THE KNEW HIS WHISTLE.
The Richmand Jndependant say 3 : — That was a touching incident, last week, at the death-bad of Mrs. Gaylord. Her husband is an engineer on the Cincinnati road, and upon reaching Kichmond found a despatch anuouncing the failing strength of his wife. The difficulty among the railroads made it impossible for him to get off. A second despatch arrived saying that she was sinking ast. It was then that he decided to run f locomotive to Dayton. The dying wife, whose ears were fast closing to earthly sounds, listened for the familiar whistle which she knew he always gave as the signal of approach. The hours flew fast, anr the sands of life were running very awi'tly; still she could not go without saying farewell to him. At nightfall, when the sun had sef over her last day on earth, when the chill ot death was creeping over her and the pulses were failing, her ear caught the sound of his coming. She alone heard it, and she said, " Will is coming ; that is his whistle." And he reached the bedside in tima to receive her dying message of farewell.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XV, Issue 5173, 15 June 1878, Page 6
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