New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-17
The Man Without a Grave
Copyright. 1909, by American Press Asso-
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The question was, What had become
of the body? That Dick Sturtevant
was dead was not the question or a
question at all. He had been visiting
the electrical works of Peter Robin
son & Co., was shown through by the
electrical engineer, had grasped a live
rod, receiving some 10000 volts of cleo
tricity, and passed from life to death
SO quickly that he hadn't the slightest
consciousness Of the transition. New
ertheless an effort was made to resus-
citate him, but after half an hours
constant application Of all sorts of
stimulants without the slightest sign of
improvement the work ceased.
All this happened about 10 o'clock in
appear till in the afternoon, when
the key to the room In which the body
lay was handed him, and he went up
stairs. He returned to the Office, say
ing that there was nobody. dead or
alive, In the room and there must be
some mistake. Several men declared
that they had put Sturtevant's corpse
In that very room and there was nc
mistake about it, but they had never
been in that part Of the building be-
fore and didn't know there were sew
eral vacant rooms there Anyway,
there seemed to be some doubt as to
which Of the rooms had been used.
This doubt grew till the matter was
lost in confusion. The only plausible
theory Of the disappearance was that
the body had been stolen by medical
students for dissection Since there
was a surgeons college in the neigh
borhood, this finally came to be the
accepted explanation
The heartrending part of it all was
that Sturtevant was engaged to be
married. Every one sympathized with
the girl he had left behind him, espe-
cially that she should be prevented
from paying due respect to his re-
mains. No one else was especially in
terested since the deceased had been
an only child and both his father and
mother were dead. The wedding was
to have come off in Il few days, and
the cards were out The bride to be
put on mourning, shut herself up and
would see no one.
A year passed, and Miss Minton-
that was the girls name-threw off her
mourning, and it was reported that
she was again engaged to wed. Then
everybody said that she had been
shanlming about her grief for Sturte-
want, had had another lover most Of
the time since his death and had only
| waited the conventional year allotted
to widows to marry another man.
lady, and they made her very angry.
It was supposed to he on this ac-
count that she did not give the name
of her new lover-that Is, if she had
one, which must be since she did not
deny the reports Of her engagement.
Besides, it was known that she was
having certain articles of her trous-
seau Of year before altered to meet
changes in fashion, doubtless to be
used as an outfit in her marriage with
the man who had taken the first low
ers place. This set everybody talk
ing. 'Its shameful" said Mrs Goudy,
''the way that girl has treated poor
,Sturteyant-going to wear the same
things she was to have worn on her
honeymoon with him. Why, she hasn't
even given him a headstone."
where would she put it?" inquired
Miss Reasoner
ooh, yes; didn't think Of that At
all events, it's shocking about the
trousseau. And think how soon she
has been consoled! The courtship must
have begun as soon as Sturtevant died
If not before
Kind friends-there are always kind
friends to tell us disagreeable news
kept Miss Minton posted as to all this
talk, and in the meanwhile there
sprang up universal desire to know
who it was that was to replace the un
fortunate Sturtevant. But the more
the criticism the further every ont
seemed to be from getting at the facts
Miss Minton gave out through FRIEND
that she had been so outraged at al
that had been said that "Whats-his
name or Where -his-home" SHOULD
never be known till she and he stoot
up to be married.
This announcement started the talk
ing social world upon such clatter a.
had never been heard before about an,
wedding. Of course there could be n,
advance cards since the name Of TIL
groom would not be given. Doubles
the marriage would take place at hom
before a few of the brides family
What was the surprise. to say nothin:
Of the shock, when it was announce
that the same wedding arrangement
had been made as the year before
That was to have been at church
with large invitation list for the re
ception at the house.
1t was now conceded that Miss Min
ton was resentfully flying in the fac
of good taste and society. Many Of he
acquaintance vowed openly that the
would not attend the nuptials, thougl
secretly they We're dying to do SC
Rut when fine cards came ont with + n