Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-17
TWO CURIOUS CONDOLENCES
Fortunately tho Persons Concerned In
Them wcrc Not supcrstit,ors.

Fortunately tho persons Concerned In
Thsm Were Not supcrstit.ors.
Here are two yeritablc condolences
related ut Boston dinner table erst-
while. Both might have been based
upon my kind oS uncanry. fateful lsa-
nipulation OF circumstances, seemingly
impossible in thu natural order. nad
they been introduced by any such mo-
tive. They are simply rare and curious
sequences of facts, true in everything
bu. names Of persons.
Mr. Clinton lived in Dorchester, ~ here
he had Il large establishment. CHe
night his Chiid's nurse was taken std
deuiy III with e. Lind OF spasin. The
wr:nan'. services TO the infant had been
Invaluable nEd her faitlIfulness had
won her The respect aud affection OF her
muster. as the coachraan happened to
be away chat evening ard the necessity
for the services of physician was
urgent. MIR Clinton sa,ldicd his hon So
and rode hastily into town. and 1vns
very soon ringing at the door of the
family doctor III Boylston street. Ills
inquiry of the servant maid who oJeued
il ii the doctor no, at home met Il reply
which stupctcd him for & moment so
that lac fell bocl against tho wall of the
Is.;'sai:c ard forgot the cxigency of his
crrand. Or j is cut said the
girl. MIR. Clinton, ii patient OF his, came
in on horseback an hour ngo. and asked
him To come out and see Il nurse IN his
family who was IN commissions" i;e-
covering from the shock of TN apparent
doppcl ganger, thus forced upon his
conception, questioning elected the
fact that the second patient. bearing
MS own raI0e, lived in ChGrcstown. In
all other things the circuustances con.
corning two persons of the same put
ronymic was Identical. The hour. the
illEcss. the location of the aufYcrer, the
arrival on horseback, were accidental
condolences which led nowhere aud
meant nothing, though they might.
with stimulating attributes, haze FUR
nishrd food for The widest crcdulity.
member of the b family, of Pal
timore, was sent for one evening to see
convict Who had expressed such an
urgent desire for The interview that the
jailcr ncceGed Ia his request to send the
message, which conveyed the singular
intiination that II might be much 10 the
gcntlcuans advantage if he would
come to the prison. lie was an evil
looking fellow, who. having Just re-
ceiNcd long sentence. which would in
all probability be- t, life one. had been
moved 10y rcnorsc 10 communicate to
Jr. Il certain facts in connection
with robbery Of his family plate in
which lie said he had been concerned
several years before. The robber told
his astonishcd nearer, who had long
given up any hope Of detecting the
criminal on recovering the property.
that he and nnothe,' were concerned in
the crime. The silver had been placed
IN bundle, which was in his poSsc:;-
sion. Ills confederate was 10 meet LIN;
ut an agreed place on the night follow
ing The burglary and they were then to
make of together, but if he failed to
keep the appointment IL vas Il signal of
danger, md The fellow who had the
nwGg' was to understand that he md
better get L out If his hands without
delay and scauro his own safety. The
appointment was not kept. aud the
tnieI, crSiring 10 make an effort al res
tuition, however unlikely. had sent for
Mir. Il 20 tell him that he had
throw the package over the wall Of II
certain graveyard, which he described,
and that it had fallen within The door OF
tomb which w"s standing open and of
Which he indicated .he position.
Expressing suitable recognition OF
the intentions g? the peniteut criminal
Mr.. d left him, scarcely intcud;ng
10 pursue the matter further. The
next morning. however, found him ri
the door Of tn" sexton in charge OF the,
hurying place. The sexton. on hearing
OF the description OF the tomb. showed
Mt first some confusion, which MIR. ---
understood when he WAS reminded chat
the tomb described WAS mis- own family
vault. and the sexton who had nj. orcr
remembered gross carclrssness of lis
own. went on to recall the fact that the
time was that OF the death and b,5riul of
Il cousin Of the family, and 10 acilnowl-
edge that he had never forgotten nor
forgiven himself the accidental leaving
OF the door of the tomb open the night
following the funeral. The two re.
paired 10 :he tomb and found the nacL.
age Enclosed within it, the silver far
nished hut untouched. iuss as the thef
had cast the family plate, by an IN
equaied coincidence. into the FANNY
burial place of its owner. - Boston
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