Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-12
his ship passed by Elruin, "'to see the spot
where his Mary Ann was sleeping.n

his ship passed by Elruin, sto see the spot
where his Mary Ann was sleeping"
The report that there was to be funer-
al from the strange ship in the citing,
spread like wildfre through the village,
and half an hour before the body was to
leave, the cliff was crowded by the vii
layers, the women with their shawls tied
over their heads, leading their children
by their hands.
Funerals are always great attraction
to our people. but since the Earl at the
castle was buried, none had caused 50
much interest as this.
"Poor Skipper Darley!" says my old
woman, "don't he feel lonesome Just,
when he gets back to his ship without
his missus!"
''Werry," says I. ono doubt; he amt
been married more nor two years. Lor,
what good sort of female she must have
been, all the crew seem so fond of her:
look you here, old lady, through the glass.
Dye see the figure head of the vessel
yonder?"
Eyes" says she, resting the glass on my
shoulder; ga figure Of woman in a green
gown ana yallef nalr.
"That be, no doubt, an exact likeness
OF Mary Ann Darley," says L; SITS very
common plan that, and as old Cap,n Bist,
as commanded the Tllda years ago, used
to say: Whenev r I follow my wife
goes right; as sticks her at the end Of
my vessel, the 'Iilda alters goes right y
"Lor" says my wife, again looking
through the glass, GLOW beautiful Mrs.
Mary Ann barley must have been! Never
old see such bust, hair and bearing.
They are coming at last; the boats are
being let down"
The church bells tolled sadly throug IL
the keen frosty air, and there was not a
heart among all those on the cliff that
did not feel the deepest sympathy for the
widowed skipper.
Slowly, and with a long measured
stroke came two boats, into the first of
which we had noticed the coffin being
| lowered.
The bier had been taken down to the
shore, so, when they had all landed, the
coffin was placed upon it, and borne up
the gangway by four OF the crew.
| The other four came behind; the skip
per, who appeared dreadfully agitated,
leant heavily upon the arm Of the man
with big buttons, his face buried in his
handkerchief, from which at times we
would hear deep sob.
up the little street the procession
went, and among all the women there was
not an eye that was not filled with tears.
''Poor tellow" said my wife, she do
take On horrible, to be sure, that he
certainly does. How kind his friend
seems to him, 'haint he crying just lit
tie, too?"
| Mr.. Coles met hem at the church gate
and, with some sixty others, they entered
the church. / and my wife stood at the
corner of the yard and waited till they
came out, which they did before long,
and the coffin was lowered into the grave
as the clock ceased to chime four.
After it was all over, Mr.. Coles went
up and shook hands. in his kind way,
with the skipper, and tried to console
him. Much he seemed to require COM
fortlng, poor fellow!
"Just let me look once more at nv
Mary Hams cofin-one more look at
Mary Ham DarIey's grave, afore they
fills it up forever"
"Come along, poor mate,' said his
friend. ''and don't take on so terrible I
have spoken to the kind vicar, and he
says he will see to the monument being
erected right, when you send the design
from Newcastle. Only think, how COM
forting it will be, when you be a-sailing
along past this here place with Goals, to
be able to just look through the glass and
| say, II can see the place where, under
meath an Elegant tomb, rests Mary Ham
barley, what was so very dear to me as a
wife, and all those who knowed her as a
sister,"
These words seemed to have comfort
ing effect on the widower, who suffered
| himself to be led away, saying in tones
| which moved us all, "Bless your good
vicar, what wrote that track, which alone
prevents me following my Mary Ham to
the grave broken 'artcd."
! The bell began once more to toll, as the
sexton filled up the grave and hid from
the admiring sight Of the boys the rows
Of brass nails, which told that Mary Ann
| barley was cut off at the early age of
twenty -six.
"Cut off as tulip said the sexton,
VINO always improved the occasion, to the
| bystanders; land her husband remains as
all ostrich alone in the desert; and how
| wonders he did not have made her COM
Portable. and been Is. I'D. into my
pockets, which, as my wife has twins
again, would be acceptable
"Bless ye, John," says my old woman,
| as we walked home. II don't know
what ye would do without your missus,
to get your meals ready and take the in
sides out of fishes, nor I without my old
man; and it's thinking of this that makes
me feel so sad about this poor young
man as has lost his Mary Ann, which
must have been very beautiful, if she was
any way like the figure on the ship,
which was most pleasing as seen through
your glass;
had that evening, remembered, left
q net on the sea-shore, and as I passed
the coast guard station / saw the Lieu
tenant was watching the ship, which was
not yet started. He called me into the
guard room where he was seated.
"Bill," says he to me, 'three of my
men, unfortunately, are at Darling this
week. I must have at least five men to-
night; so, if you wish to earn good
nights wages, be down at my house be-
fore eight this evening""
Before the appointed time was at the
Lieutenant's house; four of the coast