Nor oftenest on war’s glorious field, Or in the gaze of favoring men, Does duty call, but when the shield Of secrecy protects, or when Our dearest hopes; to her must yield. Not oftenest does the martyr gain By sacrifice his righteous fame:— And this man knew it, stood the strain Of silent trial. He prized the name Of truth, and kept it free from stain. If he betrayed not, death was sure; Before him stood the murderous thief. He did not flinch…Of one life fewer The angels turned the blood-sealed leaf That night, and said; “The page is pure.” Of simple faith and loyalty! If each true heart like this were strong, The nation’s ancient majesty Would rise again with joyous song, Her beauty shine o’er every sea. George Parsons Lathrop Cambridge, Mass. ALONZO E. BUNKER, second son of Enos A. and Martha M. Bunker, was horn at Littleton, New Hampshire, March 29th, 1849. He came to Dodge County, Minnesota, in 1855; received a common-school education in the public schools of Mantorville; learned the printing business in the office of the Mantorville Express, and in due time became the foreman of the office. He taught school for a short time, after which he entered the St. Paul Business College, from which he graduated in 1869. The following year he was associated with Professor W. W. Payne in the publication of the Minnesota Teacher, an educational Journal, issued at St. Anthony, now East Minneapolis. In 1871 he entered the Preparatory department of Carleton College, where he continued his studies for two years earning the means of paying his expenses by working at his trade, teaching and keeping books, until the incessant application had seriously impaired his health. In 1873 he entered the service of the First National Bank of Northfield, in which he continued for about five years. During this period he served the College as its accountant, and also as the teacher of book-keeping. He was married, in 1875, to Miss Nettie L. Smith of Red Wing, Minnesota. The part taken by Mr. Bunker in the encounter with the robbers in the bank, as detailed in Chapter III, shows him to be a man of nerve, cool and self-collected in danger, and capable of bold action. Though not subjected to the brutal treatment inflicted upon Mr. Heywood, he was subjected to a similar temptation to secure his own safety by yielding to the demands of the robbers; and he kept such possession of his faculties, mental and physical, as to seize the first opportunity—an opportunity not afforded to Heywood—to break from his captors and escape under fire. The wound which he received at that time was a dangerous one, and narrowly missed being fatal, and the effects of the nervous shock are still felt at times.