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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

hsADvusx. Pa. May f.-Excounty
Treasurer Henry NJ. Miller, Of Craw-
ford county. arrested 81 Chicago fos
embez,ling $50 eco Of the eouaty's
funds, was brought here for trial Fri
day. He was a<rsianed and his bail
fred at Sa.oee, which he was unable to
give.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

WAYSEssuzs, Pc May S.--lRtcHi -snee
hss rsschsd here from Aleppe townsisiy.
Green county. tAas Wednesday night
William Miller surprised Ma vile and
James Hosworth together agd attacked
Rosworth With knife, infsietas - esnds
which resNted N bis dasth 1t aeon
Pridsy. Miner then hsd and has not
been captured.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

MEMPHIs, Tenn. May Edwin S.
Peart of Peoria, H., On Friday jumped
from tho big bridge across the Mlssis-
sippi to the water below. a distance of
So feet He was uniujured. Peart
gained sdmission to the bridge by
claiming 10 be a reporter, and appeared
to be taking copious notes as he walked
toward the middle of the channel span
Suddenly q boat moved out from tho
Tennessee shore and Ia a twinkling
Peart had his clothsr of, AMI. att.red
In bathing suit. jumped head foremost
from the bridge.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

hsrvsApoxn. MINI, May THE
shops Of the nsrfasra Car Asnssscsur-
Ing Company a BobsisAals. Z miles
ssrth n Minneapolis. hare been total
IN destroyed ny Are. The lsss viii
ssaeant - aboat SO. 900
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08
CLEARING hou3E RETuaNs.

Reports frsn tie rAeaeAs, csnteys Conn
pared With These week Age
Nav yosK. May The fssiswing
table complied ~ ersSssrest's gives
the cicarirx house sesurna fer 10 week
ending Nay s. sna shs psrceaszss al
Increase or aeoreass - easapared with
the corresponding week last year:
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

c.ussAu. hss F.--nsv. George W.
xsi.y. sas 81 she most promissss Meta.
sdla ministers 81 osiss ass< ssss ffh
~.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

Maroon, III. Nag =. ocovss ".
Smith. ef Paradise township. Nh ooun-
y. died Thursday. aSed - yssss. Hs
carved sArs~gh the Blaskhswk snA
MeHssaa vars aud seuw years Ia The war
81 the ysheilioa.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

besFss. Asy f-fAs ss<ikiae ssiser-
nsoso hs~s ssesivsS wsrd srsa TIE
besAU~ae<ess ~ tke isssrzssfsn ii sziea
u 4nsGnnas5 shax kzez unnA - go
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wsris-p. lsssGs, ceasAA

LOUISVILLE. Ky, May An attempA
was made Friday 70 rob he Tradsrs'
deposit bank at Msu,s t,sssisbg, Rob
inson's circus was passing. saA while
the officers were wasoking = . man
stepped in and seized . package CON.
tanning $500. Be haA aansaa Escaped
unnoticsd. when olexa caught saRhs
of the money. The shisf - seized
and the money recovered
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

sxw Yssx. MaE s.-ATs<~ 1sg -
eslesrss>s seyvsps<sssH FFkass h Cd
IN. ssss rehesls. 10 ne sas<rssr a. shs
state he ssy 49, As~ss~s ~ sss ssessi
ekslsrsa - tree fl.etias.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

WAsussowu. ~ Y. May f.--Wn,sam
nesrdcn. u yssss old, Died Thursday
esssed ~ Ahe prsng Of . pisshfork Mat
penetrated his brain. II b clsi1nsd that
william Ceh~y. another bsy. struck
nesrdon with ~ pssohforix
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

p.aAsrA III, May This strife Of
- is6~ vaions in the b~1AiDg trades
ssme 70 - end at noon TridaV md
ssost ses mn resumed vsrk sfsss an
xissnees of tsventy-fovv houS. No ope
seemed 70 know the aueAerity for the
sspelss end Ne federation hslA . meet
No nd speessd 81 un>os msa - 70
bseh 70 work on union iphs.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

