Show A SOLDIERS FUNERAL on sunday afternoon at in the twentieth ward meeting house the funeral rites will be held over the remains of albert W luff Nals bett of whom mention has previously been made in these column and who died as am a volunteer for the present spanish american war he was the son eon of our oar well known townspeople henry G and mary ann luff naisbitt Nai Nals abitt bitt was born feb 1 1877 while his father was absent in the millennial star office of tte the british missi mission m the mother of delicate constitution under unfavorable conditions condition laid down her life won soon atter after the birth of the boy who was only raised by hand after much patience and care by mrs lavina luff wife of mr harry luff brother of the departed wife and mother having no children of their own the motherless herless babe became the all in all of at the father and mother As he grew ta an unusually stalwart manhood he was looked upon as the assured stay atay of df their later years yeam they fondly looka for the ithe possibilities of we his married life and the little home adjacent to tw the parental roof was regarded as the plade where peace and interest would teenier as the recompense for the sacrifices and anxieties of many years yeam under the no wonder that indulgence was more or less undue and aad when the wish was expressed to bo oft cabanes cavalry volunteer and ae leave a ve t his city ca ty for M manila consent WAR wa given with brokenhearted broken hearted an that tie be might escape the ithe pt of war and return in peace to his big hooe hape the boy sadly regretted that ale ir with his corps he could not go 90 t to i front tor for he looked upon a but riddled body in the line of dut du more in keeping with the purposed pur puri posea 4 i his enlistment than possible d death 1 miasmatic or elt climatic matic influences influence dent to location for four weeks week 1 ditke post hospital of the presidio reservation iva he received all the att attention entson ve possible able major Mo ualey the ranking physician ail held his bis to be a peculiar case doubtless disappointment and as with anam many others perchance homesickness home sickness vad its share in the final issue pneumonia supervened upon ibb malarial fever but he never become became delirious or unconscious looking fort foi r ward to within an hour of death to a brief furlough and then return to big company now doing duty in the yosemite park paal will was beloved by all his associates he was idolized at home e was true to his country countr to his comrades to his faith to his Is god ana the last relle relic of his brief life to is a copy elvir of the lords prayer written just be defore his departure with a steady land his last jut words were to comrade peterson who occupied the adjoining cot cal shaking his hand he said 11 think 11 TZ going good bye no was the i your doctor says you will be al all ta in a few days more there was no response onse but in half an hour he placed shands aia hands underneath his head bead and called out 1 I am going to sleep good night 11 when the nurse turned to him a few moments momen its later he be cried why L luff Is 1 dead so ended the brief career of a young life thousands since the war have gone cone the same way and in many homes as in his there is that sorrow and sadness which is only borne or lifted by intelligent undying faith peace to the ashes honor to the brave and true 1 |