Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-20
TWO CONDOLENCES
Mic:"T HAVE FURNISHED FOOD FOR
TIE WIDEST CREDULiTY. .

Mic:'T HAVE FusNIsAE0 FOOD FOR
T+E WIDEST cREDULiTY. -.
Mr.. Clinton Was Naturally Astonished ut
Wnat tho Doctors Servant Told Him.
Hrw a Baltimore Man Recovered Fsm-
lily i:ate Stolen Years Before.
Here are two veritable coincidences
related at Boston dinner table erst-
VIII !e.s Both might have been based upon
any kind of uncanny, fateful n,anipula-
ton IT circumstances, seemingl 3 jmpos-
s.ble in the natural order, h; q they been
introduced by any such motive. They
are simply rare and curious sequences Of
facts, true in everything but names of
persons. &&
Mr. Clinton lived in Dorchester. where
b. Id large establishment. One night
!! - child's nurse was taken suddenly i'll
with, i kind Of spasn. The woman sServ-
ices to the infant had been invaluable,
ar'' her faithfulness had won her the re-
spec. and affection Of her master. AS
the coachman happened to be away that
evening and the necessity for the serv-
j > OF a physician was urgent, Mr.. Gin
t." saddled his horse and rode hastily
lat. .own and was very soon ringing at
the door Of the family doctor. in Boyl-
sto41 street. His inquiry Of the servant
maid who opened it if thu doctor was at
home was met by reply which stupe-
fed him for a moment, so that he fell
'sainst the wall Of the passage and
forgot 30 exigency Of his errand.
"Dr j. is out" said the girl. '"fMr.
Clint ~, patient Of his, came In on
horseback an hour ago, and asked him
to come ont Of town to see nurse in
his family who was in convulsions.
Recovering from the shock of an ap-
parent doppelganger thus forced upon
his conception, questioning elected the
fact that the second patient. bearing his
own name, lived in Charlestown. In all
other things the circumstances concern
ing two persons Of the same patronymic
was identical. The hour, the illness,
tie vocation of the sufferer, the arrival
Oh horseback, were accidental coinci-
dences which led nowhere and meant
nothing, though they might. with slim
ulating attributes, have furnished food
for he widest credulity.
A member of the B. family of Balti-
more was sent for one evening to see
convict who had expressed such an mr.
gent desire for the interview that the
jailer acceded to his request to send the
message, which conveyed the singular
;ntimation that it might be much to the
gentleman advantage if he would
come to the prison. He found an evil
looking fellow who, having just received
q long sentence, which would in all
probability be life one, had been
moved by remorse to communicate to
Mr.. B. certain facts in connection with
a robbery Of his family plate in which
he said he had been concerned several
years before. The robber told his aston
ished nearer, who had long given up
any hope of detecting the criminal or
recovering the property, that he and an
other were concerned in the crime. The
silver had been placed in bundle
which was in his possession. His con-
federate was to meet him at an agreed
place on the night following the bur-
glary and they were then to make off to-
gether, but if he failed to keep the ap-
pointment it was a signal of danger,
and the fellow who had the "swag''
was to understand that he had better
get it out of his hands without delay
and secure his own safety. The appoint
ment was not kept, and the thief, de-
string to make an effort at restitution,
however unlikely, had sent for Mr.. B.
to tell him that he had thrown the
package over the wall Of certain
graveyard which he described, and that
it had fallen within the door Of tomb
which was standing open and of which
he indicated the position.
Expressing suitable recognition Of the
intentions of the repentant criminal, Mr..
B. left him, scarcely intending to pursue
the matter further. The next morning,
however, found him at the door Of the
sexton in charge Of the burying place.
The sexton, on hearing the description
Of the tomb. showed at first some con-
fusion, which Mr.. B. understood when
be was reminded that the tomb described
was his own family vault, and the sex.
ton, who had at once remembered a gross
carelessness Of his own, went on to re-
call the fact that the time was that Of
the death and burial Of cousin Of the
family, and to acknowledge that he had
never forgotten or forgiven himself the
accidental leaving Of the door Of the
tomb open the night following the funer-
al. The two repaired to the tomb and
found the package inolosed within it,
the silver furnished, but untouched, just
as the thief had cast the family plate,
by an unequaled coincidence, into the
family burial place Of its owners.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Novel VIII.
There has been unearthed among
bundle Of old court documents at Balti-
more the following unique will, execut-
ed by Mrs. Anna e. Kuhn years ago. It
reads as follows: "This, my last will
and testament, I bequeath all my jew
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