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Show I Wife's Grave His Dining Table. H KV.s'tr'p'Uy.yK..yK.sKk-4t-4'4MMt'.KKKI'..KKKF.fl huch wns his devotion lo his wife that, since sho died a year ago, 'H I.anicnnux hus eaten all his meals nt the side of her gravo. .There 1K found yesterday overcome by thi cold and exposure and ho Is now dyhilSf home. i Lamerenux Is SO years old, nnd slxly-ono years ago ho marrl'4 W1 Simpson. In nil tho tdxty stars nf tholr mairled life they wore neverJH moro than four hours. Laincrrnux owned a fnrm near Ceases Mill. K counts', nnd ho nnd bis wlfo woiked It together. They had no chlkuwW lived tholr rather solitary lives with tho gieatcst satisfaction nnd hP.B A sear ago sho was stricken with npopiexy nnd died suddenly. HfrtM affected tho old mnn thnt for two dnss after tho funerHl ho wandered "M heedless nf nil who tiled to comfort him, Then hq wus impressed with K that If ho wns separated from his wlfo In body he would not be In spW ho icsolved to keep up tho custom of nil their sixty sears of marrlelH taking each of tho meals with her nt tho side ot the grave. This ha W eveiy tiny since. Ilo would put up hla meal In a basket nt his hon ttmelery Is hnlf a mlln away, but whatever tho weather tho old jnaM walk lilt friends nnil relatives mado nn -' lecllon to this while the westhf wunu nnd pleasant, but as winter cam. they Irloil to dissuade tha oil Ho would not llsttn to them, however tho bitterest weather of tM" he wns loo feeblo to go tbieo limes n but ho never neglected top and when he tould not dine llicro three .imes between sunrise and '"" was vci despondent. Ho hud plated a llttlo box nt Iho grnvo sldo to sit nn while he when Iho snow was on tho ground he shnvehd a path tn tho graveside ho would rlt In contemplation, silently cutlng, and then return to h"1 homo i Of Into ho his become so feeblo that It wns nil he could do to T"e cemelers', but be would not stay away. Yesleiday morning ho wa going In the ntternoon sonienno snw him lying mi tho grave, lie haa'' Ho was taken home nnd It was found that ho was pnrtly frozen and vert Ills Ricat ngo makes It Improbable Hint ho will recover. -New York iw |
