A Strange Story

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 264, 16 May 1888, Page 6

A Strange Story

\ -: i, \\i i -I (n,\ come- In u - limn a cm i e-poudeut in Ann lica, \v'ho-a\-1 \hout lo uai- a<_ p o lial ( la\lon, one ot the Ik-i known •> on the eoa-t, died !u'»t> of a »o\ci Ik wa- ueh, and hi- tomain- weie placid in a oo^l\ metallic | ta-ket. with aul i— ea-e, and eon-i'jU' d to a hand-ome tomb lib wite, who watrantir u it h placed hei diamond- t i i In- -hn 1 fiont The -tone- weie \ahudal 800 doll.ii- Teaifnl Ic-t the l">o t.iken tioin Lhc \aull, -ho [>lac( d a w ,t(( h at t hi- tomb, and il. \\;b maintainul toi m.ui\ week-. C la\ lon a SontJiei nui, and the I'od^ w.i- di-po>(.d of aitel the SiMithcin fa-hion, ai»o\o '^loiind. A lew (ia\- <i<4() (iciiiMt Pohl)-, who h,i- l.he cue of t,|\r (i'iii( i tn\, wa- po— c— cd withw it h a cvi io-it\ lo \j-it Hal ( l.i\ ton -. tomb, and -eeui ni^ Ihe kes- ot (he \ .nt 111 1 took a look at the w mam- lie \\ a- asLoni-iud to find i\),\t C!a\ hm- biaid.iiid num-t i< he had nii.li i tin '_ r !:i-- ( a-e to -uoli an c\((MiL th >< thc\ u,i'Jnd below In- kni'( - Tlk Ixaid H.h.i i icli bi ow n colon i , extending in ua\ \ ma--o- o\ ci t Ik 1 body and ha\ lli'j a peiieelh healths .»()(«.. uanco, a- il nn^ht ha\< had on a 11 1 \ i i j <_; man. Tin: Ik ud had been '^lowtnir m (hi.- \\n\ 13 \cai-. 'Clapton hid a lomantie lliC \\r \\acn^.l'^f d to a hand-oim jouii^ '_iilin the South, ,md I-*-I -* - i t . hci t<> -cek hi- toiluno. ,She became liind oi In- .ib-i nee, and -it tint; out to find him, oiitted homi'le - and lin nule-- ii iiin one milling < amp 1,0 anot hei . Aim \eai-o) (hi- hie .-ht met hi l lonnei lo\(i, Init u.i- -o changed b\ hei w.'aulei ni 1^ lite i hat hi leiu.-td lit nian\ hei. Attei hi- it pudiaUon ot hi- old -.w ci t h^.<(i t In b(.c.une -ick, -md when 1\ in^ ai, di alh'door -ho came to his bed-ide and jun-cd him l;ack to health Filled with ad hu devotion, he u new id thoalUction ol hi-yonlh and mauied lie). Shu pio%ed a devoted w lie, and uhenlu <lied ,-he btnlt al l.nuo e\[ien-o the \aull ulieie hi- le mani-> now he, and in which !ii- bo.ud habeen j^iowin*; all thcrio yeai-. Whethei the diamond- aioon hi- -hilt lionl h mi!, know n, a- the bean I hide- the body fuun the knee- up.