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'JERSEY LILY'S" WONDERFUL LUCK.
Mrs. Langtry Said to Have Won Nearly $200,000
Mrs. Lily Langtry, known in racing
circles as "Mr. Jersey," under which
name her horses are nominated in the
English siakos, is about to dispose of her
racing stable ami to wash her hands for
ever of the turf. It was not until 1S;»2
that Mrs. Langtry's colors, turquoise and
fawn hoops and turquoise cap, were no
ticeable on English race courses. Her in
fatuation for the sport was encouraged
by Abingdon Kaird, better known as
"Squire Ablngdon," who died in this
country in the early '90s, when touring
with "Charley." Mitchell, the celebrated
pugilist.
The story is told that Mr. Balrd and
Mrs. Langtry were dining in London
when a friend of Mr. Balrd made him an
offer for the horse Mllford. Several
sums were named, and a forty-thousand
dollar offer met a flat refusal.
"I like a good horse myself, sir," was
Mr. Baird's reply to all offers.
After his friend left the dining room
Mrs. Langtry intimated that she would
like to own a race horse.
"I'll give you Mllford,'' was Baird's im
mediate reply, and Mllford became the
nucleus of Mrs. Langtry's stable.
Milford, however, did not prove the gold
mine one might naturally expect, as he
won few races, and finally developed into
a rogue and became very unreliable. But
Mrs. Langtry was in the thoroughbred
business for money as well as pleasure.
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THE LATEST PORTRAIT OF MRS. LANGTRY.
She purchased and sold horses during the
season ot 1593, finally offering to release
Mil ford for $5,000, but his reputation was
too well known. She won considerable
money in purses in 1894. In 1895 Mrs.
Langtry's racing stable was known as
Regal lodge, Newmarket. Her trainer
was "Sam" Pickering, and she employed
two jockeys, Trundley and Feakes.
When not otherwise engaged Mrs.
Langtry spent much of her time at Regal
lodge, paying all attention to her horses.
At 4 o'clock in the morning she would be
on the heath watching the morning gal
lop? on the private track connected with
the lodge. She then had seventeen
horses in training, including Milford, No
bleman, Carrick, Pride of the Sea, for
which she paid a high price to Lord Cal
thorpe; Chlllington, which was knocked
down to her for 570 guineas, and a
dozen others of more or less note.
During that season Regal lodge was
credited with some bfg winnings, nearly
every horse in the stable earning winning
bracket = in stakes and purses.
The year lSf'6 was not so productive as
the year before, and in 1897 "Fred" Webb
was the trainer at Regal lodg6. *t was
he who fitted thp Australian bred horse
Merman for the Cesarevvitch It was on
Cesarewitch day that Mrs. Langtry
raised herself several notches In the esti
mation of English race-goers through the
victory of Merman.
It was a great day in Mrs. Langtry'a
history. The crowd cheered, and she was
the queen of the meeting.
Cesarewltc-h day .if 1597 was made more
notable by the fact that the Prince of
\Va«¥s escorted Mrs. Langtry into the
inclosure and mixed with Jockey club so
ciety.
On Merman's victory It is estimated that
Langtry won anywhere between
■00 and $200,000. She sent Merman to
tho fioct a 100 to 7 choice, besides having
wagered considerable 'noney in the fu
ll rity no >ks. It was in this race that
"Ted" Slonr rode St. Cloud for Mr.
James R. Kecne. Mr. August Behnont's
Keenan also started in the race, but
like St. Cloud, finished among the trail
<:: ■:-.
I7p to the fnll of the present year "Mr.
Jersey's" colors were not very promi
nent, the stable having, in lacing par
lence, "gone off," but she was the god
doss of iSoodwood, as the sterling horse
Merman won the Goodwood strikes and
Goodwood cup. He was then sent to Bir
mingham, where he took the Biimingham
handicap. At Lewes Unlfo.-ni carried
Mrs Langtry's colors in the handicap,
and another horse from her etable. Ma
luma. won the Prince Edward handicap
at Windsor, worth $10,000. Gazetteer also
won two smaller stakes at Windsor.
All told, Mrs. Langtry's career on the
Knarlii-h turf has been prosperous. She
epent thousands to retain a good string
of horst s, and won many thousands.
