Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1891 — THE SAVED CARD. [ARTICLE]

THE SAVED CARD.

And How It Infobked A Fatheb of Hia Son’s Death. “The workings of Providence are mysterious,” sail a gentleman the other day, “and the more you hear of strange things the more you are tempted to believe that every oocurrenoe in life is oniy a part of divine plan and simply fills its appointed place. “Did you ever hear of Tom Martin? He was a brother of Dr. Sam Martin and Judge Martin of Greenfield and was killed during the war. “Some months before Tom enlisted a few of the young men of Greenfield, just in a spirit of fun, proposed to form a dramatie combination and go forth to win fortune and fame for themselves. All plans were laughingly disoussed and one young fellow writing hislname on|a card, with “theatrical manager” after, handed it to Tom Martin. “Tom put the oard in his pocket and in a few days went south to join the union army. Nothing more was ever spoken of the proposed dramatic oompany, but after some time had elapsed there oame a letter addressed to Ed. P. Millikan, theatrical manager. The young man, witn a pre sentiment of evil, opened it. It was from the South and told of a serious railroad acoident in whioh some soldiers had been killed. Among the dead was one that was not recognized by any of his companions, and with no papers on his person but an old oard with that name and address on it. “It now devolved on Millikan to acquaint the family of the death of the young man he had only too good reasons for believing to be Tom Martin. “The father and son went to the scene of the wreck immediately and identified their son and brother, and this little oard, kept by the merest, acoident, I suppose, was all that saved the Martin family the deeper sorrow of never knowing what became of their son."- Indianapolis Sentinei. Tom Martin was a brother of the late Dr. Robert Y. Martin, of this place, and is yet remembered by many of our citizens.