Nevrsxkr. xsyS-The wharf - ssss
Hsmsurr- nsrieaa Psskst ce~Pesy
was surued FRIDAY e~ersss, ssseshes
with large asasAssv Of nsrshss<sss.
The ic~s viii sxeesA ef@, -
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

rErrssvsas. Pa. Mar T.-ESPrssi-
sens pgu. - ne rseasssil p.l s.aA
has b~sa snaiss~d ~ he usised States
grand jury. % sAsrsss 81 esssssssN
nsuk
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

MAscs Crrv. fs-. Nay f-Arrssgs-
n.uss haze been sonyssssa Ger BIG
.aasssssssi meeting - BE bed - Osss
lake Msv o. Five shsssaas ssashsrs
sr- expected to participate in ~
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

Lorpsy. Nag T.--E5isor NoAa. -
The s.srchist Ssnrssl e0nHcuvssA
was fsuns guilty. 81 publishing inssn-
assry .r.scs~s &sa sentenced 70 ssese.n
months irsps7srassscs st hsra fssss.
Publisher Mewhrsy. Of shs same pspss.
was acssifsse
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

CAsox err, Cob. May 7.-Lswso ..
who killed mossr nan Jehn Heau@o9 =
Colorado Springs Aessss II, 1891. w6os
attempting 70 rsb The ear. ~ss hss4ea
in TIE psnitssAsAry Friday nigh. a ~ y
selsck. Nine e'cscsk ~ he hssr ~
hai The szecusios vas Delay - ~ ~
trssl<sns down 81 - Srissser.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

cHArTAsoesA. Tenn. My s.--ope
span of the Sheffield snA a. ths Mem
phis & Charleston railway bridge oecf
the Tennessee river q Eersnee. Ala,
collapsed Friday morning. 4 epcw q
Ave men with freight engine snd fivc
ears wsre prseipitated - fsst sAso tho
river Two man were sesiously in
jured and Brsksn6a HsnlsW Gas
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08
Heavy snows IA Hungary.

VIENNA. Mag IA snowstnru ~ In
Friday morning in Hungary and The
ryrol and continued thrOse ,sst The
iay and night. The mounsssn passes
arc blocked. On the lsvel Ne nAvb .
foot deep Enrmsus dsusgs hss tssa
lone 10 tine orchards IN CASiaSAtA
whsre the trees weps Al IN bud.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08
re WV Ssshssaes.

{ Ss2uR~ m. My ,-rae water in NE
- esnlses river hes lowered about 8
bss< Bnsneo IN sAs ussiis snd factories
hisng shs river and canal hanks Is
Agsn sssvtsA Trains srs vua.iae an
~ shs re>dA The water - vsshin ias
1~sna ssS NJ sssssus in We low SEQ
se~ns Asvs moved back int shssr
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

wAsUEsres, Nay s.--ChahUan w
coz, Of tho eleventh coaSus so0rnAtsse.
has appointed she following sascom-
mit.es 20 conduct an Investigates into
the charges against The ospss0 a(kss:
Msssss. fishi.A. Bentley, Cs~ye 81
Virginia. Jesevh n Taylor snd Hun
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

wkDAD, III. u~y 1.-The THOUSANDS
r. asr~s st vksh siiiabas lands tying In
Iks hosspus south OF here and re-
r1simsd " s-9stem Of levses 20 mi,es
~ - shres<e ssd win iuunAation-
- s11ns haze canned . heavy rise IN
1As mosssssiSV& Asd the river nov
enods - 70 I'D fess above low water
lhovsA -wfeA ne tendency spward.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

rhe pso2s who i've In the vSs1qy
lsss besn forced tosmovessvsAe 4dlh
~ shsr n,uses are tiled NTH vsser
las auch 90 Rat 6srss depaee 3
6ine, ~ - thscsopA IL is sssdvhA
hAxsyyala tke, bridges On sbNcaisaG~
bUftps1nr q Quincy ROAD between
t>sp sua 00ssbsss age twiasra ssAs Il
sbsps- AttSafns are isse ana Erner-
4ussmn1f wrecks are reScrtsd
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