Fortune smiled and frowned at inter
vals, but the smiles were more frequent.
The notable woman delights in superin
tending all affairs she la Interested in,
and during her career on the turf chang
ed trainers .four times, substituting "Joe"
C'Hnncn for Pickering, and following with
Webb and W. T. Robinson. When at
With Merman.
home she never missed a race meeting,
and would parade the paddock before
rate without giving it some support, and
tliHt. getting the opinion of the Prince of
Wales, and comparing her own notes
with those of her trainer.
She rarely let one of her horses run a
race without giving it some support, and
her winnings have been very large on
severat occasioiir. The actual amounts
are her own secret, but a frequent re
mark among some of Tattersalls" mem
bers, after the turquoise and fawn had
been prominent, was "The Jersey Lily
crushed me today."
Mrs. Langtry's first idea of going Into
the thoroughbied business developed In
1889. when she bought a tract of land of
6,000 acres in California, making an ex
tcr.slve ranch. She made many purchases
of fine bred horses and mares. The ven
ture did not make ihe success anticipated
and her pioje^t Is almost abandoned.
She also had a ranch in Nevada, close to
Carson City, which, like the other, was
unproductive.
Mrs. Langtry is not the first woman
v.ho has been prominent in England turf
circles. Ther^ have been several, nola
bly the Duchess of Montrose, who raced
under the name of Mr. Manton. The
duchess was a tall, gaunt woman, and
dressed almost in unison with the col
ors of her racing stable, al!' scarlet. Be
fore Mrs. Langtry had tripped out of
her teens the Duchess of Montrose was a
track notable, buying and selling horses
like a man, an excellent judge and a dip
lomat.
There were others, too —Miss Graham,
Mrs. Eyre and Mrs. Betts—all of whom
spent thousands in thoroughbreds, but
none of them was as successful as Mrs.
Lily Langtry.
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Steamer Destroyed by Fire.
ST. JOSEPH. Mich., Dec. 9.-The steam
sr Mary, owned by the Graham & Mor
ton Transportation company, was de
stroyed by fire here today. Capt. Wil
liam Boswell, of the steamer City of
Louisville, was asleep on the boat when
the fire was discovered and narrowly es
caped with his life. The Mary was re
cently purchased in Port Huron, and
was intended for the Chicago-Waukegan-
Kenosha route.
Cold Weather
Bound to Come.
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If you are wise yon will defy the cold
weather with a fur garment. The
Collarette |
Is a sensible investment—so warm and
comfortable.
Fur Jackets
we have in enQlesa variety. In fact we <
have
(
]; Everything in Furs.
Workmanship Ihe best. I rices are right.1
CMS. A. AIBRECHT,
Don't forget the street and number. ]i
384 WABASHA STREET. ;!
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1899,
FOR BROTHER'S GOILT
REMARKABLE STORY TOLD BY A
GIRL RECEIVED AT AN
ILLINOIS PRISON
A PUZZLE IN IDENTITY
MINN Glenn, If She Did Not Deceive
the (MHcerH In Aaanmtng Gnllt,
Played the Part of a Man In n.
Way to Delude the Girl to Whom
Either Brother or Slater 'Wait Kn-
KBKed.
The story of Ellis Glenn, the girl man
of Southern Illinois, is one seldom match
ed in life or fiction. Officially Glenn was,
until a short time ago, a popular, pleas
ant-mannered young man, who got Into
trouble over a forged note on the eve of
his marriage and was sentenced to Im
prisonment. In reality Glenn Is not a
man at all, but a woman, as was prompt
ly discovered when the penitentiary was
reached. According to the prisoner's
story, she Is not Ellis Glenn,, but Ellis
Glenn's twin sister, who out of affection
for her brother and availing herself of
MISS GLENN
In Feminine Garb
their marvelous resemblance, allowed her
self to be arrested, tried, convicted and
Imprisoned In his stead.
Now, here, It will be Been, Is a choice
of stories that are equally romantic,
equally Improbable.
The police and the Illinois public be
lieve there is only one Ellis Glenn. They
take no stock in the twin brother yarn.
But, granting It is true, such sisterly de
votion and a resemblance that would en
able a girl to pass as her brother In an
interview with his sweetheart is almost
without precedent.
