Show SHE SANG FOR DEATH the th P thos and triddy tr 0 sedy of bauar noma abbott abbotts passi ast aliat aw one night in the city of denver located ut at the foot and in plain view ot of the rocky mountains emma abbott wan was billed to appear in faust in the fame same city a roost most attractive and beauel ful 18 year old girl belonging to one of the wealthiest families lay in the last stages of that fell enemy of the human race consumption soine some weeks before the arri arenal t al of the company compan ly she said to those around her I 1 oh I 1 hope the an sun will shine and the weather will be warm and genial so I 1 can hear bear miss abbott ring sing once more I 1 think I 1 could then pass away peacefully and without one single regret but there came with the queen of the lyric stage a northern hor hur ticane with the very air charged with icicles which penetrated the lungi lunga some one told miss abbott of the grilly ona disappointment of the th dying girl she went to the opera house and never gang sang more sweetly anil and as boon noon as it was over and the audience andi ence dismissed dimi saed called her carriage and directed aitto it to drive to the home of the young lady the scene which followed was worthy of the finelt brush ever wielded by the grand old masters there lay the dying earth angel with pallid up lips hectic beetle cheeks and lustrous eyes and the light of immortal beauty shining upon her face fam standing beside her in one of her richest robea robes the one fhe she had worn wom that night sparkling with pea pearls als rabies and diamonds stood the almost divine mistress of earthly melody the first piece rendered was the old 0 id folks at home and then followed I 1 I 1 know my redeemer liveth the finale of this weird scene waa was I 1 bock rock of ages cleft for me let lot me hide my self in thee and then miss abbott bent over the frail form and kissed her an eternal farewell soon after the spirit passed into the wild winds which rang through the wild mountains near byset sail forthal for that haven from which the first homeward bound bark is yet to be seen the stainless soul wafted wafred to thestal the stainless liless heavens by the sweetest music ever beard heard on earth into the melodies of paradise birds birda miss abbott returned to her room at the hotel and retired some time dur ing the night she awoke with a pain in the left lung it rapidly grew worse A physician was summoned then adoth er and another who applied every remedy they could command all to no purpose it was typhoid pneumonia in its worst form the black camel was kneeling at her door angels of the heavenly choir bad had that night listened to her voice in the sickroom and tent sent for her to come home to them in three days that voice which had bad so often raised the souls of men and worn wom en to the noblest the grandest heights in holy ecstasy was forever stilled in death gone forth into the night bo so usaa fades the ha summer cloud war so sinks the gale when storms are r 0 or bo so gently abuts the tb eye jr of dy day so dlo dies the wave along the bore 11 CL stevenson in atlanta courtl aution |