pAsA. ~ nAy S---Aao2 - e'e,sek
HNw~aNv sfGAA . Wesesee pAssed ia -
snsondt e>ssselo sksSugh sAs seunxy
vNsAs / mslss hon s@~ M o. via
osws ~ ssw>y esee>sd fssnAsuse
bwupa ~ Ma Bassh usss Ssswn h and
- n~Os - 49, oYsn srsse
- g a.xn~es 80 Ass,> ~ bsilratDgs
- faassa. bee ~ nvss 49, bua
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o~wv2aA n. No. T--Ths storm
n ~ ss<e<a scnsin~ed fhxzssay
EoR2A In ro~>s AIN sc~.ssip tz.sit
49, 49, sVrsysra ssd hsxsss sssws
RS~un. ca - Asnpsou asss~ses seAoos-
49, go Msvn kss ~ fs.nAasSes.
No. 80 |, psrte-s A-s,ss sd Ne
yopoums - - o~< ~ shsix sss1s~
0~nsrs v>s>v R-~r Rssv~.
a~2s. raA. Nsy T-Me Eslshar.
yew = ha6he< shsn ever h~es<s lssew~
- = - rtsfa9 n b rsv half w~y
- - sunUs<~y sDesuis.enss vhseA
- - $1,000 q shs svprosches 70
- - 80 srws fs~vs ars sassr.
49, - - shs issss~s s.fssy.
H. owssssa wssssA q sSsA-
hsa Nnag~ wss as--s sy
~~e~ sd q, HI~Assso
knnrns - - L~ns as>s = 1. sea
$3.50 a. se ssn.a ~ run Ger
Avus - fsw asv~ ~ sssssvsss als~s
-. ~hrar,ass~ ssa I'm ss.. sA.ss
vsv aeu,s se>sed s.d hs-~ s~p.w.a
Ersun damage n n.suss1 spsvs sw.y
~ - ssctN - ~ s>>szskss -. n 4
.4.~~ ca ssssaes - AssA ~sA,. ss-~--
40 h-rs samssv 81 ~.s - 81 co.
.rssymsoA
ev-s~.s s>~~ WssssA
wAn>sa. lid. M IA uaxs a..
s<nuns s~~ps sSxss<h - nsws&~sss $50
~ a. ssasfy 49, Fri4zs 49, ass.s
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

''1ss shefs - prsy,s41es wash aras -
nvs syea ss1ss chAa.e 70 pssza = n
asx5rs heasb. II eng 90 1ps pss she
ne~as prvRx tss.eoy,kuln ~ - prs.
7sess snf ~. "a = h IcR ls6ef.
atasahy - 10000 tAb tcsasA = sft0S qyF
ssvuyzS1zp 80 % aseuxa9se - MSsDsts-
lens. txsa - w4o AaaEsssrSsN - tt>er = kAt
= 1870 :,sss.s 800 s = 81 = 8 e So s
rSxassne ksqSss vszs eass Il niA = 50 81
skc riA,z % .ls3sg bis Aea&"
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

wAs>sn b.a. M IA saxs ~.
sSnuns s~~pe skxssSh - .svs&~sss ssrs
~ <nss ssaafy lsss Fri4zs 49, dss.s
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08

4 mSssSAr mesting - Be held b, 1se
ton wss prsSssed, and q vss s.rsS;a,ted
thai Ecxs. - ~nistsr q wss6ah ssss,
be ssissd ts attend and gro his oF4nior
On TIE mS,suent 10 Qncstieh. W1Aea
heads sxrrssscd aeUess shsut the az
eereaaee q she Invitation. As they say
the nsiszisasr By 80 doing youA qMeso
misc himself Tho sentiment sSnons
the evor ., 900 Chinese osuvssxe6 II aaid
q Be n fnYor af returning 70 CAinA
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-28
Doepest Lake in the world.