To begin at the beginning, this young
man, Ellis Glenn, arrived in Litchfield,
111., three years ago from Texas. He
went Into business, seemed to have plen
ty of money, dressed well, was fond of so
ciety and became a favorite with the girls.
Last spring he moved to the town of But
ler, where he represented a business con.
cern. He got a room at the home of
James Duke, a well-to-do, and respected
citizen of the place, and made love to
Duke's daughter Ella. Their engage
ment was recently announced.
In April he began negotiations for the
purchase of some property at Litchfield
and offered in payment a note for $4,000,
purporting to be signed by two Hillsboro
farmers. The note was declared a for
gery. Glenn was arrested. James Duke,
his prospective father-in-law, believed in
his innocence and bailed him out.
The wedding was set for Oct. 18, and all
preparations were made, but two days be
fore the young man disappeared. Shortly
after stories were circulated that he had
been drowned, but the police discredited
them, and a few days later Glenn was ar
rested in Kentucky and taken back to
Hillsboro for trial. He was convicted and
sent to Chester penitentiary.
All these developments had ben suf
ficiently sensational, for Glenn was widely
known and the Duke family highly re
spected. But it was nothing to what fol
lowed. When the sheriff turned over a
neat, dapper, blonde young man of small
stature and keen, penetrating eyes to
the keeper of the penitentiary on Satur
day night he handed in a commitment in
regular form. The name of the prisoner
was Ellis Glenn, alias T. H. Terry. His
sentence was indeterminate, under the
state parole law, for the crime of for
gery.
The prisoner was received in regular
form, receipted for by Deputy Warden
Dowell and sent to the receiving olflce.
There his hair was clipped close In c n
vict style and his photograph taken.
Then came the ordeal of changing citi
zens' clothes for the prison garb and then
the bath. It was while these prepara
tions were In progress that Glenn's real
sex was discovered.
There was great confusion among the
attendants and the sheriff hustled the
prisoner back Into her male attire and,
because female prisoners are not ad
mitted at Chester, she was taken back to
Hillsboro that night.
STARTLING DISCOVERY.
The news of this discovery made at
Chester had created intense excitement
in Klllsboro andvßutler, v.here Glenn was
well known, and when the train arrived
nearly the entire population of both
towns was at the station to cntch a
glimpse of the interesting prisoner.
When they alighted the Sheriff hid some
dilfloulty making hte way through the
crowd to the Jail. The prisoner, who was
hat;d-cuffed, walked with oowncast eyes
and impassive face, heedless of the re
marks of the crowd. Arrived at the Jail
«he- was at once placed in a cell find the
handcuffs removed.
The prisoner's face Is a peculiar one. Tt
is n large slender oval, the most prom
inent feature of which are a pair of large,
expressive eyes of a peculiar sharto of
green, and a large Grecian nose. There
is a droop about the upper lip, and ths
chin is that of a woman. A profile view
of her face gives: it a masculine appear
ance, but a front view develops the fem
inine characteristics.
Her voice Is roft and pleasing. Her
hands arc; large for a wcmaß, ard so are
her feet. She Is about five feet tall, and
will weigh not ever 100 pounds. The of
ficials who have had her in charge do
not feel called upon to provide her with
feminine attire, and she Is still attired 'n
men's clothing.
Elite Glenn's story, reduced to a simple
narrative, is as follows:
"In the first place, I want to say that
my brother's name is Elbert Glenn and
my name is Ellis. We are twins and
were born in Ashtabula, 0., tnnty-elght
years ago. The ies?emblance between u»
was so rrarkid that our friends and our
own relatives were puzzled to distinguish
between us when we were children. As
we grew older and adopted the habili
ments of our respective sexes there was
no such difficulty, although in form,
feature and general complexion the same
startling resemblance continued.
"1 have photographs of myself and
brother taken in Texas two years ago
wh'ch will bear out my statements.
"About fifteen years ago I went to
Teyas and settled on a cattle ranch abrnit
eighty miles from Greenville. My
brother drifted about the country and
about six years ago he obtained employ
ment as r. private detective with an
agency at Fort Worth, Tex. He travel-
Ed all over the country In his capacity of
detective, and at the time he was here
In Hillsboro and vicinity In the guise of
a sewing: machine agent he was really
working under cover as a detective.
