The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
MINNIE aaYarLR."

The romantic story of Joaquin Miller and his wife, Minnie Myrtle "-theiR trouble and separation-is well known. h the LRglesids be gives the following account Ot their meeting after ten years, She had sent for him in her illness fSllowed the good woman that came to me that stormy night in silence. nll we came at last to little back room in the top of house, with a bed tn the center and douhliul fire struggling in the grate The good woman turned away and lett us in the room together Tue place was almost dark. She did not give me her hand, but stoed before me with one hand holding on the oed-pcst, long time si' lent
 "i have come 10 you at last" she said, after awhile.
 "You have come to drive me from the country again"
 "l have come to you to die Y she said And as she turned so that the light was on her face saw that it was our last talk. | vas not very kind. God knows am sorry now She wanted most of all to sec her little girl, whom had taken from hes aud placed in the convent school in Canada three years before, aud 1t seemed to break her heart when refused to send for her to come. By and by, however when 1 promised her that she should surely see her before she died. she be- came reconciled. She talked with calm upconcern about her coming death. re minded me of my promise, aud told me she had brought me all her papers some that we had written together before | had learned to spell There was valor a sweetness, too, and a dignity, large charity in all she said and did nov n the twilight of life that won all hears to hel entirely. My secrets she kept till the grave closed over her. and she never com plaincd of anything or of any one, but vas patient, resigned aud perfectly fear less and tranquil to the end Batthe end was not SO near after all, When 1 wen' back to see her one day she had gone and lett no word where she could be found Then began to fear aud douS; ae, promise the winter wose away and ApIi came. Then they came to tel me, from her, that she was dying and must keer my promise. And so 1 arranged for hei child to come, aud vent every day ,c assure her that she vas coming and tc take her some 40 Sers and whatever kind messages and encouragement could.
 Wearily the days went by till away ur in May, the m onth in which she vas born Then the child came and the good peo' pie. the gentle, loving people who kep with her and cared for and loved and pitied her in these last days, said 1t wal like religion to see them together, and ,ha. the dying woman in her last day. vas very, very happy. And so "Minnis Myrtle " died last May here in New York When went up to look on her dead face "a strange fancy of hers she had hac set about the foot of her bed, where she could see them, all the flowers l had senI her, the withered hues and all There was quite half trunk full ot papers which she had brought and intrusted 10 me some of them suggesting wonderful things, great thoughts and good and new for much that she wrote and may bt this is not just praise was better thar any writing of mine. But she lacked care and toll and sustained thought. bought a little bit of grou i'd in Evergreen cemetery, and there the har d that writes this laid the dear. tired lady 10 rest, for giving aud begging God to be forgiven