The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise ... - JohnstownCafe

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man in a train.c. Ilu luok'/.l at the bodies, takiiiL; no apparciU interest in .my
of thcni. At last !i.- stopped before onewiucll lie had jMsM.-d t\uce. inultered
•Thai's Jiiu." a\\k\ wt iit out just as he had come in. Other identilic.itionswere'
]ii eeisely hl.e this. ^herc^vas no sheihlin!,' of tears nor sho^s int;
of emotion. Idiey -a/.ed upon the features of tlie (h.:ad as if totally unaMe to
ompreltend it at all. reported their idontilicalion to the .itteiidants, watched
the l)od;c as it w .is pul into a eofliu and \\-fnt away with that miserable look of
bewildered v.ritchedness which pn/./led the pli\sicians and e\oked the compassion
of the stran-er. People re.ul. \\ith scarcely a thoin.;ht, a line of this
kind in the newspapers, dati d from Johnstown :
" 1" ifty bndie^ were fniind to-Jay."
Did you ever stop lo think what these dispatches realK' meant !* Fancv
sonietliinLT ot the sort in \onr o\s n neii.;hbi.irliood. where wnx couldn't l;o o\er
street without stmubliu'.; o\'er or at least hearing; of the lindin- of a neislibor's
remains !
is hard tci understand the full force (.