BY far the deepest lake known in the
world is Lake Baikal in Siberia. 1t 10
in volume comparable with some of the
great lakes of America, for while its
area is only 5000 square miles, making
it much smaller than the three largest
of the five great American lakes and
about the exact equal of Lake Erie in
superficial extent, its enormous depth
1000 TO 5000 feet-malSes the total vol.
ume of its waters almost equal to those
of Lake Superior. Its level is 1850
feet above that of the Pacific ocean,
bat, Notwithstanding, its bottom /,
more than 5000 feet below 1t. There
are many other deep lakes in the world,
c1S 50 far BailSal takes the palm. Lake
Maggiore is 5000 feet deepl Lake Como,
1000, and Lago-di-Guarda, another Ital.
ian lake, nearly 1000 feet in depth. Lake
Constance averages 1000 feet and Lakes
Superior and Michigan about 500 feet.
Detroit News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-28
WANTED TO EXCHANGE WOES.
The Man Who Was Too Fat and the
Woman Who Was Too Thin.

The Man who Was Too Fat and the
Woman Who Was Too Thin.
'lm SO hungry" hoarseiy whispered
large, well-dressed man in my ear.
No, it wasn't the plea of street peg
gar but was the sad wall of rich and
popular club man, at that moment busi-
ly engaged in holding down one of the
blue plush sofas at the Fifth Avenue
Weighing about three hundred pounds
the club man was admirably adapted
to that line of business.
I'm hungry all the time. l dare not
eat | am dieting myself to get rid of
some of this flesh. Every mouthful of
meat or drink seems to make a pound
of adipose tissue. I work with the
| clubs and bells and eat so little I'm half
starved. Yes, sir; starved! You think
that's funny, don't you? but it isn't. 1t
may be easy for man without money
or friends or tastes, who sleeps in the
| parks, but to man like me it's terrible!
terrible! But lost three pounds last
week." he added, Frightening up bit,
''and hope to pull off five this week"
While the unfortunate man was talk
lIlR anu ulOdHluS l'WdS not Sneerlng at
him-I was thinking of clever and
pretty young lady who has similar
grievance and who that very day had
tremblingly faltered in my other ear:
do you think I'm any thinner than
! was last Thursday? Honest, now, ana
l growing thinner? l weigh only one
hundred and twenty-five pounds to-day:
a month ago weighed one hundred and
twenty-siX Awful, isn't it?"
admitted that it might be awful but
at the terrible rate of falling off given
she couldn't have lost more than three
ounces since l saw her last and this
was quite imperceptible. But l sug-
gested that if it was not noticeable she
might go and eat ham sandwich and
drink a bottle of beer and be fat for an
hour or so.
'Now you're making fun of me, said
she. ut is too serious. I'm getting TO
be nothing but skin and bones. Every
thing eat and drink makes me thinner!
Everybody says look badly and !
know I'm just wasting away
must introduce these two unhappy
people and let them talk it over.-N. Z.
Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-28
TIE VILLAGE ooRNer BAND.

Among the rocollections of those llfe-enchanted
days,
When Santa Claus was real to me, and bogiem
and fays,
The thing 1 best remember as then seeming
supergrand
Was the music and the marching of the village
cornet band
AS the first reverberation OF tho brasses' mar
tial blare
Like an echo, faint and fading, toated to us on
the air
All the youngsters helter.skelter rushed away
with flying feet
For that thing Of joy the cornet band, wos com
ing down the street
The boys forgot their marbles, yea, and even
bats and ball,
And our very little sister her decapitated doll
For what were life's bereavements, or its ordi-
nary joys,
When the celebrated cornet band was making
martial noisei
The bands perambulation being viewed without
expense,
The excitement in the village was exceedingly
intense;
All business came TO sudden STOP for who could
codly trade
When our bcatihc cornet band was out for a
parade;
seemed to me
with everybody rushing for place to hear and
see,
And even ancient citizens of seventy or more,
AS excited as their grandsons, came a-hobbling
to the door
What vision twas of glory as the band came
sweeping past
And what looks Of admiration were upon the
heroes CuStl
How magnificent their uniforms of yellow green
and rcd
How very splcndidly they played, and what q
lingly tread
And the MAORI Ali the major most majestic.
ally hight
How he prauced along, curvetting, and what
hauteur in his eyel
How 1 envied his preemnence. agility and skill,
As he boldly tossed his scepter up and spun it
rouuG at will
Since that magic day of childhood have trav-
oled far and wide
And have heard the worlds maestros in their
majesty and pride;
But I've never heard a symphony that sounded
half SO grand
As the tune OF yankee Doodle" by that village
cornct band.
THOSE magic halo days allsl were hceting, and
were few;
400 quickly far too quickly, all the dear illu
sions few;
yet even now when memories come surgng DER
my soul
can see the band a-marching, and can hear the
music roll
NY. World
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-28

