The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-06-26
Attorney General.
Only d WOman's Grave.

- ." ~ yStIyss lIttie Knoll
overlooking the disolats, deserted mining
camp Of Cold Springs, half way between
Pacefyille und Coloma FF1e sifting
snnllght, trembling through the aeayts
q 9 grsard old live oak, falls lovingly.
tesnderay upon the grave,.just as 1T did
twenty years ago. Marvellous chances
naYe crept with the years pver all fhe sur
roundings. Five thousand miners work.
ed in the flat and gulches of that GftIe
mountal1-rimmed comp m-.those ear
golden days. No claim was allowedr-to
De over s15Z feet square, and1evsn. f,en.
the ravlnes and hellows, the valleys and
Dill slopes wore all located and there
| were miners to spare. 1t was one of tha
lovellests camps in the foothills Tbero
We're some Of the grandest men, the most
humorous, the NEST heroic, in the mines
ofthose days that ever the sun Askone lon
men whose nobility Of soul would have
Stamped them herodes in anMage or cline.
ana one such was q large. broad -shonld
cred man--handsome, we'll educated a
general favorite among his fellows. and
VINO was always known as .,Indoe )
There had almost written his name and
yen would know him. and it is the one
tender event of his life am telling.
II you chancea to bein Cold sSnr;p,,u
on the day June Meredith and her hnse
band came to town, you were donhtlese
standing with the crowd by the boteI
watching the stage as it came NUMBERING
gown the Hangtown hill. The news had
noWn ahead OF the stage that genuine
respectable woman was coming with her
husband toilive at the Springs. EVER
claim was vacated that afternoon TO see
the phenomenon, for in that little valley
with its hundreds of men, it was indeed
phenomenon to have a real Iadv come
and settle among them. '0
Just as the plump, pretty figure. the
blue eyes and the light brown hair
emerged from the stage, and Thousand
breathless voices were WHISPERING, slUou
beautiful, she gave little stifled scream
ana Tell talnt1ng in the arms Of her hus-
band. Everybody said it was the. heat.
the fatigue, the excitement which caused
Aer to sWoon, and all were to much en-.
gagged with the event to observe the
Dlanched face of the Judge, who clutched-
the column OF the porch to keep from fall
ling. - Is 1>'''
-, When When few days had elapsed andsthe
excitement over the new arrivals had
partially subsidized, it was discovered tbae
the judge had disappeared. No one re-
to have seen him after the ?
stage. drove in; - IS.
Ere the swarm Of life swept away from from =
the I'd! placers, and the hum of mining and
minors voice ceased, the little knoll over Z
looking the place be came dotted with
graves. Many VINO left home and friends
with an ardent eager thirst for, gold.
wearled and fell asleep among the gold
velns-tound resting places in the yerv
heart OF the diggings where thay worked.
And some mounds in this mining camn
burial ground covers hearts that in life
were warmer and tenderer, if possible.
than those OF the brave, generous pioneer
hearts of the pioneers wives.
In one of these graves, the one whose
romance | am telling, lay June Meredith
When the mines were worked outsand p
The bustllng camp had become farm
[ng village, most of the graves were re-
moved to filter burying place near the,
'oad When the. bodies were beinere- !
moved, the workmen found well-dress-
ID, middleaged@ stranger sitting on the
grave under the oak He had been seen
o enter the village at dusk the evening be-
ore, and twas readily coDjectured that
le had been at the grave all night. He
AID few words to the man who had
harge OF the work, and emphasized his
anguage with handful of money, and
hen he disappeared without letting any,
ne knowgywho he was, or. whence fe :
anne. It was scarcel j. necessary to say :;
hat this grave was not touched. The
noll was robbed Of all its other dead,
ut June Mere 18th sleeps where they
AID her. The date en- thevmarble tomb
tone showed that the stranger had visit
d the spot on the. anniversary night. of Z
ne death of the woman who'lay Stun b
erlng there. In speaking, one with
mother, concerning the event, it was
scertslned that stranger, or some one
ssembling him, had been seen in the.
eighborhood during prior years, at
bout the same time of the year.
This is about ALI The s'sJu1ge" had
aver been seen at the Springs. after his
Idden disappearance. until the stormy,
cary night when June Meredith died.
matter how completely he worshipped
#, no matter how desolate was his aim
IS life, his sense of honor forbade him 3
ON 50 much as visiting her while she
Is another>s IS &
Bat when She was aging, when all hope
life was gone, when she lay with closed
es so quiet and still that she seemed to be
tening to voices from the further shore i
door opened softly and the Judge en-
ed the room. He was pale and bag,
I'd and careworn, and was only shad-
OF his former self, but the blue eyes
closed and frightened with ajoyousl :
;ognitinn. In the dim shadow land Of [
ath there is no hesitation. With eager
stretched arms she clasped his neck, .
! as his, lipsituched hers she murmured:5 IS
In heaven?"
The next moment she was dead.
Every year, on the anniversary night of
death, he visits her grave.-Sacra-
ITO Record Umign.
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