"The last time I saw him was. about
.two years ago down In Texas. It was at
that time we had our photographs taken
together.
"Shortly after he left I was taken seri
ously 111 and my brother, as he told me
afterward, believed me dead. Early In
May of this year, when my brother was
arrested for the alleged forgery, he wrote
me, telling of his trouble. I came North
to x see him as soon aa I could arrange my
affairs. I thought I would meet him at
L,itchfleld, but was unsuccessful. Then I
went to Butler. There was a festival be
ing held there at the time.
"I saw my brother there, but did not
speak to him until I got an opportunity
when no one would^ see us together. I
only spoke to him .five minutes, during
which he told nje of his trouble.
"At that time ( he a.lso pointed out to me
the girl he was courting. I replied to
him that It was better for me to go to
prison, as there wak no one except him
self to care what became of me. If he
went to prison t?here would be two broken
hearts—my own and: that of the trusting
girl who had promised to become his wif«.
I finally persuaded hjm to let me take this
step whenever we saw that his arrest was
Imminent.
DECEIVED THE GIRL.
"Accordingly," when I was arrested, I
made no denial of my Identity and allow-
MISS GLENN
Photographed as a Man for the Rogues'
Gallery.
Ed them to bring me back to Hlllsboro.
That is all there is to the story.
"1 do not know where my brother is
now, but I am satisfied he is not far
away. At the proper time I am certain he
will appear and secure my release. I am
not at all alarmed at the outlook, and
even if the worst comes I will be satisfied
to endure the punishment so long as El
bert is at liberty."
"Did it not occur to you or to your
brother that it would be impossible for
you to impersonate Elbert and suffer im
prisonment, because your sex was certain
to be discovered by the prison authori
ties?"
"No," she replied, "neither of us had
thought of th.it. I-believed that even if
my sex was discovered they would only
place me in the woman's division and let
It go at that. In ract, the only thought
we gave the matter was to so arrange the
thing that Elbert could drop out of sight
Ion? enough to allow him time to fix
up matters to obtain my release. Elbert
is not guilty of the charge of forgery,
and he will be able to prove it at the
proper time."
"You have seen Miss Duke since you
were brought back from Paducah?" asked
the reporter.
"Yes, I naw her in Jail before I went to
Chester." she replied. "1 allowod her to
believe that I was Elbert, and she was
unaware of the deception during the in
terview. I had only seen her once be
fore in Butler, and had never spoken to
her. My brother had told me all about
j their relations, even to the small confi
dences exchanged between them, so that
I was able to completely deceive her. I
feel sorry for her now, but at that time
I thought it for the best."
ELLA DUKE'S STORY.
Ella Duke, the girl whom Glenn court
ed with the full knowledge that she was
cruelly trifling with the trusting heart
of an honest, upright girl, still retains
deep regard for Glenn, as is evidenced
in her every word and action. It is un
utterably sad to listen to her simple re
cital of the wooing of the gentle man
nered, pleasing, soft-voiced machine
agent, and of the denouement, which has
not only humiliated her friends and the
community, but has also involved her
father financially. ~©f Glenn she says:
"He was an unusually entertaining
talker, though not fluent, and father and
sister thought him a most agreeable vis
itor. I believed* although you must not
think me bold to confess it, that he real
ly seemed to enjoy'- my companionship,
and we spent of the pleasantest
evenings together that I have ever en
joyed. We played ilomlnos and crokinole,
or else if my sister and I were busy with
needlework he, woujd assist us in the
work.
"He was a beautiful needleworker, and
could embroider and crochet as well as
either of us. We- often jested about his
skill in this particular, and told him it
was a pity he bad not been born a girl.
He told us he had picked up the knowl
edge by long connection with sewing ma
chine companies. He had a fine voice,
and on Sunday we would sing hymn-3
and simple old ballads together, his voice
blending nicely with ours
"AH this time not the faintest shadow
of a suspicion that he was a woman had
ever crossed my mind. True, my father
had occasionally told sister and me of
his doubts on that point, and asked us
to observe him closely, but If I, who
was with him continually, noting his
every movement and expression, courd
observe nothing wrong, why should I
listen to or entertain the fears of an
other? My sister and I could see nothing
to justify fathers fears.