"Conduct us to the sally port, and mind
that you do not run into any unnccessa-
ry danger"
The boy guide looked up into the face
OF his superior officer with a firm, brave
glance. II am not afraid, sir, and per-
haps God will fight for us"
"God will fight for us" cried the
Green mountain hero clasping Nathan's
hand. Forward, men, in the name of
the Lord"
Slowly and silently the little troop
advanced. The vast bulk of the
| fortress rose dark and frowning above
them. No sound came from the walls.
The band of light in the east had
broadened into grtAt, glowing belt of
radiance.
Up within twenty PAGES of the en-
trance gate they marched before their
presence was discovered. The surprised
sentinel gazed in mute astonishment
and alarm for an instant; then raising
his muslset he leveled 1t full at the tow
ering figure of Allen. Luckily the
weapon missed fire, and as he turned to
fee the patriots followed him.
"This way" cried Nathan, running
under covered walk within the walls.
In brief time the rushing column OF
Americans swept like whirlwind into
the parade in front of the barracks,
where they gave three laundering
cheers that made the old walls tremble,
and reused the sleeping garrison from
their beds in wild dismay at the un-
wonted sound. Filing off in two di-
visions the patriots formed a line of
forty men along each of the two ranges
of barracks, SO that the soldiers of the
fortress were made prisoners as fast as
they arrived upon the scene.
Now, Nathan, lead me to Captain de
la Places room" commanded Allen,
sword in hand.
Up the stairway sprung the boy and
the great leader, and in another mo-
ment the hero's sword was banging
away upon the commandments door.
Capt. dc la Place came to the door,
his clothes in his hand, but when he
saw the majestic form of Allen, he
stood amazed and speechless.
81 demand the immediate surrender
of this fort, Capt de la Place!" cried
Allen.
But by whose authority do you make
this bold demand of his maiesty's fort
ress?' asked the commandant, scarcely
realizing the situation, which was no
wonder.
SIN the name of the great Jehovah
and the continental congress-" replied
Allen, in Il tone that could not be gain
said. De la Place relinquished his sword
and the capture was complete.
The spoil that fell into the hands OF
the victors consisted of one hundred
and twenty pieces of iron cannon, fifty
swivels, ten tons of musllet balls,
three carloads of flints, lot of gun.
powder, fine array of musllets, and a
large quantity of other stores, all OF
which proved of incalculable benefit to
the patriot army near Boston.
As the sun rose up over the green
hills of Vermont, Nathan Beman stood
beside Allen aud Arnold on the ram.
parts of Ticonderoga, while British
cannon were pealing forth their deep.
mouthed thunder to the reverberat-
ing mountains-the proclama ton OF
victory.
"God has indeed fought for us, said
Allen solemnly, as he placed his hand
upon the boy guides shoulder.
aye, and it is the first triumph OF
young freedom over the arms of her
naughty oppressor," cried the future
hero of Quebec and Saratoga. a.-Fred.
erick Myron Colby, in n. Y. Independ.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-28

