Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-06-04
A STR2NGE STORY.


81 charge 81 the wives. sisters and
daughters OF the actors or that M
hapry expedition. And s weary,
heart-breakiu- time il was. The
Observation-Disclosures who had pray
ed and besouEht the Calcutta au-
rho-iries not - risk the adventure,
had the wo-s; forebodinrs for its
fate; au5 although be did al an
abe, kindly and WEI hammered
r1n could do 70 maintain The spirits
ct the circle. those who knew him
could read TOO vel what bis fears
were. Words could not describe
indeed II Is painful Tor me even now
- reral-the drea-y wre;chedness
@. -h2t fatal month, during which
10 t1iu-s came q the devoted ar
nv. Evening after evening saw
tbs roads crowded with suxions
women, sitting there for hours, that
they might hear The first news Of
thls~e who were dear to them. and
evening after evening saw them re-
turn in despair And when, q;
H.. thar The sole survivor had
staggered. half alive. back 20 bis
cocr,rvnea With the tiiings Of the
great disaster. the vail that ascend
e. from those bear;-broken crea-
turas. ! shall never, while ! live,
forget
There had been 8 captain in one
OF the native regiments. 81 old &C
oraiutance a mine, Of the name Of
DouueNy-JeTry. as he was called
bv every one. He was careful 70
explain 70 al bis friends that his
name was Jerome, and not Jeremi-
ah: although why be so unduly
preferred the saint 70 the prophet !
never understood. Jerry DonDel-
". however. be was, and as strong
and eccentric q creature as ever
breathed.
he was = very good looking fel-
low, and frst-raie officer, but 3
careless, rollicking, half-insane mad
cap Of a man, with az amazing flow
Of spirits. little education or cul-
ture, a great-alnost miraculous
taleu; for languages, with q soft
heart and 81 easy temper. 1t was
impossible 10 make him angry; and
IL al circumstances, however ID
pleasant. be maintsiDed q placid
serenity which seemed 70 imply
that be was on intimate terms with
fortune, and knew the very worst
tia; she could do.
Among the other tricks which
the tickle goddess had played on
him. was that she bad married him
Wby be ever married as be did DO
one could imagine. The lady was
neither handsome, clever or rich.
She was simply passable as to looks,
with the hveliDess Of good health
apa youth-a quality not iDspt TO
develop itself in viracity Of temper
when those other attributes disap-
pear. But, on some impulse, Jer-
II Donnelly had asked her the mo-
nentous question, aud had been IA
vorably answered.
& most uncomfortable couple
they were. Jerry, from the first
neglected her-pot Intentionally. ]
believe, bot simply because for the
moment be forgot her existence
1t never seemed 70 him necessary
70 alter his former bachelor round
in any respect; and, as the lady
had DO notion Of being neglected,
she resented his indifference, and
chalked out a line for herself. II
may be easily supposed that the
one was averse to brandy and wa
Ter, or the other to gossip and flirt-
alton. They never quarreled out
wardly, but were hardly ever to-
getber.
So stood the domestic circle, IL
such it could be called, of Capt.
DonDelly, when be was ordered on
Gen. ElphinstoDeis expedition. His
wife would fain have remained at
Calcutta, but as all the wives were
going to Agra, she for very shame
was obliged to go there also. On
the first rumor of the disaster she
was very indiderent-said she was
very sure Jerry would turn up at
the most announcement time. and II
lie was happy she was. When,
the tidings we're confirm
ed, and IL was certain that Jerry
bad persisted with his comrades,
great change came over her. She
shut herself up for months, saw no