Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-01
A CHOIR BOYS EASTER
AT A FAMOUS GRAVE.

The grave OF Charlotte Temple has
made Trinity churchyard famous. Ev-
cry year visitors by the thousand hunt
up the church and INQUIRE for that
grave. Most OF these inaulrcrH are out
Of town tourists. New Workers. have
ceased to take an interest In the grave.
Most OF the visitors have read Mrs.
Rowson'a famous story Charlotte
Temple" and II In to them as much a
literary as n morbldly romantic pill
grlmage. Many OF them come laden
with flowers TO lay upon the grave OF
the broken hearted heroine.
Formerly they were allowed TO put
them there. but lately the authorities Of
the church have not permitted H. The
carctakcra say that flowers litter up tho
well kept rrcenswArd. and on Char
iotte Temples grave they only kec?
alive a morbid interest In woman
, whose sole claim TO public recognition
IN the tragedy Of her life. which at
forda n ready made crotlo story TO
novelist. There are buried In the grave-
yard men and women OF peaceful and
ploua lives whose only floral tribute Ia
tho spring dandcilon. II visitors have
any roses or lilies TO distribute. there
are plenty OF respectable graves to re-
celye them. ao Charlotte Temples
grave has grown TO look more and more
neglected. and the dragons Of rcspecta-
blilty who have charge OF the Keeping
OF Trinity are content.
hut last Easter one OF the rilvery
voiced little urchinH who chant the
GLORIA" and the "Magnlncat" so tune
fully In the surpilced choir Of the grand
old church that one fancien band OF
little boy angels has In some way stray
ed out through the pearly gates and.
wandering down here below. been press
cd into service on Sundays In the rich
eat church In America. took the notion
that he would like 10 put some flowers
upon Charlotte Temples grave. HIS
mother had given him "a childish ver-
sion of the story OF Charlotte'H life. and
after the Easter service was over he
went down and with other boys rccclv-
ed some Of the flowers that had deco
rated the altar.
n shall put mine on the grave OF tho
poor broken hearted lady who had no
home and friends and who died 10 long.
long ago." said the little fellow.
And that In what he did. The flowers,
some OF them potted plants ana others
cut flowers. lay for weeks and weeks
upon the brownztone slab. broken now,
too, like the cold young heart beneath
The keepers Of the historic dead In the
shadow OF the great church tower
were touched by the little tender heart
cd child'a deed % Easter charity or tho
good gray hatred rector In some way
heard OF II and forbade their being dis
turbod.
At any rate the busy brokers on theli
way down broadway 10 Wall street
business men bound for their offices Ia
the monster buildings across the way
the jaun,y typewriteru and messenger
boys would pause and stare curiouslS
over the iron fence at the roses and
lilies on the old neglected grave. Unit
the last petal had decayed and blended
with the dust below the flowers wer'
undiSturbed.
II was the prettleHt Easter deed Of The
Easter season In the richest and wick
eldest city Of America. the plying trib
ute of a sweet faced choir boy. the flow
ers from tho altar Of rich, proud OLD
, Trinity. on the grave Of the friendles'
| woman who had suffered and sinnet
, and died long ago.