The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-10-24

IDENTIFY asleep. He crawlcd carefully
and noiselessly back for a hundred
yards or 30, then act ont in the same
slow and painful manner for the pre-
vious camp IL miles away over boul-
ders, brambles, bushes, hills and hol-
lows. He crawled along till midnight,
then lay down between two logs till
daylight. He found no water till the
next day. His mind was racked with
anxiety concerning his wife as well
as his body was racked with pain.
His wife was captured on the End
anniversary of their marriage. While
pursuing his painful way he espied
the wagon which had contained their
food and camping outfit and be crawl
ed up to it in hope of finding some
thing to sustain life but nothing was
left except their faithful dog which
was standing guard and anxiously
watching for the coming of his mas
ter The poor brute was overjoyed
at the meeting and began to lick his
wounds while the thought came TO
Mr.. G. that if the worst came to the
worst he would kill the dog. and eat
him.
Faint with hunger and weak from
loss of blood, stiff and sore torn by
brambles, his hands cut by stones
and briers, on the 4th day he reach
ed the old camp, gathered up the few
grains of coffee. pounded, and put
them in an empty tin can, then col
Letting the matches, he kindled the
old embers into ruddy glow, and
set his can over the fame. He drank
the coffee and felt renewed courage.
lie then pillowed his head on the
faithful furnishing dog and lay down
to wait, in the full belief that he
would be rescued. The next day
about noon two of General Towards
scouts found him and gave him the
first food he had tasted in five days
| hope the poor dog got some) and
placing him where General Towards
command would pass along they left
him. On the following day about
noon General Fl. came up with him
and sent him under escort to Boze.
man, where there was joyful re uu
ion between him and his faithful
wife who soon nursed him back to
health. He is now success full law.
yer at Boulder.
Poor Ida never fully recovered
from the shock she had received and
less than year after | met her she
passed away to the Spirit Land, loved
and regretted by all who knew her.
1t was at the deserted and disman.
tied home of the Carpenters that q
party of US had an outdoor dinner
the 10Th of last August. The wild
and picturesque surroundings make
1t a fayorite picnic place for many,
but the fact that four of the family
had died there since that bright and
sunny day in 'S6, made me feel as if
pallid ghostly hands were reaching
out and reckoning to me from every
dim corner and desolate doorway.
In pretty home in one of the
loveliest of Montanas valleys found
the following editorial from a st.
Louis paper for 1883 treasured among
the most valued archives of the fam
lily. 1t referred to the death of ma.
tive of West Virginia, and one who
pursued his medical studies in Nor
gantown in '64 or So.
THE brcvity and uncertainty of
life never seemed so painfully true as
when seated last Saturday afternoon
IN corner of st. Johns M. E. church
| watched the bearers slowly moving
up the aisle with the earthly remains
of one of our most enterprising young
physicians. HAD known him in life
as kind friend and conscientious
man, and | mingled with the vast
throng to pay the last tribute of re-
spect to his memory.
Here was man, young, ambitious.
enterprising, using every gift and
talent with which nature had so rich
ly lowered him to its fullest extent.
in order to achieve that prize which
hangs temptingly in the sight of all
worldly success.
Aided and encouraged by loving
wife, and what is more-an intelli,
gent and companionable ene-he had
won for himself an honorable name.
and position in the city of his adop
ton. And yet possessing as he did
all the requirements, apparently of
earthly prosperity, with fair pros
pect OF two score years or more in
which to enjoy it, he was suddenly
snatched away from it all. And we
are left to ponder once more on the
inscrutable ways of Providence. who
holds in his hands the powers of life
and death.
As the last sad words of the burial
service sound in my ear bringing
back to mind all the dear dead ones
buried, step out into the sunshine
and wander slowly and sadly along
the quiet street, bordering this, and
other questions in my heart-won
dering if this man had died only
that. we living should realize the
nothingness Of life, and so clothe
ourselves with charity and good will
to mankind that when our summons
comes the memory of our good deeds
might linger behind us-an unseen
essence filling the niche our mortal
bodies had left vacant.
A warmer hand-shake for the liy-
ing, . broader charity for the erring.
are the tender blossoms that spring
beneath our vivifying tears for the
| dead"
| was much panied ON opening my
DOMINION for Sept. 10Th to read of
the death of one of the sweetest flow
ers in Morgantowns garden of girls.
first met her who has been rndely
cut down by deaths untimely frost a
year ago at Oakland and was most
fayorably impressed with her gentle
courtesy, her modest demeanor and
her lady-like winning ways. Surely
death does love shining mark.
NJ. A. Y.
Walton Cleared.
The jury in the felony case of the
State VS.. Zack Walton for the rob-
berry Of Mrs. Phoebe Hoffman brought
in a verdict of not guilty, at $3.50 P.
M. Tuesday, after being out but a
short time. WattOn's father who