Beside a lonely grave I stood -- With brambles 'twas
encoumbered;
The winds were moaning in the wood, Unheard by him who
slumbered.
A rustic standing near, I said: "He cannot hear it
blowing!"
"Course not," said he: "The feller's dead -- He can't hear
naught that's going."
"Too true," I said; "Alas, too true -- No sound his sense can
quicken!"
"Well, mister, what is that to you? -- The deadster ain't
a-kickin'".
I knelt and prayed: "O Father, smile on him, and mercy show
him!"
That countryman looked on the while, and said: "Ye didn't
know him."
- - - - - - Stage 1 is a lonely grave at the listed coordinates.
There is public parking about 1/2 mile North of the grave. Take the
marked trail to the grave and note the first name on the metal
grave marker. You will also see that the trail name is the last
name on the marker. To determine the coordinates for stage 2: The
first name on the marker is 6 letters in length. Take each letter
of the first name and find its equivalent number using this chart:
A=3 F=8 M=5 Q=6 U=0 B=6 G=4 N=3 R=4 V=8 C=2 H=1 O=8 S=2 W=9 D=5 I=7
P=0 T=1 E=9 On the coordinates below, the X stands for the first
letter of the first name The Y is the second letter The Z is the
third letter The J is the fourth letter The K is the fifth letter
The L is the sixth letter Here are the coordinates - N 41° 2X.YZ2,
W 088° 08.JKL Please do not disturb the grave site, it is fenced in
for a purpose. After solving the code, continue to the second
stage. As long as you are a fair distance along the trail, you
might as well complete the loop. When you get to stage two, there
is a logbook and the usual trade items. When making your online log
entries, feel free to make one entry for stage one and a second
entry for stage two.
