Hutchinson gazette., 1900-08-02

which wna estimated at $4,000 liz
saw the sen and heard the frsy time
the sound thereof which Is either IN.
them or requiem. He only knew as
he had heard II In vague way dn lthe
camp, that men went down 20 This sea
In ships lie knew, perhaps by lntuI-
tlon, that there was long voyage
around the Cape, and that doubled,
there Was still an uncertain one which
might lund him IN New York lie
only knew that New York was some.
where toward snnrse, M he knew That
San Francisco lay In the trnck OF sun
set, But between the sea With Its
storms and the back trHll with lta
human hNrpIes and deserts and saw
nges, he chose the sen, like all men
OF his race, his WINS religious ma
ture, guided and sustained by that su-
perstltlon which might, II property
nnNlyaed and applied, make better
Christians Of men enlightened. When
scme one sNid 10 him that the sea wns
uncomfortable 10y man, he replied Tint
he had heard that the Christ haFsoid
to II, "PeOce, he stlll,' and he had
never heard anything about the snme
power subduing the multitude when
IT. wNs enraged, Therefore, he chose
the sen,
II was weary, tempestuous voyage,
More than once the ship went out of
her course, and three times her crew
mutmled. Once they hound him, hnnd
and foot, and carried him 10 the ships
side to pitch him into the waters as u
Precipitation to the wrnI.th, This wNs
clrc,myented by his promise 10 give
each sNllor S5 when dhe ship reached
New York. Not living soul ON ship
bonrd lmew OF his treasure, else he
would never have left II nllye. OFTEN
times hc was required to do service
under orders, and II was usually WORK
of the most menOl character,
The ship reached the port of New
York after u voyage Of nearly three
months, The faithful servant pnld IL
ench one of the crew WHO had bound
him the sum promised and presented
the captain with n larger sum for his
consideration The journey from New
York was. by stage TO Nttsburg
Thence down the Ohio river and ~
the Mlssissippl by steamboat TO ~
Louis, From st, Louis up the NILSSON
ri by similar means of transportation
TO Westport Landing, now Kansas
City, Thence by wagon and horsebNel
to Hawlgonvlle, In proof rs II ANY
were necessary, Of his pcils by sea
he carried Il certificate from the cup
tain Of the ship,
Within less than Two years ther
was nm Epidemic in Missouri, It tray
eled like the fire in the dry gnasSe
Of prairie. It fastened itself upol
ruch out-of-the-wNy places ns llarr'
sonvlle, and wasted human HE n
mercilcssly ns the slrocco of Algler'
one Of It's victims was the wifi OF tn
good old physician who had given u
his hre in the camp in CaIaNerNs' a
he had nWscd his master to the enc
the faithful servant attended his lnlS
trcss IN her last days, There were n
charity societies then; no homes 10
the ngcd. no community of pppea
The epidemic had smittcn the village
and those who survived were pennies
I'm that hour the faithful old slav
whose freedom had been earned ~
never accepted, came to the rellet 4
Q the stricken; and his portion of u
e treasure bequeNthed went to u
i amclioration of the people anon
g whom .lls master had lived before j
y became 'i0er, Wnen the ervont die
\ he was buried beneath 1.-The old TIRE
i which shaded and sheltered the graz
c of his wife. The bit Of ground. ju'
y enough for two dead bodies, was Il
n this old servant had when he came
$ close his eyes forever, And so whe
= the hurricane from Kansas leveled II
o tree above his remains, some on
n knowing the story of his life, put II
e slab over his grave on which Us ~
', name: