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Show FAlTHFl'IiAFrKR DEATH. I A WOMAM PERFORMS THK LAST OFFICES TOR HE1 HUSBAND. A r.lh.iU ler i-r Iraallrr 111. II. w tlt. ,! l.ll,,r H..llal,.l (. u td "" attrxlh f.t ll.Vllh-Mea ll.Vllh-Mea aha Lerr1 le the l.a-t. Tlie ttory of Mre. U. J Wtnnrr'i Ufa on t'reniont liUml li about tht niuat p4tlirtlo atory ever told on the frontier Hhe tm burn ao 1 brrd In luxnryt ibe camtlo thli cliy a brlle eleven )rar ago. When, fire year ago, her hn.band drdded to move to Ireuiont liland, aht cheerfully gave up her luiurloue hoiue in tbla city and went with him Of count the had no neighbor. With no one but liar boibai)d ami her little fnully around her. with a hired roan and girl to awlat, aht lived there five yrara. At ooe time eho waa there two )raraanda halt without leaving the Uland. When, two ) rare ago, her hniband became be-came too weak to ride on horeeback, alio looked after the etock hrrerlf, alio at tended to lirr bouae, tht taught her cbll dren, aht nnraeil her hnaband, aod In tbrae uccnpatlona aht waa buay every moment of her Mm, hhe eHjre ahe waa happy aod we do not doubt It Her hnaband hna-band waafalllng all tht time, bnt he had been la long time III and aht would nut permit tht thounht of tbt poailblllly of bla dying to enter her mlnJ. Ho II went on until two wra-ki ago Wednmlay, when her hutbaod had a eevera hem orrbaraof tht Innga, It waa atoiped, and lit Mid ha felt more relieved than ht bail for montha before. Of room great proel ration !are fol lowe a hemorrhage of tht lunge, an I m lit lay very weak, but cheerful. Tlmra day ho wanM tha twin who had been tlit Ir faithful etnplovro to lontulako tha boat, go over to Hooper and get tha mall, Mlia aaid h9 wanted hie latere aod inagatlnre. The man, howevar, did not go until Friday morning. Through tho day l'rl lay Jo lgt Wrnnrr WAt coin. luratlvelr eaar. lit naknl Ma wife to read to him from their favorite !., ami a!o to repeat to him whole purina which aht knew by hrart, and eollio day and night iaiwhI away. i a marcL oiidul. HaturJay murtiing ht told her what to cook for bla brrakfait, laying he wanted good hreakfaat, bnt while thla waa In prreratlon eht heard thtilgnal which abe hail prepared for him to make In cia ht needed her. When the got to hit ride tho fatal hemorrhage waa on till li4, i and when elm haatrned to girt htm tbt medicine that waa alwaya glvenhlniatl auch a time be motioned It aAray, Hhe put her arm around Ida neck, drew hie lira I on her boaom and aaked him. If he lorrd liert he anawrrrtl, ,4Vea,N and AikeJ Iter it ahe loved him. At her "yet, ht nulled, and in an luataot, without a epaun, that nolle waa tranallied and hla aoul had flnl. Hhe waa there all alonet with her own handa the WAahol and drraeeil her lint' band't laidr. went rnilil It and got tht board lirrarlf, and itretchrd it nn the chain Wide the lied; tbt girl had auch A horror ot death that ahe could not be Induced to come Into tht room to help her lay ber buabaml on tht plank. Hli did It all atoue, aod when all waa com jMieed aha went to her children, told thrni that their father waa draj, ei-plalned ei-plalned to Ibeu ai well aa aha could what death meant, took them In and ihowM them their father'! fare; they all klaaed. him, and knelt and prarrd It-Idt It-Idt him. Tht day wort along aud a great elorra calm upon the lalcao that ItwMlmpuanlblefortbe man to return. It had alwaya been nndrratood that two atgnal flrea meant that ahe needed help, ao aa tho night caint down the wrnt and lighted thoM dree and then took up hrr watch ImtJe her dead. At lntervali during the night the would go ami rv plenUn the rtree, and ao tht watch went on till devllght. All that day paaatd away. At night ahe renewed tht Area; and finally, at great rll, lha mail reaihe.1 the I.Un.l at 10 o'clock at bight. A rATItiTIO t null. Theia aanoT"lbllltjr to return to get acaaket, ao the poor woman told the man that be mutt from the boarde on the plait inuVe tht beat Imt bt oonld. The man hrlpleaalr tald ht could not, but alia encouraged hlra and Inld him aht would help ltlm. Ho tht bog waa mad. From tbt boat material aht had Inthahooae aha with her own handa lined the boi and filed a pillow for Ibt aleeprr'a head. Tluit roinpleteil, the inau dug a grate. Tlit only aervlcea for tht dead waa by tha wife and little children kneeling around tht coflln Itfore It WAa moved from tht houet and praying. Hut then what other arnica waa needed! Aa beat they could Ihey got tha boi to tho grave, tht man drovt alaVea on ont tldt ot the grate and tied ne to them, and that woman and that man lowered tht liody Into tht grave. Then rhe went bark to lake cart ot her children. The atorm wai to f urlom on tht lakt that It Waa A week before alio oonld take her children and Irate tlit iilaud. What alia endured Ihrungb that Ratnr-day Ratnr-day and Haturday nlgbt, that Uuuday and that Sunday night no one knowa, and no one can Imagine. Hhe did uot bed a tear, bhe baa nut abed tear alnce, bhe lata calmly that aha never anticipated life without her buabind, bnt that new her children need what etrength ahe baa git Aud ahe apeake of what aht did at nothing at all. Uha Mja it waa pleaiure tuber to do the jt Ulrica; it la very modi tweeter for her to think ot than It would bt to think that It wua tierformcd by eoroe una wit might have been lou louder In hla touch than aht. And that waa by a little woman who never knew what work wai or what la latluii meant, who knew nothing at all about the rougher ildt of life until iht gavt hrr bean up to her hualund and tlieuuifortb lived ouly for hlm.-balt Lakt Tribune, |