"The thought was above me. and it
was horrid and repugnant to Nellie, who
worshiped him .is her own brother.
Love is blind, they say, and I suppose In
this Instance the saying is true. At any
rate, we never guessed the truth."
— m
COMMANDEE HOWARD DEAD.
Wan Chief Engineer of Maine When
That Warship Was De»tro>e«l.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Commander
Charles P. Howell, chief engineer of th?
United States battleship Maine when that
vessel was blown up in Havana liarbor.
is dead at his hoip.e in this city. He dKd
of an apoplectic stroke. ■ He was fifty
years old, and J^as l^orn in Go?hen, New
York. He was'&r&utfute'd fiom the Unit
ed States navaT aeafiemy 'n June, 186$,
fourth in his class. |Hls appointment as
an assistant engineer dates from August,
1S70; In 1875 he^wasf/.faii-ed to the grade
of passed assistant?). He was p:om>uiu
to the rank of *»hief¥t>ngiheer in 1^93. He
served on the MaJ'rre.from IS&S until iht.
loss of the battleship^ He was then trans
ferred to the Newark, and later was as
signed to shore duty at Brooklyn navy
yard. He was a commander in Septem
ber, 1899. He STttlisg at a table by
the side of Lieut. Friend W. Jenkins at
the time of the blowing up of the Maine
That was the last he saw of the unfor
tunate officer, who perished in the wn.t,k
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SPINNING ROOM AT MOUNT VERNON.
Washington lurniture Purchased and Restored by Children of the St. Paul Public
Schools.
On Dec. 14 at Mount Vernon and
throughout the country the centenn'al of
the death of George Washington will bJ
observed. A hundred years have passed
since Death, entering the upper chamber
at Mount Vernon, laid his hand vpon the
heart of Washington, and sflled its
throbblngs; but that the love and ven
eration with which he inspired his coun
trymen has known no diminution, the
approaching centennial celebration is only
another proof.
Perhaps even more conclusive ev'dencs
is to be found in the hundreds who daily
visit the historic spot and in the absence
of merry-making which marks theso
throngs. They come a? pilgrim.? to a
shrine, speaking In subdued voices as thy
pass from room to room, or standing in
awed silence before the tomb which holds
all that is mortal of him who In so dis
tinctive a sense Is immortal.
Mount Vernon, as is generally known,
was purchased In 1853 by an association
of ladies which now has representatives
from thirty-seven states. Through th?se
representatives each state assumes the
care of a room, and the rcsponsib lity of
fitting It up with the furniture of wh'ch
it was despoiled at the sale of the Into
owner: or, failing in this, of substituting
articles possessing historic interest and
belonging to the period.
One of the most successful of these at
tempts is to be found in the Minnesota,
or spinning room, vocal in the days of
yore with the music of wheel and loom
and the measured stroke of the .lax
brake, while above the rythmical whirr
might have been heard the mistrefs'
voice, giving directions to the swarthy
artisans, who spun and wove most of the
clothing worn by the 300 slaves belonging
to the estate. The articles in this room,
whicti were collected by Perley Poore an:l
treasured by him at his homo, Indian
Farm, forty miles from Boston, were
purchased by the association from his
v:Ulow with money earned by the pupils
of the St. Paul schools. They have sine?
been put In working order and continue
to turn cut beautiful fabric.-;.
In the dwelling house the ap.irtment
coming first in order is the banquet hall,
in charge of the vice regent from New
York. The elaborately carved marble
mantel In this rrom exhibits interesting
proof of the power of an awakened con
science. A dog's head, broken off by
some ruthless relic hunter, was after
ward anonymously returned, ai.d has
since—with the aid of cement—b-en re
stored to its original po-i ion. Over this
mantel a French clock, vliich regulated
the life at Mount Vernjn, still ticks, tell
Ing the hour as voraciously now as then:
while on the wall to the ri^ht of it hang
the portrait of Washington which Rem
brandt Peale painted with i-uch feverish
energy, and which was donate:! to the
association by his heirs.
A chair brought over in the Mayflower
stands beneath the picture, and near 't is
the stool on which Washington knelt at
Christ church. Alexandria, and another
used by Nellie Custls.
