The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-11-06
red wood tablet, on which had been cut this
REDDY'S TOMB.
RESPECT IT, ALL MEN

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RESPECT 1T, ALL MEN
Requjs Cat IN Peace!
| Ishould have laughed outright at the Latin
well for me that did not. probably-had
not observed on the lower left hand corner
| of the slab other knifework in smaller lie tiers.
! l had scarce read the first line of this cut ing
/ an unfinished one, when Grizze broke IN
upon me with. Ihars no needin' ter read
| them words, ez they don't concern We no
more they do me; so we're ony wastin
| time Pards-'
| He was about to dictate action on their
part in regard to my personallty-about to
/ order me up, perhaps when | broke in
| upon him, saying in a tone / thought should
be convincing:
But they do concern me. The dead man
in there was my brother in life?7 Though
l so declared, | could hardly believe such
to be the case, vet | con d scarcely doubt it.
for the line | had read was the duplicate of
the first line OF the dismembered writing in
Jack tords parting missive, and the whole
| cutting the key OF my brothers writing,
which Jack had undoubtedly copied
If not convincing, my words were at least
surprising to the triumvirate, whose three
several members exchanged g'ances and
then settled their eyes upon me with a gaze
intent and piercing, the chief, after a mo-
ment, clustering out:
yer brother, Ell? Why in - didn't
ye say ez much in the op'nin' chapter NV
this drammer, witch KEN monty nigh endin'
in tragedy, with you ez ther trageedan?"
A moments pause and an afterthouyht
was expressed. But whar's Yer proof NV
this. Young feller?"-galoot was dropped
/ for the time being
Gentlemen sgid I, AS we have plenty
| Of time, let me tell the strange story of the
strange way IN which | strangely found the
| body of a very strange brother The
triumyirate asserting by silence. told
had to tell of my brother Ned, and read his
| laconic epistles. omitti g in the last the kew
to the tablets cipher. Then of my whilom
| pard, of his strange coming and going.
| reading his parting screed-showing it with
the cipher reading word for word with that
| on the winding up with an account
of the fortuitous finding of the cabin, of
my breaking ii for shelter, and my sur
| prise at finding myself in the presence of
dead and dred-up occupant little imagin-
ing that the remains were those of my
brother-that | had debated the question
! in presence OF my brothers remains, | did
not think necessary to menton-but con-
WINGED in the matter, in view of all the cir
cumstanc $, when | saw the craven cipher
ON the tablet.
"Pards, said old Grizzle, almost before
1 had ended, we hev barked up ther
wrong tree, sure's niggerhead's mans
sweetest solace. Mount"
My story had carried conviction, and the
contemp ated hanging bee imminent few
minutes before, was of, and so were the
| three self-appointed ministers of justice,
| and before | could ask the first question
| concerning what they knew of "Reddy S y
| life and death and strange sepulture. How
{ ial - T
was grateful. and invited the trio to STAY
and breakfast with me. The invitation was
| ignored, but Old Grizzle turned in his sad
| die and sung out:
| "Prob'Iy Their make-out O tibet writin s
| about Reddy sumwhars, young Teller.
| Hope t II be uv-" | caught no more
! for he was beyond hearing; but | under
stood him and waved my hand in recogni-
| ton of the well-meant suggestion and
| kindly wish, though having the make
| out" in my head as well as in my pocket.
! At once | went to look for water, finding
a smal stream back of the cabin, TO which
| introduced my horse, then lettering him
| in grassy spot and cooking and eating my
! own breakfast in the open, the sun being
warm and the air agreeable, notwithstand-
| ing tie blizzard of the night before. While
| eating, | discussed with myself the eXpedi-
] ency of riding toward the North Pole, in
the face of an early coming winter, half
| deciding to take the back trail for the ell
| lowstone l doubted the wisdom OF excur-
| siOnizing where the instructions were so
| indefnite-"three days easy riding" might
| leave one far short of the point desired or
| carry him far over the line, according to his
| ideas of easy riding" Even if | caught
| on to those arrows, and followed direc-
| tons to the end, would the end Justify the
undertaking? Well, that could only be told
| by getting to the end. Suffice to say that
| the question to ride or not to ride north
was decided in the affirmative by that sin
| gle-headed debating society before pack
| ing preparations were begun, even before
| breakfast was dispatched.
! les, l had resolved to chance it-chance
everything and, leaving -Reddy's Tomb"
! as tightly sea ed as when [ broke into IT,
| and the occupant to further rest and soil
| tude, none the worse for my unwittingly
| sacrilegious in-rusion-I set my horses
| head north, and rode away from the pretty
| little park and the sepulchre of my bro; her
| undoubtedly NV brother, else circum-
| stances gave false evidence.