| Show n I r i f rY MARK TWAINS TRIBUTE TRIBUTE TO H S WIFE I Ir f lr i ihl o will be the tho thirty Y I sixth ot of pur mar il k T j L i stage I b Ho passed horn this li I ono one y year or and eight months e f ngo 1110 lu III Florence Maly alter aller lin an un bO ot of months dur duration t I raw her h In tho form torm of oC an ant l q hot miniature In her brother Char Charl l t l I t ley om In III the tho ILmer Quaker lF J p em City In iii the lIw hay Day or of Smyrna 11 in tho F 4 r of oC 1691 1 she was In her year ar I saw hf her In the h for the first In New York lu the floe following I c She Hie WM was slender I and beautiful and she waR vas both 1111 and woman She SlIe VI roma est both girl 1111 and woman to la thet the I la laroma day ot of her n gravu and j t j exterior burned Inextinguishable t Area ot of sympathy energy anen devotion en ent t I sm and absolutely nt nf I She was traIl frail In body t and lid sha M lived upon her hor spirit and courage yero Inde w r Perfect t truth perfect hon perfect candor were of at ather oft I her character which were brn with t iter I cr lIer or of p people plo and l r thin were sore Her for F Intuitions almost never her herIn herk k v J In her Judgments ot or the characters 1 1 and acta of at both friends and strangers L there was waa always room for tor Chanty 1 11 and this charity charlt never tall faller ell I have 1 computed unit contrasted her with hun hen I I dreda of oC persons and my conviction to 10 mains that hers here was lIIS the tho most perfect Ir I character I have fJ ever er met And I may 4 add that she sync the tho most moat winningly person peUM t I have hava ever known n tier character and disposition were wern ot of i r I the sort that not only Invitee Invite worship Nr but It No ever left lefther her lur who deserved to remaIn inU In U ft And nil es she could choose with a ar 1 r glance or of her rye IfO tho servants she ho so sot t did In all cues cases 3 t I 4 to remain and they dIll did remain Silo She way alwa always ch And nhe was VIlS al 11 able to communicate her cheer to others During the nine yearn eura thAt wo we spent In poverty and debt she was wal always able ble to reason me 1110 out ot of my despairs and find a abrIght abright brIght ulda to the tho and make mp InQ sea It In all that time l I never knew her to utter a 11 word ot of regret concern concernIng concernIng Ing our altered circumstances nor dl I ever cIer know her children to do the like For she phI hat l taught them theIn and they drew their fortitude from her hOl The lovo which h she bestowed upon thou whom aho ho loved took the form foran ot of wor worship worship ship Ant and in III that form orm It was by relatives friends and the of at her household J It was a 11 strange combination which wrought In Into into to one Individual so to 10 speak b by mar marr hor and character and mine She poured out nut her prodigal affections In kisses and caree caresses ls and andIn In n a vocabulary of endearments whose profusion ryas aln always an astonishment to me I was born reserved nl as to en of 01 speech and and hers broke brokl upon me as the summer waves upon I was reared In that atmosphere ot of Ets As I havA said ald In another chapter l I never know a member ot of my m tl fathers family to kips klo another member ot of It except once and that bt At IL a death deathbed bed bcd And our village was Villi not Ii a kl kissing lIllI community The and caressing ended with whim with the deadly pIano playing ot of that da day SM She had tM laugh or of 1 a girl It MinI cameo but when It broko u upon on the car It was nR its Inspiring n as music I heard It for tor the tho last Jut time when she Ihl had been beell occupying her sick lIck sickbed bed for morn morl thAn A year unit I mode malle moden mallen n written unto note of oC It t at the tho timea note not to be repeated Mark Twains in III North orth American |
