The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-13

1t is seldom indeed that a man comes
back from the grave to tell of its hor-
rors. When he speaks out If its grim
silence his fellows listen with diff
ferent feeling than attends the woi DIS
OF others, and when he can picture
the misery OF a he'll as awful as that
threatened in most orthodox sermons
the scene holds a fascination f1r the
bcholder vivid beyond description.
If ever a man did return rom the
grave after a half years burial that
man is Philip Vetter. Today his Wife
sits and gazes Mt him in strained,
tense fashion. unable to believe the yis-
ible evidences of her senses. Yester.
day at the Binghamton station as she
broke away from kind OBTAINING hands
and rushed into her husbands arms
she could not realize tis return.
Just before the train arrived she had
| said pathetically to a Tribune repre-
| sentative: Il cannot seem 20 recall
| his face; it eludes me unless have
| his picture constantly before me.
| cannot believe | shall see him alive. |
! have suffered SO much" and thcn the
| voice broke little and the eyes that
| had wept until they seemed in sapahle
| of tears looked up the track in an
| agOnizcd way that was pitful to see
The train came. one long ear after
! another passed, but before a compete
stop was made, with a leap to the plat
form, Or. Vetter had swiftly gathered
the little woman To his breast. the
| space about the station was crowded
The customary hustle and hurry at
| tending the arrival and going Out OF
the Buffalo express Were appd!en
There was a wedding party, the pretty
bride and her friends laughing in wild
merriment as rice was flung upon every
one in the vicinity.
4 PATHETIC MEETING.
Probably with the exception Of tw,
persons from Scranton, nobody saw tn,
alert. nervous-looking man, with a fac,
tanned as dark as a Rough Riders
walk haltlngly through the Thr,ns
with his arm about a small woman a
his side. No one dreamed of tn,
truth stranger than fiction, of the trag
edy cnfolded in the little incident whicl
may often happen after a days sapura
tion. 1t was i'm keeping with the Ions
journey of the wanderer that his wiz
had stolen away from her home t,
meet him on his return, far from IN
kindly, well-meant attentions Of thai
friends Today they will spend quietl
i'm Binghamton, returning tonight a
$40, when they will be met at the ID,
l.. & w. station by the odd Fellow
in fun force ANA by hosts of friends.
The average observer will say tha
DR.. Netter is looking exceedingly wei
lie himself will tell you that he EeVo
felt better in his life, that he weigh
more than ordinarily and IS In spendi
health But those who know him hes
will notice an unwonted nervousness
the ruSult Of unspeakable sufferinl
and, as h walks, much stiffness of tn
muscles the legacy from the fcarfJ
winter on board the plague striCke
ship IN the ice bound Alaskan river.
what Phil Netter has endured in tn
past nineteen months will donbtles
never be told by word or pen. lie ha
suffered the Sharpest physical agony
has struggled almost Incredibly Wit
perils by land and sea, ana from faith
less companions. lie has dUG dee
graves for his dead shipmatcs, havin
nursed them until death came mere
fully. has been physician surgeor
priest and friend, and all the time bat
Ting against the dread disease AS h
chopped wood, thawed the frozc
earth or fought with his weakness t
keep up fires for his sick comrades.
1t is n thrilling tale enough and
this We're not the end of the centur