Show A GENTLE SPIRIT GONE IT seems but yesterday that william C morris called at our office to say bay good bye it was wag his custom to do so BO when he wu was about to start atari on a trip involving involving an an absence of a few weeks whenever he did absent himself from the city in which he be was reared there was a definite object the occurrence occurrence the advancement of his aw kill as an artist on the occasion referred to he said mid t 11 am going to now new york to study in the academy of arts arti not only for my own benefit and gratify aution ia tion but t tp p enable me to organize slid and teach classes and thus tabi do good in the community Some liow we did not catch his enthusiasm thusia sm on the oc occasion caslon as he had leen been useful and could conti continue pue to be in his profession without again leaving home little lliel was it imagined agines however that we would uever never again gaze upon his friendly fife face in lite life the news came I 1 over the wires a tea ew days as ago that breathed bev ed at resulting in a case C of asphyxia won the survivals from a condit condition lop of 01 1 that il kind abid are I 1 comparatively fw ew ie the hopes of recovery were kenerelly Kene rally slight from the beginning no particulars as to how the cw case was vas precipitated have so far as we know been received the statement in another part cart of the paper which con conveys ve I 1 Ts the intelligence of the demise of brother morris at W half f past four fou r on the morning of january ath will occasion no surprise but a great deal of feeling the widespread Ide spread sympathy which whid animated the community from the time of the reception lon of the first sod sad news shows allows that a simple honest f hearted and talented man can a stron strong g gip upon the affections ato no ot oi a discern UZ mg people there was nothing of the nature k of style about him he had his faults no p is without them but in addition to his being an ast 4 of striking ability abillie p a softer 4 or under kinder heart thanh than ahls ls hardly ever throbbed inthe in the breast of mortal F prom rom an intimate acquaintance c with him we p can speak of him ashe as be was known he was vas i the posse possessor sor of genius and was therefore not so evenly balanced as the more smooth sailing run of people take him as an all round decorative artist considering the number of lines in which he was conspicuously proficient it would be difficult to find his equal and he was such a good fellow withal that there will be but few who knew him who will be able to restrain the uprising of an involuntary tear when they learn leam of his sad fate passing to the life beyond in a great city far from home and loved ones the sympathy for his bereaved wife and family is both widespread and deep |