Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-01

hardly moved. And then he WhiS-
pered, I-l-shall see'-. His eyes opened
tor one instant, then closed once more.
He lay quite. still and he never spoke
again i staid by him. Soon the two or
three who had formed his party came to
make Inquiries. The elder man, Joe
they called him, took his place, on the
other side, and now and then passed his
sleeve over his eyes; We watched long
time. Thought knew when he would
20. have seen manga good fellow die
there; just at that strange hour, between
. and in the morning, when our vital
powers are at their feebest; and was
right. 1t was just II quarter to when he
gave II little sort of start and his heart
stopped beating; and then old Joe rose
life that that the good Lord never took Il
whittier man
"Well, next day we dug II grave for
him. some distance across the valley, in
Il canyon in the Sangre de Crsto Noun
tains. ! had an old prayer book in my
pack and read the service. Some of the
boys in my party could sing. and | told
them we ought TO have IL hymn. One
of the dead mans party spoke up and
said
Joe knows the one he used to like so
well, and wuz a-singlng so often. Say,
Joe, yer sing it yerself.
"And then poor Joe, with his eyes
filled with tears, and in voice that might
have been very good once, began to sing.
on! don't you remember Sweet
Alice, Ben Bolt ?"' | can tell you, I've
had plenty of strange experiences but
that one did beat all. Why there WASH t
dry eye in the party; and all of them
seasoned frontiersmen, too. And never
III my life heard Ben Bolt sung at IA fun
eral before or since"
He stopped for Il moment. All this
time | had never looked at Miss X. Now
glanced ut her and saw her pale as IL
ghost, and as if she were going to faint.
In a second | would have made a motion
to help her, but Il look in her eyes as they
met mine, stopped me. Mrs. w. had not
stirred nor breathed a syllable. just
then the last rays ofthe sun had reached
Magnolia, and every window pane was IL
blaze of light. The narrator spoke again
Il never knew who the poor fellow was.
wish did. The only possible clue to
his identity, which | advertised without
effect, was II ring on his finger with sn
inscription inside, II. w, from his
mother Mrs. w. rose straight to her
feet. 81 thank God, " said she, for what
you lave told me; and | thank you for
caring for my poor boy, and giving him
Christian burial | am an old woman and
not as strong rs | was. | cannot say
more now, but you must let me see you
again. Come, Alice, give me your arm.
You will excuse me, gentlemen, for leav-
ing you"
We made way for her: we could do
nothing else. Miss X. had gained control
of herself, but was white as a sheet. She
supported the poor lady, and they moved
slowly away.
| had acquaintance in the neigh
borhood of the scene of Roberts end
ing and | could be of some service.
harried him to his death is new us
peaceful as New England, and busy
mining town has sprung up not far from
the grave. TINS grave my correspondent,
worthy mountaineer. succeeded i'll find
ing. | have IL letter from him before me.
HIS heart is better than his grammar.
ITS all right, he says, the headstone
come o. X, and some OF the boys went
out with me and set it up. They ddnt
tumble to the flower racket at first go off,
but they did mighty quick when | told
them the story" | should mention that
the expression 'tiower racket" relates to n
request--conveyed to me in II sad, little
confidential note from Miss R.-that. if
possible, the grave shold be decorated at
stated intervals with flowers, at her eX-
penSe.
NV hen we was on our way back the
letter went on, "Sam Ryder came up to
me. You remember Sam, that stood III
with us when the crowd from Fairplay
tried to jump the Little Florence claim.
ne lcl Ol W HE ulltl he dllONc lllitL IL
there'd been a woman in the world that
cared for him like that, it would have
made Il good man of him. And says
he, Jest you write to the Colonel (mean-
ing myself, and tell him RI take that
contract, and then flowers will be thar,
CcCrU time. "
Two Vermont Democrats and the Political
Offices.
From the New York Tribunc1
asked Col. Bradley b. Smalley, the
Burlington collector, yesterday, about
the distribution of offices in Vermont.
He replied that he had not kept count of
the minor appointments, but that he
thought the number of fourth-class post
masters changed was something over 30C
in IL total of over 500. This large pro
portion of changes is due" he added, ito
the fact that IN nine cases out of ten the
Democrats in the towns and villages have
got together and agreed upon Il single
candidate for the Office. Thus, with nc
contest, the changes have been rapidly
effected. or twenty-eight presidential
post offices the incumbentS of fifteen have
been changed. In no case has removal
been made except on the expiration of a
term or for cause. There have been nc
political removals. The Republican dis
trict attorney, who has IL commission
dated i'll January, 1883, has been Il most
active partisan-chairman of committees,
stump speaker, etc. | have been asked to
prefer charges of offensive partisanship
against him, but shall do nothing of the
sort. like Il man who fights square and
doesn's whine when he is whipped.
want this man out because he is on the
other side. 1t would be useless for me tC
say did not try to beat the RepublI
can party. II | hadn't, I'd like to know
where | would have any show of getting
Il place now"
An Indian Uprising Predicted.
WINNIPEG, Dec. 29-Rev. f. &. w
Pentreath of this city writes rs follows
81 am of the opinion that unless "A sutfi
cient force is promptly sent to disarm the
Indians we shall be plunged into the hor
rors of an Indian wy to which the late
rebellion would be A. strife" He asserts
that within radius of 100 miles from
/ Fort Macleod there are 10000 American
and Canadian Indians, n 900 of whom are
warriors The Indians are becoming
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