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Show AN ARIZONA OBITUARY. Touching Tribute to the ITIemory of Jim Evans, of Total Wreck. The Total Wreck, Arizona, correspondent correspon-dent of the Albuquerque (N. M.) Democrat, Demo-crat, mentions the death of Jim Evans, and Bays : Death loves a shining mark, and she hit a" dandy when she tamed i loose on Jim. He never played a short card nor overlooked a bet, a fact that ia recorded on the . unsullied pages of the Book of Life above. . He was square and open in all his dealings, and never weakened weak-ened on a bluff as long as he had a chip to back it up. Our camp is in mourning to-day, the somber emblems of death being be-ing displayed on every hand. All is black and gloomy, and nearly all the boys drink black port wine in honor of his memory. We have sent in to the railroad to get a nigger to come out and black our boots during the usual thirty days' period of mourning. Dock Davis, who got a pair of black eyes at the grand opening of Slat-tery's Slat-tery's gin bazar last week, is the proudest man in the camp. Alas, poor Jim ! But why should we mourn, for he is happier now. Away up beyond yonder shining, star-studded battlements bat-tlements of glory Jim is standing to-day with his breeches in his boots, listening to the music and trying to catch on to the points of the game." We lost and heaven took down the bet, and why should we kick ? If the cards run agin us, it isn't on account of any funny business of the dealer's Dear Jim, thou art gone from our midst And thy loss we sinceref ally mourn No one lived more square than thou didst, And hence oar hot tear-drops are pour'n'. We laid thee to rest 'neath the sod, And grievously bade thee adieu, And we know that the merciful God Hain't no squarer angel than you. Good by, old boy, and may your last sleep be as quiet and peaceful as the noonday noon-day snooze of a babe. And when the last horn shakes up the earthly echoes and Gabriel calls court up above may you go through the cross-examination without making a bad break. |