, 1879-02-21

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Early la,t spring Qs7s, my eye fell npen y
| har,aEraph r, tn Sew YnrE daily to slle effect
OF zig cits had recently given birth to trLplcts,
@ n,u thai tlio was III dcssttutu ctrclln,ssaliccs.
lhr1 io!towHt scnlclIcc Which ohsvurely
l.l,tiy!l tliat ts husband md tallrr was man
tlie t'a'ne was mtsspct, there scca,ed llttlc rca
SON % dbt Tho Identity, ht1 my wife antl set
ont to nti her. a curious ehaae We Ind Of IT,
we etlhsea tuWt acEcrnl fNfnt rlcwa md wEru
at tho right unc. =
:" We f'',lnd IL single .nont occupicd by thu
yotl''E mo- her AMI her cnttdrcn q, little boy OF
fw or thscc years Leslies the trInlr.s). vohtc
,unnl, The nurse was fuli af tire nse.,sits,,
nild Was MT lnng IN setting forth the story
N the following, dr.n,at'c fashion: When
'1c cai1le hume To dinner sayt tu him, "Yc'vt
~ a.l.!!tion to your family, ,!r. llualt'' "ic
don't sny en!' snys lie. 'Yes." says /. "tw!ns,.
Mr.. Kraif!" "1:w.i.n-.!' say. hc, Just iku,
tlmt. "Yes, slr," snys |, "t,ey're over there"
AI"l ile wakcl oyrr an! tarncd duwn the Inn:
t'nI irntn tlr pillow, md took a Iook at-twu uf
the tlrar littlG fa:cs After lie fully understood
i,lat, "Iicre's nnotllcr onu over here, Mr..
Renaf," says l.. "tiool t;ndl" says tr.'
Wclcutncd us Will, rs much grarr nl'd dignity as
4 to lAlace. Then, fur the first tiuic. saw
itlsIiart .G Eealf. lle was OF medium he!ylls,
trls'c sn'it, Mnd very neatly lressrtl. lIe Ihtl
fulf, roHna faee, cican shavcn except u heayy
'no!1ssacie. generous torelIcad. truclnn HOSE,
aiid large, dark, liquid eyes. The curve froni
TIC up to TIC chin. 80 seldom SUCCESSFUL. wA*
psr!cct. Ills ,lars. strhglt hair was to'lchr,i
with gray about thu eurs aud temples. Alto.
.rn''rr t"n1lt 1t one OF tic llautlsutncst iMecs
had ever sccn..
q Nc nni sumo correspondence On The sub
lrc! VI hs P9eIns, ft,r wltrll lie ha asked np To
,na,',,scrpt 1uanu to my establishment lllat ho
llad II" manuscript prepared. lie tlNl not cvra
POSSESS copies Of all Ills poems. Hut hu drew
from us iio"lsct n worn md molrd roll vi
t'alf ot ti,ent. 'rllcrcupon produced copies oi
Two Or threu which bud necn rcrcad!hg Just be-
lore lcay,ig homr. 11u found ono asnonE then,
That he liati not scen for rcnrs.
rms. Lizzie" taia he to hts wife, e ts one
you have never hcarsl," anu immediately he b.
ran to rcau II in low musical votre, willie his
tlye lighted up witt, s,ld,lGn glow, a,a It was
evHlrnt that he was fur away from Tic ftttln
t''aH'bcr,-.fnr nwav III Drcanlant!, whittier ho
i,ad Eone by waY Of tic camp.|roand nlc!sct-linc
where lle hail first scratched the vcrsc5,n
Or nanv 1cttcrs ,fat hu wrote, Mr. Johnson
nFInts but one. from which VIC thus extract:
FRIENDS: Your good. kina letter, with its In.
closure from the editor Ut -, renrbcl inc
!l'lly, but this Ia the t!rst moment IN which
layu l1ad heatt or leisure 10 reply. am
may kil soou.-A,l you must pardon nc that [
Hnbnr1en myself to you thus nntnvtplly.
tuta yuu Tint my Wfc and children liad
gone Into the country. They are back here nuu,
!ng IN charge Of .he Chllaren's Hospital, New
lrlghton, Statcn Island. Two weeks n.o Inst
THURSDAY, wifi uni children went thtller.
Lust Monday recciye1 writteu notten tl,ut
iiat, inntne! u my wifc lid not eone si with n
tue scope Of tle institution, must rcmuye Tier.
On Friday | brought my wlie back
She Is utterly helpless. T. have
s~apa as sb 5cst M s M Ta ave ase II n t
money OF which | am possessed in tt,e world,
With Tho cxycpt!on pf so!nc 10 I have paid the
rent Of onr little room for the current month
Wcaye loft the dear little triplata down tIcru,
II WIS u case of imperative necessity
III thank yDu very deeply for all your roou-
ncss But YOU can Judge how impossible It has
been io5 me, tn tnis e.,la,!nat,ve stress, 1o 10
body In tho cty who would give INC u hundred
or a hundred asNs llftY dollars. cash down, tor
the sole right md .itto to ull ,nav nyc VIII
tent II roHld get q hundred and slfsr dollars
anl take for hssclt q sccoul.ctays ticket to S1n
Francisco At oncc. | SHOULD taku my boy with
mc md Lizzie would cutne as soon as could
send for ller nnLl sic Was able 10 traYcl
~ will tell you whon l sec YOU tho rcasons
why a'll 50 1rssous to get fur away, far away.
they ure not base ones, but shall never be abu
to do that ot which ant capable Ut in the Eaat,--
IT least not until eerta'n person dies; and you
Ont In San Franctsco can tnd work and recover
my posc.
!. 81 nnyer thought to have hreatllcl
taicau prsvactcs to LIVING man, but l anl In al
aEonf OF apprehension artf dread CONCERNING. tho
anmeuata future OF my wife nnl enid unluss
Gull somehow mluatso to sell my poor verses fur
i!1c sum bare named. kpvouEd SILL them for u
ticket to Sun Fras1ttsco afl hundred dolnrs.
y 3ht IL vtx1t 81
part OF thesu imposed Condolences IT, get into
the reHspapcrs,-nt teast while liyc.'t
"lllo next ttsnu saw Renlf, says Mr. john
son, '!ly waa fat on l'ts back, u1sd Its face coy-
cred with cloth. But f0r the yofcu tilut cap1e
from benentl It aud tho ilaal extended to meet
my own, might have thought ile a,l found that
rest which INV sernlcd tic on!r uLu for lin.
Il, nd sa shxht , The isSass Of the syes from his
liz WIS usutlargcI Irum lie ilospItnt on Juno
II, !ll!l as soon As practicable started iOr San
Ffanrls'o. wht.fler rassua had bcen procured.
There t'e M "as a,ppeIntetl 10 II place III thu mint
wfiuilt 'Io ha1 scrycd during the War. Late IN
.. tobcr he wus getting rlons ready fur his
chlldrcH hnd ii,er tnotlicr, wlleu, un il SUNDAY
ntternool', IN wn'sesl the owl thug from which
ha Aatl HUI, un eoo!'Y :tl1lonllccsi tint shu had
CONF 10 slus. A terrific nccno cnslletl.
The next dur he attempted Suicide by la,l.1n-
Nun, but lid not tuku cliullgll. Il sccouA ut
tempt, however, on Monday might WAS success-
pocrn. the lust ag0nlxcl cry uf y tortured aud
harrIed life, life worthy OF fane mil fortuou
but narkcd by tbs tates for overwhelming slLsa.-
tor:
" k)s nottH[a Htt n{st bouHn,." When
For uia tho end tlAs cumH aud a,n .tnSt
And little volub!s cnattcrIilv DAVIS Df nlpn
Fccs At mn curtously. lot II then ,u said,
uy s1n,e orc l'rayu eu0iIch tu speak tllp truth,
. Eteru lies great abnl killed 0y cruel wrour
Down hi1 tho olny days 0f hts fresh youth
10 hlH h'ehk. ltsonte mon, with 4W0ru nUt song
And speech that rushea ny hotly from tho lteart,
!ls Wrought Tor llbcrty; I'LL tts nwh wound
tllG had beca stabhedp, conceael with painful art
Through wasting years, mastered hin, and hu
swouhrd.
AMI sank tnera where you scb him lytug now,
With taa work - Failure" written IN htA PROV.
hut say that he auccaelcd. n he missed
Worlds honora mil worlds planditsanu the wage
VI the worlds tctt lacqGeys. still his lips wars
Kissed
Daily by those higl angels who asauags |
The thlrsihgs Of tao poots-for he WIS |
t3ofn unto dln.,ny-ntl bnrilun tAY
Mtghslly on hfui. and hH tnnurncd because
tle cnnt1 not ris!llly utter IL this day
What t'ol taught In Thu might. Sonstines, nalh.
rower fs'l upon him. and bright tongues ofs
fll1lc.
IL 81 l.