Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-09-11
The lost. Grave.

lASou. ten years ago the Detroit Free
Press commented on touching ineidens
which occurred in that City. and wlH1ch 10
1 substantially AS folowsi An old woman
was Seen wandering through the old: desert,
ed graveyard on Russell street. She bad
huricda child there half a ctntury ee1rre,
little grave; but her ,ndying love for her
enid brought her c.enr back across the Stsle
alone 10 have q last look Mt the grave. she
the hundreds, Of. mounds and headstones
which che once saw, but - score or 80 we're
loft. Under the dying willows she passed
along brushing tne moss h ron ton aee w nena
boro the words. tour Willie" Her search
was fruitlessA eehe had hoped that strangers
hands kp the say as AVN
wrinkled cheek: antswhen me people spoke
to her u sy ,na sh Easeed qI.
80 IargcT' This sad incident suggested tho
following linos]:
lhcy saw her wandr:n9 In a graveyard Old;
They heard her 'sobbings in the willows
Ard well they knew her heart desired to hold
. some sweet communion with her sacred
dead. J. ],
Full fifty years had passed since she had sceD
The.spot where rested Wiilic's iife.es' FORM
AndAyet Ecr love, thro' every changing scene,
Was Ms q mothers loVe,-nnehanged ana
warm! H.
But she had hoped. thro' every lonely year,
That grave might not be sighted OF forgot,
But that some passing stranger, <kiisd ana
Would cast On it a sweet forget-ne-not,
She toped some one might scatter daisy seeds
In sprinptime DER her WiI,ie's little mound,
And for tho absent dead DO owing leeds ,,o
Wien autumn leaves were covering the
ground.
Alnsl she found tho Cd yard almost gone,
For fifty years hnd made y CT uel change,
Ard oniy here and there she saw stone,
While all the scene to nor was new and
strange
The town hntl grown 10 he city grand;
The secret charms OF The long ngo had fed
Before Times hostie and oerpowering
Aud those who lived were crowding ont the
dead.
But th,t old mothers heart had brought her
To Wow that grave she had passed
And shed on it affections tear, and d. ok
Itgenty DER with flowers bright and gray.
'Morg leaning headsto,ies, covered DER with
She SOUGHT the grave she had not seen for
years:
But, after walking to and fro across
The barren fields, sho :hon gave way TO
tears.
All, mel that mother came alone SO far,
VIVA burdeued, anxious heart and features
wan;
But from her sight mad sunk hopes last faint
star,
For Wiliie's little grave was lost and genel
Kind words were spoken to her by passers.by,
Who faw the tears fall on her wtinkled
check,
Her Ia e of woe aroused q sympathy
Too strong for any human tongue to speak.
Ard while she stood beneath tie ds .s>t. trees.
Once more to view the fields SO heak and
lope
Her sobs went GU, on every passing breeze.
AS she rerlciA bercd gior:es that had flown.
She left the scene, nor e'er re urned again;
Her heart was brr ken with her litter grief;
She tarrird ttru' 8 few nO,e wears ST pain,
Then DEATHS kind angel Drousn: her sweet
relief
And s~ sho swept thrc' Heavens gates OF
go'd
Into tho brightness OF shat glorious place,
:. That Mo1 hers hear teA: wish Joy untold
When her own " .li~ raut to hsr embrace.
-JnOmts J. h%clEurray. -