Show MRS WILLIAM The flickering light at Canton has gone out Through the dark shadows to the eternal brightness the soul of Mrs McKinley has sped to join its be beloved be beloved bel loved l ved Not No friend will mourn this thi pass passing passing passing ing none who loved loed the patient wo woman woman woman man feel anything but joy at her release Death held no terrors for her herThe herThe herThe The grave contained no victory Ictor against her She looked forward to tho the coming of the Reaper as one awaits the com coming coming ing of a beloved physician For Tor her heart beat not for the things of or this world her thoughts dwelt always on the beyond The veil ell is lifted now anti and an she stands in the sunshine amid the flowers with her lover And her new world is al always always ways was smiling There is no more pain neither sorrow nor tears fears What a curi curious curious curious ous irony of fate tate It was that she so long survived the man whose life with hers was as enfolded ed He Ha was the main mainspring mainspring mainspring spring of ot her existence His loving care through the invalidism that dark dork darkened darkened ened so many mon years oC ot their married life preserved and kept her with him and the encouragement he received from her kept him struggling onward and upward until he had achieved the highest ambition of American citizen citizenship citizenship ship It was nas not until the pinnacle of ot am ambition ambition bitton had been reached that the Amer American American American ican public realized how much of the husbands success was due to the pa patient patient patient I tient invalid It was not until then that she became as it t were a national character a character such as ag few American women have become Nor Is IsIt Isit isit It too much to say that President Wil WU William William liam McKinley was more beloved by bythe bythe bythe the American public for his devotion to his wife than for tor his acts as chief ex executive executive executive of ot the nation His first thoughts were for tor her his first affection was washers washers washers hers His love for her died only when his heart ceased beating on that tragic day at Buffalo nearly ne seven years ago ogo It was said that Mrs McKinley could couldn never n ver survive the shock of ot her hus husbands husbands bands death The nation knew of her falling health It knew that his tender kindness had done so 51 much toward pre preserving preserving preserving serving her And It was waa natural that I coupled with the Ute death of ot the president president I Ident I II dent there should be the fear that Mrs I IM M p e ml t not to L That i she site did survive so long is one o of the mysteries of br Gods providence It is all over OYer now the pain the an anguish anguish anguish the separation There is no oc occasion occasion occasion casion for sorrow The woman who Is dead is happier than she has been since the man man she loved left Jelt her We really should rejoice Joice r that at ot last la t the great peace has come to her that the great happiness Is hers |