The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-03-27

uqw aho Casae 10 select ner prees
Baue.
g. A. Latdmere " Rochester. n. r..
10 a letter 70 me New York Tribune,
saysi
The SAD announcement Of the death
" Mrs. Jenny @ croly recalls a de-
iightful Incident Of several summers
rso, when ! had us pleasure u meet
ing her 81 Long branch. In the course
Of a most interehting conversation. I
gentured 70 ask her 70 give me thD
true origin OF Der well known nom DO
plume Of Jenny June" q which sew
eral versions he'd long been current
in her bright and sympathetic way,
which all who have seen br anow. but
none can describe, she said. Yes, /
win tell you. In my early girlhood !
knew a young minister who wa in the
habit Of visiting occasionally at our
house. one day he came 70 bid US
gooabX saying that he was going TO .
Western state 10 reside Az he bads
me goodby be gave ne a little book II
IA a volume Of D. II. TayIoF's poems
caised January and june. rhe little
book opened Of itself at the page con-
tanning the verses entitled The Beauu-
.ul River An Introductory paragraph
in prose reads thus.
'on such a night. in such a June,
who has not sat side by side. with
somebody for ali the world like Jenny
June? Maybe "a was years ago; but It
was some time Maybe you had quite
forgotten II; but sou will be the better
FOR remembering, Maybe she has gone
on before. where ii Is June ali the year.
and never January at al. but God for
bia. There it and then It was,
and thus II was.
This stanza Of the poem was mark
ed in pencil:
Jenny June. then | said. Let us lingeT
no more
On the hanks OF the beautiful river;
Let the boat be unmoored. and munled
the oar.
And well steal. into heaven together,
II the angel on duty cur coming des-
cries.
You have nothing to DO bu1 s-ow Oh
the disguise
That you wore when you wandered
with me.
And the sentry shall say. Welcome
back TO The skies;
We have long been waiting Tor thee
in the margin, opposite this stanaa
was pencilled these words. You are h'
Juniest Jenny ! know
Ibe years Of my glrhool passed OF
and with their passing faded away al
memory Of the young minister. Late
there came to me, as ] suppose Their,
comes 70 all girls. the impulse 20 write
and when some pGrllai lrienls urges
that a certain little skit should be sen.
20 the press | was confronted for th'
FIRST time with he question OF a sigma
lure. Shrinking from the thought o
seeing my own namo ia type. by som.
strange witehery OF memory the word
Jenny June suddenly occurred to me
n that you know. has beea my nam
ever since.
After a little pause. with 8 farawa.
looE. and in a lower voice. Mrs Crol.
ssld: Nos. / have answered you
aaeqas., 49, 4 ---@s evu sou HvHaS
hing more. Thirty years after ha.
assumed my nom De plume a gray
haired stranger called at ny house on
DAY. and asked 20 sec me, Tho nam
CA his card recalled 20 "a ! had eve
known and on mcctug there was .
recognition On either side. but he pr
eeoded in a straightforward way TO "a
plain the object Of bis visit
For the last thirty years said b
Biuce my removal from this city,
ave lived In thc West Naturally
rave been a constant reader % Easto'
papet7 and IN particular have ref
every article l have ever seen beari'
tho signature OF Jenny June Ia.
made many efforts, but without 81
,yss. to ascertain Who she -. Al
b whether the name is real or ucuuo'
somehow I have ncver forgotten a !
tic girl / know before ! went Weyh
G ehom / gave a little volume Of poei
with something scrubbed on a pa
hat contained a stanra which gro.
y admired about Jenay Juno he
wondered and wondered II she had
q one tho famous writer. ana now
d ny return TO my native c.ty alter
e ion an absence, ] havc SOUGHT
esmply to ask u yoa ara that ~
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