Show the death cantona oAn tonA roeun lali sunday in the lamentable accident on ahe north shore railroad re calla nn incident of ions ago an incident which endeared him to ever after and the memory of which made lua shocking death all abe more shocking to us sir roman waa at alie time the publisher of the overland monthly ahia ho founded breff was ita editor bays the san francisco atar we were the devil in the printing office of acon co from which it waa issued ono day tin foreman rave us proof of a ac page form with instructions to take it to mr harte wo diaso the moment ha ed it hi flew into a towering rage wanting to ehnow what we meant by bringing him a proof like that for which you deserea sound thrashing wo were indignant because we had but obeyed ord cris know what was tho matter with the proof nor with sir aad as were were not big to him burst inta tears at this point a kindly looking man present gently patted iw on the head and tried to mollify alio waa getting madder and madder by quietly saying perhaps the child i not to blame learta stopped instantly but in a mo denb said with real tenderness of voice of courser he to blame and im sorry my boy that I 1 poke so lius tily then looking at the proof again the at onee more became blue ae waa the ink of the proof which dauwd all the trouble a wo were made t un by what followed o 0 tell that infernal apol lie wid who sent herewith ehlt proof in biti eink and all blurred that it he ever does it again n clift concluding word were cwb upon usi for wo hul h ul skipped as fast as our little legs carry us to salute our foreman and from our strenuous job at 3 per awk later wi one night poke at a meeting under the auspices of the sail francisco literary society in old clatts hall after the meeting we to many present among ton roman the instant bosaw him we recognized him as the kindly looking gentleman who had turned away the wrath of elret giarlo by denying w haps the child is not to blame ve reminded him of the incident without re that we had played any part in it lie at once remembered it although a a lie aard ho had long ago forgotten it but how should yu know of that he asked only brat that boy and myself ere arca benl enl because I 1 was that boy l rom that day we knew each other better and were friends truly may it be said 0 antone koman ilis life WAS gentle and the so mixed in him that nature might feland i and say to all the world was a baltimore dept br ala steamer captain mckenzie bound iron Dai for baltimore anich went ashore in the channel was ot by a tug and alrh cd in port loday apparently uninjured |