Other objects to which the attention
is directed arc a model of the Bastile
made of the stone of which the prison
was composed, and presented by La
fayette, and a British flag captured by
Washington, nnd donated by Gen. Grant,
with many relics of < qual interest.
The end of the building opposite the
banquet hall is occupied by the library,
with Its valuable collection of books end
souvenirs. It is In the rooms which these
apartments flank, however, ranged on
either side of a broad hall, that one is
brought most closely in touch with the
family Hfo at Mount Vernon.
Nellie Custis' music room, in which the
general's flute lies upon the harpsichord
which he presented her on the occasion of
her marriage, recalls one of the most de
lightful relations of his life—his connec
tion with his beautiful adopted daughter.
Here she beguiled him with the songs
which he loved or played the accompani
ments to his music on the flute.
In the dining room, where the family
party was so often reinforced with guests
as to cause the proprietor to liken Mount
Vernon to "a well-resorted-to-inn." is an
original piece—an old Chippendale side
board—which descended to Mrs. Robert
E. Lee and was afterward restored to its
accustomed position by her, while in Mrs.
Washington's sitting room may be seen
the same card table around which the
household gathered for the evening rub
ber.
The most noteworthy object in the west
parlor is the carpet made for Washing
ton by order of Louis XVI., and still in a
perfect state of preservation, although
more than a hundred years old. It Is of
velvet, the circular center of pale ecru,
upon which is stamped an American
eagle, with the motto "E Pluribus L'num"
beneath, being surrounded by a rich green
background, plentifully sprinkled with
yellow stars. While on it? way to this
country Washington was made president;
and, being unable in that capacity to ac-
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cept the gift, it became the property of
the United States government. It was
afterwards purchased by Judge Yates, of
Lancaster, Pa., and within the last two
years has been presented to the associa
tion by his granddaughter. Mrs. Town
send Whelan, oi Philadelphia.
In the hall the visitor is shown the key
of the Bastile, and. ascending the stair
way at the foot of which it hangs, is
confronted by a cabinet filled with the
most interesting curios. Imprisoned be
hind its glass doors is the compass used
by Wahington in surveying Lord Fair
fax's land, with many other objects close
ly associated with h'm: a memento of
Mrs. Washington existing in a quilt made
by herself of bits of her gowns and do
nated by Mrs. Jefferson Davis.
On this floor, in the chamber occupied
by Nellie Custis, is the mirror which so
often reflected her beauty, and the steps
by which she climbed to her high-testered
bed.
Here, too, In the Lafayette room, is the
Spinning Room
at Mount Ver
non Restored
as In the Days
of the Revolu
tion By the Ef
forts of the
Pupils of the
St. Paul Pub
lic Schools.
four-poster In which the marquis slept on
the occasion of his visits to Mount Ver
non and the dressing table before which
he adjusted the unbecoming: red wig.
Other apartments, called by the names
of the states which care for them, are
grouped about these. Each has an in
terest peculiar to itself; but above and
beyond them all in sacred associations
and hallowed memories is the room in
which Washington breathed his last. The
bed upon which, a hundred years ago, he
lay dying stands "in the same spot today.
Near it is a light table, stained with the
marks of his medicine glasses, and at
its foot the chair In which the faithful
wife sat watching through all the weary
hours, and upon which, when all was
over, lay her open Bible. One who would
have watched with her was absent from
the room.
Sweet Nellie Custis, given in marriage
by Washington to his nephew, Lawrence
Lewis, on the evening of the 22d of Feb
ruary, 1708, the last birthday vouchsafed
to the great man, lay in her chamber only
a few steps off with a new-born baby be
side her.
One must climb another flight of stairs
to reach the room occupied by Mrs.
Washing-ton after this —a low, narrow
roofed room, very cold in winter, for
there was no way of heating It, and hot
when the summer sun beat upon it.
Through its single dormer window,
however, she could look out upon her hus
band's tomb, and there she remained till
the silver cord which bound ht-r to life
was loosed and she went to join him In
his long sleep by the river.
A negro sentinel guards the graves, who
tells you, in the vernacular of the race,
how the key which locks the vault be
hind them, and in which forty of their
k'ndred are buried, has been sunk in the
Potomac.
"Not," he adds, "where it can be
dragged for. but deep, where it will
nevermore be found."
—Gilberta S. Whittle.
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