Show LUCY HOOPERS LAST LETTER her birtwell Fir twell to liar her readers bender in I 1 tion of larr 11 spi dy death two days before the death of 0 f lucy H R Hooper which occurred a bev few weel weeks C s ago in Pa Paris she dictas dictated ted the following letter to the philadelphia telegraph with which paper she had long corresponded spon ded and now my kind and patient readers rs I 1 must stop and lay down my pen forever bythe by the time these lines appear the author who has dictated them to her amanuensis and dear daughter will be called beyond the stars in january I 1 would have celebrated my silver wedding with professional literature but the fates have decided it otherwise and Imus I 1 must tsay say farewell other engagements have changed and varied but the evening telegraph has been constant for beigh eighteen tee n years during which time I 1 never missed a week in sending my letter it was always a vision of m mine ine to return one one day to my own dear city philadelphia to see old fri friends c n ds and oll old places but like many ot other h er aspiranti aspi aspirations rati on in this world that abne one was va s destined to be unfilled to my dear and loyal and firm friend sir mr warburton wl whose 1 os t madness kindness to me and mine has been u un n fail failing lilli and untiring and to my many friends in philadelphia and to the goad people who have read my letters and though not acquainted with me personally have written me kind hind letters and spoken of me kindly to my dear old home homa I 1 say farewell everyone has been kind to me and mine has been a happy life but it is ended vow now like tiny tim in the christmas carol I 1 ca can n only say god cod blasg use y one |