| could not live, arranged to have my
body sent here for burial. He was
taken sick himself, soon after writing
home to that effect, and others, in aim
ing to carry out his wishes, sent the
body of a comrade who died, and who
was wrongly reported as being myself
George Earle. But"-he checked him
self as he was about to say more-"I
am too fast. You were placing flowers
there. Perhaps friend of yours lies
here, and / am myself in error"
"I-I thought George Earle-was
buried here" she stammered.
"And you are-oh, you are Anna
Brown-or was," he said, recognizing
now voice and feature for she was not
greatly changed. The same hair, un-
touched by frost. The same eyes, to
which recent tears had brought back
their wonted softness.
81 am Anna Brown still. And you
are George Earle, / am sure, for you
look came back to her eyes, and the
scorn to her lips, and the hardness to
her heart. George Earle. dead but true
to her till death, was Il man far differ
ent in her estimation from George Earle,
alive and false. He noted the change.
"Have you no welcome, Anna, for one
who has had no aim in life, Tor the last
twenty years, but to find you?"
"You forgot you We're false to me.
You we're married."
married. And not to you? Never
But | read of the marriage of Capt
George Earle and the daughter of a
southern planter"
Then | am not the only George
Earle, as | also find you are not the
only Anna Brown, vnen l try to find
you in country full OF people. That
you are true 10 your soldier lover want
no surer testimony than l find in the
fact that, when you thought me dead
you were laying my favorite flower on
my supposed grave. We have both beer
the sad victims of some of the unavoid
able mistakes of the war. Let us bury
the past and in the JOY of the remain
ing years of our lives, forget its bitten
ness"
They were married before the syrin
gas were done blooming, and she wore
them for her bridal flowers. Sylvia Sill
verthorne. in Housekeeper.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-28

diers, to lay above their dust the tokeni
of grateful people.
But did you noticep While the speak
er dwelt on the bravery and faithful.
ness Ct the sleeping, while he referred
gratefully to their self-sacrifcing devo-
tion to their country and their loved
ones, while he paid glowing tribute
to their loyalty, not to country only, but
to parents, wives, sisters and sweet
hearts, till tears came to the eyes of
many, her eyes were dry and held q
look of slSeptical hardness, and the de-
risive smile of scorn came again to the
naughty lips. Small wonder to us who
know her past, for do we not all meas
ure all people by our estimate of those
with whom we have been brought into
personal relations?
Later she accompanied her friend to
their family lot in the cemetery,
whittier she carried two beautiful
wreaths, which, she explained to Anna
as they went were for the graves Of
her brother and comrade of his, who
slept beside him. They were devoted
friends, and this one died after long
illness, and as he had no friends to care
for his body, her brother had requested
it's burial in their lot. "And in less
time than he dreamed Of" said the sis
ter, ''he was lying beside him"
"There was pathetic romance about
this poor fellows DEATH" she continued,
designating the grave of the stranger
soldier as she spoke. "He had no
friends except his betrothed, and at the
time of his death, she could not be
heard from, though efforts were made
to learn of her whereabouts when his
recovery was despaired Of"
BY this time they stood by the head
stone, and Anna read the name George
Earle" and gathered enough additional
knowledge to bring her full assur-
ance that her lover-hers till death
was the soldier-stranger who slept he.
side his dead comrade. That soothed
her sorrow, to know that though dead.
he had been true to her in life. There
is sorrow deeper than that which the
parting by death brings to us. Her
eyes shed the first tears they had known
since she had thought him false.
Then, as her friend--more than half
suspecting-drew little apart, and
joined private groups, Annie knelt be.
side the grass-covered mound, and talk
ing from her corsage the cluster OF
sweet syringas her friend had fastened
there and insisted upon her wearing,
she laid them lovingly above the dead,
Strange! for all these years since that
night Of parting, she had never worn
them till now
Just then stranger, man with hair
and beard plcntifully sprinkled with
gray, came from the opposite side and
not noticing her Sneeling form, stopped
and scanned the head-stone. "a strange
mistake" he said, half-aloud. At the
sound of his voice, Anna rose to hel
feet and would have turned away, had
not the stranger spoken.
Pardon the seeming obtrusivenesso OF
a stranger, but ! came to rectify a mis-
take which, though made years ago, bu,
lately came to my knowledge. 1t came
about as hospital case of mistaken
identity, so that the body inferred here
is presumed to be my own. My friend
who lies there-noble fellow-thinlling