Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1897 — Belter if Related. [ARTICLE]

Belter if Related.

An Englishwoman once attended the military funeral of a major of the Victoria guards. When the mournful pageant was over lthe she stood think pageant was over she stood thinking of tlte solemn scene—those sadrtaeed men, the reversed arms, slow tread, sad music, and touching sight of Hugdraped coffin, and unused helmet. Some one touched her elbow and said: “Was Hie dead gentleman anythin’ to ye, ma’am?” “No,” said the stranger, smiling in spite of herself. “Ye locked so sorry I was full sure he was somethin’ to ye,” she continued, disappointedly. “He was a human being and a brave soldier; that should be something to all of us.” “Yis, yis, to be sure. I do lie feeling that way meself this mornin’. But wouldn’t it be grand, ma’am, mournin’ for a man like that, supposin’ he was somethin’ to ye?”—Exchange.