Telegram-herald., 1889-05-31

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oearl1 z AID zlnzly gr4oe.
Hes Dat httls about himself zEd never
communicated suzht concerning ELS
frsenesi --y4ys ilap-e4sinK one that As "ss
. -strss ger IN = strange lsnd
b. the ma.ority of the msn al Bailey : hs
1as looked gpon as = sort Of snlgaLy hln-
drance, and Rot IS one OF them
After long, teGious winters wors
spriag found the logwsys crowded With TIE
sceHtec plne logs, even down u the water
edge, patiently waiting 70 oe RATED 70 the
usAi below VIA The cis2Ppe2rsnce OF the
80 vae raftis began ia earnest. The more
fearless went careeniug over the water
with al easy Fecslessnsss, while The tIllld
aud Uninl.iated were wary and slower Of
mOyeEfsat
Among the latter WAS king Arthur 3"
Aud II any oas Of the rude, uncultured ex-
yerts could "run hin down" II proved
source Of great hilarity ~ his expense.
One dey, in beng thus hiudered by
th0ughtless Irishman who perhaps had 10
idea Of iuc0rring serioas consequences, lie
lost hi : footing and slipped from has raft
into the calling tide in = twinkltEg.
HE can't swim stroke, and you're the
death Of him" shouted one Of the men IA
the rear. WHO had seen the unfortunate
man go down. Alarmed at this The irish
man sprang INTO the water 10 the rescue.
The logs by tins time had f0sted over him
aud il WAS difficult 10 get the drowning man
from underneath, bat with timely assist
ance il was done The burly rescuer lifted
his inauinatc burden up 70 two pair or
stroag, willing arms, and then climbed out
OF the water himself, shverlng with cold
and excitement and with very white,
frightened face.
IL was but the work Of few minutes %
get the unconscious man on shore and into
the warmth Of the boarding house.
Here every available means OF resusci,
tation were thoroughly tried, but it was Of
no use. King Arthur was dead.
After the most sanguine had given up all
hope they gazed down on the noble, refined
features, and realized In different sense
their oft-repeated comment: 'He is not one
OF US"
Ii had been remarked in derision only be-
fore that, but then they whispered it with
pale lips as they stood around the rigid
form, and 1t seemed ike an accusation.
Tom Terrell, the perpetrator OF the joke
which ended so fatally, was the first 10
speak after the body was prepared for
burial.
dead face with his toll worn hand, aud said :
"An' shure OF only meant TO taze him a
little an Olive kilt him intoirely! OF shall
be repintin' ov it till me heart is broken"
The men looked at one another as Terrell
staggered 10 a corner and sat down, cover
ing his grieved face with his hands.
Ibis friends" suggested one, but not
man OF them knew aught OF the friends OF
the dead "King Arthur
Search was made among his belongings
for the address of relatives or any intelli-
gence leading TO further identity. The re-
ward was meager, however, for only part
of a letter was found; in this, written IN
fine feminine nd, he was addressed as
Dear Baptiste' only.
Doubtless this was his Christian name,
and with this revelation, unsatisfactory as
1t was, they had TO be satisfied.
WAS il mother, sister or sweetheartp
they questioned sadly among themselves.
An shure it's his swateheart," moaned
Terrell, 'fur We see she writ the dear
'thout the brother or son a rilative wud
be fur putin to it. An Ofve kilt her, too;
woe be the day!
The burial service was read in that wild,
desolate region over the remains Of the
stranger In the inhospitable "north
woods" by a Clergyman procured from
distance. Then rough hands lowered the
rude pine coffin into the grave on the bank,
of the Muskegon.
One day Tom Terrell carved the mann
"Baptiste" on a rough slab and put il at the
head of the grave, reharking thai
'"twould be 'nuff sight aisier 10 pint to the
board thin 10 tell the whole ov it,
Little did he imagine then that the "tellin
ov it'' would prove more sorrowful, aye
tragcal than be had dreamed. But it was
| 10 come.
In early autumn came one Of those day,
when "the south wind searches for ths