The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-09
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london Sun.

It must be fully fen years ago tha
 the doctor and myself were engage upon a geological survey in the North On cold November day we sboulderet our knapsacks and turned our face: homeward. Our way led through chair of black and rugged hills toward front fer town. twenty miles distant. 4 more forbiddiug region it has never been my misfortune to see. It was perfect chaos.
 We halted at sunset, and. building 8 fire at the foot of crag, disposed our. selves to rest as we'll as we might. How long I had slumbered knew not. when found myself sitting upright. peering ] nervously into the darkness. It seemed to me that some one had uttered wild appealing cry in the very portals of my ears. was on the point of lying down again when was arrested by repeti- tion of the cry. This time there could be no mistake. Wild. longdrawn, and, it appeared to me, full of intolerable anguish. I shook the doctor to awake him.
 Be quiet" he muttered, '.I heard 1t all."
 The cry was repeated. It was wom- ans volce, but it expressed such sup reme misery as, believe, woman never felt before. Again it came, but now like low, tremulous sob. 1 am not a superstitious man, but confess that I sat there shiverlng with species of horror that was utterly new to me.
 "Help! Oh. God! Help!'
 At this intelligible appeal to cur manhood our superstitious weakness instantly disappeared. Seizing torch, we made our way hastily toward pile of rocks a few hundred yards distant Scrambling up the height we came sud denly upon strange and mornful scene. Before us stood 9 wretched lock. Irg hL,- Through the open dC1r Ha saw the body of man. apparently life less, --- ,..y.~ ,i.on t.o lI",i. Ue- side him, with arms flying wildly over her head, knelt the figure of woman, evidently the one whose cries had alarmed us.
 The woman raised her eyes as we ap- preached, but gave no further heed to us. She was young creature, hardly 20, and, despite the signs of hardship and sorrow. very beautiful. Her con- panIon, youEg man of about her own age, attired in coal Sc woodlands s suit, had evidently succumbed to hardship or disease and was either insensible or dead
 "Who are your" said the doctor very gently, "and what has happened?"
 ''He is dead-deadr" she muttered. hoarsely.
 Perhaps it is not so bad as that" he rejolned.
 "He died this morning before my very eyes," she moaned, 'died. oh, my God! of starvation. And I never knew that he was depriving himself for my sake. Oh, my husband! why did you not let me die with you?" And she threw herself across the body. sobbing as if her poor heart would break.
 We felt that we had chanced upon strange, sad story of love, pride and suf- fering. The doctor stopped down and felt at the heart of the prostrate man.
 'He is dead" he whispered.
 How we made the truth known to the poor wife do not remember. It would seem that she had preserved some faint remnant of hope. With 8 low groan she fell suddenly at our feet, insensi- ble. Fortunately the doctor had his medicine case in his pocket. Admin Isterlng a powerfu. sleeping portion 10 her, be placed her upon the wide loDcb.
 Without vanity can =ar rs.f .rtH the doctor and myself have received some few testimonials as to our scien- tific ability from the world. You will probably believe, then, that we are capable of deciding upon a very simple case of death by starvation, very good, remember, then, that I assert upon my professional reputation that the man