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 dilapidated battery, which bore testimony in letters of stone to the worth of the departed monarch, Colonel Luke S. O'Connor the First, and approached the Colonial Hospital. From afar off I perceived a slab of darker stone let into the masonry of the wall, and I turned my head the other way. It was no use, I could not pass it, and I groaned in spirit as I read:—

"This building was enlarged during the Administration of Colonel S. Luke O'Connor, Governor, ."

I staggered away and wandered into a neglected grave-yard by the side of the path to Oyster Creek. I was in hopes that I might be able to sooth my mind by finding the grave of this departed potentate; but, alas! after a long search I only found a tomb which bore the following remarkable epitaph:

"Sacred to the memory of the bodies of three sailors, which were washed on shore on March, . This monument was erected during the Administration of Colonel Luke S. O'Connor, Governor."

I left hastily. That man was not going to let his fame languish and die for want of a few monumental inscriptions.

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