| Show general W W BELKNAP whose heart was wag broken twenty years ago Is 1 dead he was a bravo brave soldier as truo true a man as over ever lived it a high minded gifted man mall no was bravo brave enough to walk the earth lor for many years under a mighty cloud cload brave enough to live knowing that he would go to his grave with a stain upon his bis splendid name knowing all the time 11 that ho was innocent but bat that bo be could not sot set himself right without involving others and so la in tl gi lence lo bo passed on oa to tho the end ilia his Is the cruelest crudest me case to in tho the history ol of our country lie ile was a man that never hover had bad a dishonest thought and yet he bo was hounded for months and years as ono who la in an exalted position had bad betrayed a holy trust lor for gain and be could not noi answer because his big answer would have involved others and he be pro forred to tak talfo 0 the brur brunt it of all the as aa eaules himself A tow few friends knew the facts but they could only make them known to in confidential whispers so he be lived lived with no support except the consciousness within him that ho he had done no wrong and passed away in his bis sleep without giving a sign it Is a pitiful case cam and the knowledge of it should make us all charitable because wo we do sot not know what sorrows vox vex other people what skeletons are grinning at them from unseen closets gud aud noon none of us are mind readers enough to know sometimes the difference between a emilo of loy JOY and the scornful smile of despair by his own exertions general BELKNAP had risen to a place where he was vas prominently spoken of as 0 possible candidate tor for president of the tha united slates in a moment that was all brushed aside baldo and in place of it ha be was branded us as a a criminal to la every Lows newspaper ofeleo in the lend land he was pointed out by mothers to their children as an example of how bow a dishonest heart could destroy the noblest prospects the changes wora were rung upon the charges acar car after year and still tho the brave man without flinching accepted his file fate though he ha know knew that his bis reputation had bail received a mortal blow and that all the ibo time ho he was vis in innocent no it was a kindness tor for the brother of S sleep le n P to come came A he hen a the othe other r brother as holding the cIren man maa in hll his arms to touch tooth his lips and give him the tha transition which be must have hv been longing lor for through many years when aher other brave men and truo true men dip die the world Is torry sorry every friend of general belknap will be glad that his rest reit has bag come abas ile has earned it by that no ono one can estimate suffering made all aba greater because ho bo could not share them with anyone and could not ask a alt or expect the sympathy of any one and knowing that there WOR was to bo be zio no respite except through the grave we ire are glad that ho he Is 1 dead for we iro k know it there it Is in an awakuni awa awakening keni 19 in the lanti land where all the th filing of this his earth ir ar brushed awis teai tha aa aaa IW anth on tho at otar shore her bo be was belled as a martyr as oual who lookup laiq burden without a antul and horo it grandly lathe to the |
