The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-03-19

| SuAouSu tuO OpCu uOOI We saw TIC OOuy
OF man, apparently lifeiess, lying prone
upon the earthen floor. Beside him,
with arms flying wildly over her head,
knelt the figure of woman, evidently
the one whose cries had alarmed us. it
needed but glance to assure US that
some strange tragedy had taken place,
and without moments hesitation we
entered the hut r 4E%
"The woman raised her eyes as we ap.
preached, but gave no further heed to us.
| Apparently her great sorrow had driven
her distracted. She was young creature.
hardly twenty, should judge, and de-.
epjte the signs Of hardship and sorrow
visible on her features, very beautiful.
Her form was slight and even attenuated,
but in it's shabby dress preserved traces
| Of former refinement.
"Her companion, young man of her
own age, attired in wood-man's suit,
mad evidently succumbed to hardships
| or disease, and was either insensible or
dead. His pinched and CHASTITY counte-
nance must have been once very hand
some, but now it looked old and worn as
that of man of sixty. He had apparent
~ fallen in the present position, and the
girl had been unable to raise him.
my friend, the Doctor continued the
worthy Professor, "surely uncouth and
cynical az be commonly appears, has as
kind heart as ever beat in man breast
no fattery, my dear fellow, for it must
be confessed that you have faults that
more than counterbalance your one good
trait. Well. gentlemen, he bent over the
poor creature, and in voice as gentle as
woman's. endeavored to arouse the girl
from her ]ethargy. ~'.
"'Who are you?' said he, and what has
happened2' ..'- %...
"'He is dead-deadr she mutterd,
hoarsely.
Perhaps it is not as bad as that he
rejoined. Tell US all about it. We are
friends, my dear, and medical men, and
may be able to assist YOU
"'He died this morning, before nv
very eyes, she moaned; died, oh, my
God! of starvation. And I never knew
he was depriving himself for my sake.
O, my husband! why did you not let me
| die with you9' And she threw herself
across the body, sobbing as if her poor
heart would break. There were tears in
| the Doctors eyes as he looked at me-"
! added the Professor, with tremor in
| his voice, "and the rascal has always
sworn that my own were not dry. That,
however, is aside from the subject.
| "Though we knew nothing Of these
two poor children-for they were but
little more-we felt that we had CHANGED
upon strange story Of love, pride and
suffering, such as is rarely told, even il,
this unhappy world.
"The Doctor stopped down and felt at
the beart of the PROSTATE man.
"'He is dead;' he whispered, motion
| ing me to initiate his example.
"Yes, Dead replied after examin-
ing the corpse.
'How we made the truth known to the
poor wife I do not remember. It would
seem that she had preserved some faint
remnant of hope until our assistance
destroyed it utterly. With a low groan
she fell suddenly at our feet insensible
Although we were at loss what course
to pursue, we felt it no more than oul
duty to remain in the hut for the night
and on the morning to make the bes
arrangements for the poor girls comfor
that were possible.
fortunately the Doctor had his medi
cal case in his pocket. Administering {
q powerful sleeping potion to her he placed
her in happy Inconsistencies of thu
events that were to follow. We then pro
ceeded to more careful examination O.
!; the man.
d "Without vanity I can say that boil
the Doctor and myself have received
; some few testimonials as to our scienti6,
ability from the world. You will prob
ably believe that we are capable of decld
ing upon very simple case of death b,
starvation2' he paused, and looked
J gravely around. Very good; remember
then. that assert upon my professional
reputation that the man was stone dead
} EYES, added the doctor, who ha,
hitherto remained silent, the life mus
have been extinct more that tv
r hours when we found him.
"'Well,' continued the professor, wit
: increasing gravity, Having satisfied our
selves upon this point, we covered tn
= corpse decently and sat down to wait fo
i, morning. Though in no mood for con
versation, the startling experience of th
e evening kept us both awake for sewers
D hours. But at length, completely over
come by WEAKNESS and excitement, fe
e into light slumber.
"Almost Immediately, it seemed,
F.; was awakened with shock. The do,
s tor was bending over me with an EXPIRE
s sion of wonder and alarm upon his fac
" Wake up he said, in trouble
b whisper. Something very strange hs
a been going on in this room for man
minutes past
a "'What is it," I asked. Il thought
heard some one SPIT aking.'
r "'You did, he replied. Il have di
e tinctly heard voice close beside US, ye
J. there is no one in the room except GU
t. selves and these two Door people.
d perhaps the woman has been talkir
: in her Sleep suggested, 'or it may b
|; that the man is not dead, after all.
n "'No, have looked to both,' he n
Z turned. 'One sleeps soundly, and tt
other will never speak again in tn
Y world. So satisfy YOURSELF
IS 81 arose, and trimming the lamp, pr
It ceeded first to the couch where the 81
n lay. She at least could not have spoke
d for all her senses were locked in a mr.