Show FAITHFUL AFTER DEATE A WOMAN PERFORMS THE LAST OFFICES FOR HER HUSBAND A pathetic story of frontier lifo how tt wife and mother Helta ted bot to her strength for the sake oatha sian she loved to the lat the story of mrs U J Wen nerg life n fremont island 13 about pathe hc the most story ever told on the frontier aomand brad in luxury she a city a bride eleve jeara J eara ago when civo years ago her husband decided to move to fremont island she cheerfully gave up her luxurious home m this city and went with him of course sha had no neighbors with one but her husband and her little family no around her with a hired man aud girl to assist she lived there five years at one time sho was there two and years a half without leaving the island when two years ago her husband became too to ride oh horseback she looked after the stock herself she attended to her house she taught her children she nursed her husband and in these occupations she was busy moment of her time she says she every was happy and we do not doubt it her husband waa failing all the time but he had been along time ill and she would not permit the thought of the possibility of hia dying to enter her mind so it went en antil two weeks ago wednesday when her husband had a severe hemorrhage of the lungs it was stopped and he said he felt more reli ovad than he had for months before of course great prostration always follows a hemorrhage of the lungs and BO ho lay very weak but cheerful thursday he wanted the naan who bad been their faithful employee BO ion to take the boat go over to hooper and get the mail as he said he wanted hia papera and magazines the man however did not go until friday morning through the day friday comparatively ively easy he asked his wife to rend to him from their favorite books and aleo to repeat to him whole poems which she knew by heart and so the day and night passed away A FEARFUL ORDEAL saturday morning he told cook for his breakfast baying he wanted a good breakfast but while this was in preparation she heard the signal which ehe had prepared for him to make in case he needed her when she got to his side atio fatal hemorrhage was on hia lips and when bhe hastened to give him the medicine that was always given him at such a time he motioned it away she put her arm around his neck drew his head on her bosom and asked him if he loved her be answered yes and asked her at her yes he scaled and in an instant without a spasm that smile wai transfixed and his soul had fled s kl she was there all alone own hands ehe washed and dressed her husbands body went iride the board herself and stretched it upon the chairs beside the bed the girl had such a horror of death that she coald not be induced 0 o come into to help her lay her husband on the plank she did it all alone and when all was composed she went to her children told c them that their father was dead explained to them as well as she could anat death meant took them in and showed them their fathers face they all kissed him and knelt and prayed beside him tho day wore along and a greaff storm came upon the lake so that t was impossible for the man to return it had always bean understood that two signal fires meant that she needed help so as the night came down she went and lighted those fires and then took up her watch beside her dead at intervals during the night ehe would go and replenish the fires and so the watch went on tul daylight all that day passed away at night she renewed the fires and finally at great peril the man reached the island at 10 at night A PATHETIC there was no possibility to return to cefra casket BO the poor woman told the man that he must from the boards on the place make the best box he could the man helplessly said be could not but she encouraged him and told him she would belshun bel phun so the box was made from the best material she had in the house her own hands lined the bos and fixed a pillow for the sleepers head that completed the mac dug a grave the only services cervices vices for the dead was 07 the wife and little children kneeing around the coffin befogs it waa moved from the donfee and praying but than what other service was needed As beet they could they got the bos to the grave the man drove stakes on one sido 6 f tha grave and tied ropes to them nd that woman and that man lowered grave then phe went back to take care of her children the stona waa BO furious on he lake that it wag a week before ciha coald take her children and leave tho island what she endured through that satar and saturday night sunday and that sunday night and no one can imagine she aed a tear she has not shed a tear since she saya calmly that she never anticipated life without her husband but that now her children nees strength she has got and ehe speaks of aliat khe did as nothing a t all she says it was a pleasure to her to do the last office it is very much sweeter tor ayr to think of than it would be toji hink performed by borne might have been less tender indis loach than she and that was by a little woman who never knew what work or what iso lation meant who knew nothing aar all about the rougher side of life until she gave her heart ap to her husband and thenceforth lived only for him salt lake tribune |