The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-10-07

and husbands of the widows MaupaEs.
The two remaining slabs were not yes
lettered The spaces behind them were
empty.
1T will not be long, Sarah, before
our caskets will occupy the remaining :
spaces" said Martha, pointing toward
the unlettered slabs.
THAT is so. sister. The thought Is
solemn one, but not unwelcome. we
have outliyed all who are dear TO us,
and it will be more of pleasure 10
he with the friends above than to re.
main much longer with strangers here
There is one, we know not whether ne
is dead or alive, whose bones might
Htlv lie in this vault, but there Is no
space for a seventh coffin. II
ut is better as it is, answered.
Martha, hastily. His career, SO iar as
we are acquainted with it, is not one IN
which we can take pride. lie Is tne
only one OF our family who has leu
common life. and deliberately placed
himself outside Of good society. ] re-
fer TO our brother, Enos Whittlesey.
/ she continued. now directing her re
marks to Thomas Hanlon, who ap- |
! preached them as they were leaving tne |
tomb. ,,,r
brother for running off to sea and not
following high mode of living like the
rest of the familyg' Haulon replied.
..No: he had the best of opportuni'
ties but he deliberately turned his back
ON them. There was nothing particu-
lerlv bad in him, but he was common,
dreadfullv common. He was uncoutn
and uneasy when he was in good so
cietv. He preferred to mingie with
: ordinary people. lie did not like TO go
70 school and played truaut often. 1t
7 was only with the greatest difficulty
. that he could be taught to read ana
: write, and the rest of his book knowi-
edge was very meager. am sorry :"
: saw that in every respect he was iar De-
n low the rest of the family. There vas
n common streak in my grandmother :
family. NV mother was high-nreo
n woman. accus toned to society, but her
q mother came from common stock, re
!, spectablc. presume, but poor, un'
II educated. uncultivated. 1t was he'
st ,eauty that attracted my grandfather
h Int after he had married her he was
g often mortified because she displayed *
"a much ignorance and was so common II
ie her demeanor when she was SURROUNDED
he NV refined people. suppose my orothe
In Inherited his ordinary tendencies iron
OF our grandmother, and perhaps he wa
at not to blame for being what he was
m Nevertheless, as his father and mothe
and Sarah and myself possessed tn
u pride and manners suitable 10 our sta
re ton, he was constant mortlncation
ey MS. Therefore, although we were
cy sorry and disappointed when at the aR
III of fifteen he ran away to sea, 1t ma
OF have been a fortunate circumstane
ad after all. | doubt whether he cou'
od have risen in life even If he had r
ers NAMED at home. He was not one
ok us. he was one of the common sort
nat people, and it was better for him
Sc associate with them far from us thu
ley pear us. He knew how we regard'
ex- him, and think he wished to go VINE
zee. he could feel free to do as he IKE
hey From the day he left until the prese
hey time we have heard nothing concernh
al him. think it is quite probable tn
18th he was drowned at sea years az
on hest that we do not know it.
ion The old lady continued to talk.
an spoke further concerning her oroeh
'ted and dwelt on various incidents perta
ak ing to her family. All that she s.
adj the faithful Hanlon had heard q nj
who dred times, for, with the garrulity &C
him mon to great age. Martha and her
and ter had repeated to him again and ag
had the personalities that most interes
,ars, them. Nevertheless, Banlon was
e on attentive and seemed to be as much
terested rs he would have been had
ting subject of the conversation been
idis- and entertaining.
heir It was dusk when the party reac
,reat home. The widows had enjoyed
IS in drive very much. 1t was well for I'll
OPP peace of mind that they did not ki
good that Il was the last one they would
9 So take. Three days later Marina
r to seized with pneumonia, and at the
and of week she was dead. The fe
ossed Sarah overtaxed herself in caring
the Martha, and she, too, soon died.
n the remains of the sisters were places
ed to the family tomb, which they ha'
class often visited, and in which they
inca. taken SO much pride. All OF the re
I any tacles for caslkets were now filled,
nd in the two marble slabs that had
n the waited for inscriptions were Apr
help atelv lettered in memory OF the wa
Hanlon was suitably remember
, GEM the wills of those whom he had
hum fully served. He was left little
e lis tuneSenough for his modest needs
CON- lived a few years longer, and
ms of pleasant Sunday visited on FOO
s, and pretentious tomb
marks Shortly before his death he
e way chased a little lot in an obscure Pr
}. He the cemetery, and there his
n and marked by small, plain stone, m
seen.
on too lie kept well and to the end 7
ter. as cret that his real name was
Tor the Whittlesey HIS self-abnegation
ties in latter part Of his life nobly aton'
tomb the pain he had given his family
youth. He was the most common
good Der and at the same tune .ne ue'
wish most unselfish member OF the
race of Whittleseys- He was, !
bored. a humble gentleman A BOZ
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