A STRANGE STORY.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1118, 28 November 1883, Page 3

A STRANGE STORY.

A. W. Taylor, Llano, Texas, writing ;to the 'editorGlobe, says,: —“ A very singular disc()ft*ry was - fnade ,: Hir VlVo GHhhle rn nch, located on the road heljyeen tin's place and yonr city. Sir itobert Gribble, of the r.mcb, was -rounding up a bunch of cattle, and upon entering a seclnded spot about lUO’yards from the road he suddenly calne upon what once had been an elegant carriage. It was under a - large : tr«o, .and; u probably driver! ihfere lor jTihcltcr Tioni a tjtorni. The tree was shattered by lighfnimr, as was also - a part'-of the within the closed curtains of which was,found the ivinnins'of three grbwn persons-and a littie.girl, all, sitting bolt upright on the seats, as if in r lifc'; on the front s;at were the driver and a. little boy. At least two or three years have elapsed since, they met their singular fate, ns their bodies arc dried np, and resemble in appearance so many mnmmk's* The skeletons of the horses remain, the tires of the wheels are rusty and loose,-andflhe leather top weatlier worn and faded. A small travelling trunk contains a lot of clothing and travellers’ outfit;'also letters addressed to James G. Chamberlain, London, England. ?It its t -presumed that they were tourists from England, who were journeying in their private conveyance, when the Angel of Death arrested them in their career and turned their fine equipage into their temporary tomb.*’ ;