Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-12-28

taking about lur rnoiera.
II lis rnHpra DunineSS Is merely a
scare -alu one Resides. why fear
death$ W. must an die some time.
II hat fol DEATH" said young Thorn
ton swapping his fingers. I'm going
60 ave 10 be a hundred
\ singular looking fellow came into
thu restaurant and sat down al AN ad-
Joining Inble | could not make out
that he was of any especial age; he
uuglt nave been thirty or hfty or a
hundred aud hfty Yet there was
something ubout him that made him
lunk prematurely aged. His eyes were
sci worry dprp 10 lis head aud glistened
ike ihoSr OF Wild animal IN the dark.
sp, 'hp functions Of the bones Of his
iatp. und his clothes hung about him
in huge folds he had evidently heard
ThOrniUu'S boast Tor he liked his eyes
on nm M Il way that made my blood
run cnld Otber OF the younger men!-
beers OF the party who SAT with tBeir
bucks TO The newcomer perpetrated
Jokes about death Every word on
tina; subject seemed TO excite the stran-
gers ire unriI he was dashed into d
fury.
My friends. he said presently.
you who condemn death do not real
ne what you are talking about You
should have seen such sights az have
seen Were any OF you In battleT'
We all stared al the stranger. tongue
tied 40 one OF Us claimed to have
seen anything OF war
Il was at the battle OF Graveloue,"
be said and advanced with an at
tackine party OF Prusslnns II you
had seen that white pail that ! threw
over the faces OF those who were
struck you would not laugh at death.
you threw over their facesY' | ask.
ed, puzzled
Then AT New Orleans" the man
went on without noticing my remark.
you should have seen the British com
ing up IN perfect formation against
the Kentucky hunters, Here. there,
everywhere the redcoats sank down
IN their tracks 900
DO you refer 10 the battle of New
Orleans. SIR" interrupted one OF our
party
Yes. sir. | do But battles are moth.
lug Take the great plague that swept
London Two men were walking be-
fore me on Cheapside. touched one
by way OF attracting his attention. lie
paled and sank down In his tracks A
party were drinking 10 an ale house
without the town limits AS | looked
NJ one OF them he threw up his hapds,
with grUun | went out rntdi the
street and saw the people burning bar
rels OF tar | laughed at them
DO you mean, SIR asked that
yoa were In London AT that timeT
My friend. where have / not been
when men and women and children
were struck down by tins something
you call death; In the days OF ancient
Rome whole communities OF Gauls who
rebelcd against the Roman authority
were butcherrd They had been: they
were not
1t was evident 10 most OF us that che
man was Il luuatic But we did not
communicate the thought TO one anoth.
er. Each OF us was spellbound no
less by his strange talk than his weird
personality
But even these stricken barbarians,
SO far as numbers ARE concerned. were
but few IN comparison with those
this thing you sometimes cali the
reaper has cat down at one time
There have been portions OF The earth
TINT nave sunk into the sen swallowing
~ hundred times the number OF the
greatest butchery
When" asked
When WHAT knowledge nave YOU
OF the Nttle planet uu which yun i've
beyond few thousand years. The
time ct which / speak was forgotten
10000 wears ago.
Tell us ast"d, Your nationality
You speak English us II YOU are Anglo.
Saxon
English" speak every living and
ever, dtard language am citizen
OF the worid am always unsy At
This momrul ! am resting preparatory
to % great work
When did You come 70 NupleSf"
Yesterday at uoou
W. ull Shuddprru A - O'Clock the
dnt before lhe ur~, cholera patient nad
duG
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