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Show MMIKIMI Cl.MIIIIll, HOW M'.UI MAII lAflOWl A 111! I..MU OUT ASII TMKS IIAtTin lillllLli. Un a (.ratty knoll on IheouUklrta of rilng Hlug and uTtrlooklug Ihe grandly plclurtiuu Hu Itou It the Lraveard id tbote Iwuvlt it to whom litnthlru granted areirlute. It Hi n quarter of u mile tiortheatt of the Hutu tirlroiiund Utneou HiltMtlng platu and tho rlur tuna tho Hue id Ihu Niw York Central and llud-oii ltlver Itallroad. The little tni-lcei. leallena cenitti ry lannnt befciii by the turcnrrt, nor, owlDit to lu obtcurlly, iou It beacon fiun. thu dctkaof thu tttatubooU or .luxurlout tachta nguliitt whote hulli Tli lo tho watert of tho liiiiil!lrtnt ttrtaui on whote hanka tland Ihu many ej leudld mautlona of furtuue'a favonilunt. Itltadeeolate i lace, It thlt I lot or ground In whit li lie the Itinea of Unite liubaipt mulltlawhatu crlluiH Inl to the cuiivltt alrlt and the huiulllatlng l-tll ami chain. The aria It not n,r oiiuacre, an I It It neither walletl, feucitl or hedged In Hlrnj initio ami vagattiii 1 hogt may lranilu over Die llltle inoundt of enilli raltetlattoaetlie gravct of thn ilea I tlieru It iieltlur wciplng-wlllow nor tree of any kind to matk the eacred tot. 'Ineinowaof winter and tho llrrre ra a of the Mini merauu ltat iitn tho uui reteclitl tlrli of ground which oontaln nil that waa mortal of tome mother' darling. dar-ling. Not a tluglu Holio tlah la there vttlble and not a gravratnnu or coping. At tho hrad of cuch grave, however. It a wooden loard paltiteil u lat color, nud uu thlt Itiarl, futhloncd hy convld Jiandt, aro the tiamo.datuofdtathaulageof tho duct du-ct atetl. The prlton record huw tho irlmca for which thu tlindcouviit wire ben ft of liberty, iltlzuuthlji nnd the rotiiil uf thtlr Mlowinen, but the cloak of charily and tholutllncU of humanity and common decmey em. roiiudthudiatli nul burial of thtru erring onea. When grim death hat lulled a tkkel nfleavalbocouvlitlttltlpiul of lilt I rlton garb. "A dead convict lit lad Indian un-dcrwtarnudn un-dcrwtarnudn while pltated thirl," raid warden Ilriitli ytttcrlay, "Our thtplalii hold a burial tervlcenud Ihu Itxly It carried to Hi graio hy oilier couvlctt, an otllcer accoiuiuylug them," Home to Ihe leuie'cry by ponvli li I. mend Into the grate hy couvlit hauiltl And liiordtrthal nmuof the ix ttihvltla liearlng their latu cum-rntle cum-rntle to Ihu grave ahull attinit toe-cnt toe-cnt Hie oftlcer wlu nccumraultti the fuiierul cortege got armed wlthrllle and revolveil A moru drtary disolate anot tan hardly ho found than Hill lltllu country coun-try convltt (vnulfry, hlng midway l lawn the pnt'y village of Hlng King nnd the wall it Ihe Hlate prlton. on whldi aentrhti con-tlniially con-tlniially mount guunl, It I u atrip rarity Malted by human beluga. be-luga. KventhechiUriii avoid It. Thu wooden t)nii thaw that mottofthe couvlcta dlnl young and Iho majority of them uiidtr thr agu of no. One or two had reached the ngu of 13, and tome there were who "deinTtod thlt lire" at the nge of 19 nutl 2U. And, among theMi rudu tlaltt, leataut to le-lute, le-lute, Ibern It untune w hit h btar Ihe mime of a woman Hut there It an omen tltltor to Hilt dt aolite toot. Four tlmitj n ear the comet. Hhu It oung, not over no, and alnata ear a blvkvill. Hbu Imur ukt- a hack from the iletit and in m r I Km a any llovrt ra ou a gravi. N. V. A'coonfir. |
