full share an might o
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