The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-18
READ HIS OWN EPlTAPH.



Rondol8b H Waters who hss lived ~
the Soldiers Homo nL LDlfeuWorh Tor
several years. stood at d. grave an Elmo
wood cemetery yc atlrday and read hl5
own cDuaph placed on fna stone Two
wears ag0 by DTS only sister, VINO hta
mourned him for dead Tor tlriy-ihf'e
wears. IN was peculiar experience Tor
him. as DO admitted aiterwari.
Waters was boy iu LOUISVILLE Wheh
the war broke OUT Ills father was
partner OF the iato George D- lren-e9
I'm the Louisville CoWler-Joulnal aHA
died about tho opening of tho war; Wa
ters ran AWAY ana went TO the 'front.'
with tho Union forces. and his motA'r
brought him home Later he ran away
aRau. and for fear Do would Zoo taken
homo be d.d not wIito for over IA year.
Al fl0 oic78 of tho war he lost uaoN or
au his relatives. and until last Friday 10
had supposed tHay were oA dead
Two year. ago The mother of Mt
Waters died hero ana was buried -s
rlmwoo1 when Bier daughter MIS-
John Ir Zrhuer erected marble smart
over her grave sno bad placed on mo
opposite Glao of tAo flaft an inscription
la memory of her brother. who was sup
posed 10 have died in inc bia1A inns
thlrty-threa years ego.
Tho story ol how airs. Iahner ledin-
ed OF her brothers existence was told
n tho Journal last Friday. when sho
learned be- was ut the Soldiers Homo
shs went 40 once 90 LeavonEOrth, ana
on Friday mot him. and tho tWo members
OF the fluly wero united after thor
long separation. lt wa1 touching and
alecti0nate reunion, and Governor Raw
land mo once gave tho soldier "a flrlough
for thirty days 90 come to Kansas cay
and visit his sister hc is now with h-r
at her home. Ill3 cast IWoifll street
Their first object OF visit yesterday
was thclr mothers srav5 40 LimWood
The next was t1 fhe pension Inspector
office t0 thank Special Inspector Henry
Arnold l0r his aIt in bringing about
their reunion Both were Drofuse in exc
prcssl0us OF appreciation ~ his Two
weeks work looking for tne woman
whose testimony WAS necessary in inc
pension case aud whose existence her
brother did not dream oi.
Il was walking along tho barracks ny
tho home last Friday" ha said 10 Mr'
Arnold. "when one oi the boys cilea 20
me aud said my sister had been found
and was coming 20 see me. I Lad beiieV-
cd for so l0ng that al my folks wero
dead that ] laughed and said they wefs
'loshiue' nae. but they read ma tle story
IN the Journal ana my heart came inta
nv throat ms / listened and learned Of
her antecedents and recorni1ed them as
my own. I went 90 the Governors oiice
10 see lf any word had come o. me, and
there j found my sister "altins Tor
me. Il dn not take long for nc 20 con-
vince her who 4 was and sh8 % make
me believe sha was my sister
"Ths morning at tho cemetery T
found my own cp'taph on the stone over
|IH f...f' D.
placed &c when our mother died two
wears ago Do is a. strange world ana
tho things have crowded upon rae %
I'm fho ast week that / ana beWilcered.
"lyhen the war was over ! tried 90
Gnd my folks bat was unable % do so.
The letters 7 sent were returned 70 me,
and. believing they were dead. went
West. ] make my homo n the Soldiers
Home provided ~ the Government. and
my pension goes % the support OF my
three childrcn.-kansas City Journal.