The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-08-12
at Last.

H. Jano Franklin, widow
'uullin, whose 'Ito has
"a io Of tho dreadful mys.
,nc North The announce
mont OF the death ~ this estimabla
lady aud devoted wife will touch all
Christoudom with II pNng OF sorrow,
though it docs not excite great sur-
priso For weeks accounts OF her
fc1hlG condition havc como to us,and
nor ,locuape has been hourly oypoctc |.
In tho cycs Of the world Lady Franz
lin has occupied ~ couspicuons place
for years, rejecting in horsc.f tho
horoisn and true nobility o! hor
bravo and generous husband But
not alone has her life boon u rcllectoi
light. In 1915 sho phrtoi with her
gallant husband, who hal devoted
himself 10 tho cause of science, aul
through all the years that have elapsed
since thcn sho has watched aud
waited and agon ID for his return.
Lost among tao b lk wilds Of the
Arctic zono has been tho verdict Of
the world for moro than quarter OF
u century II world sitting III judg-
ment as coroucrs jury aud as
mournors too, for tho world folt IN
affection for his person IN we'll as An
interest i'll his efforts.
But there was Que who oould not
reason as others, could not calculate
as coolly aud dispassionatcly as the
rcst Ono whose hoart and hope re-.
fused to accept tho logic Of oxpori-
cnce. The wifo hoped on, aud that
anxious broast sent its volume of
love hovoring about tho 10y barriers
OF tho Polo ever believing, hopeful,
searching for its idol, ani refusing to
dc'plir. ThorG WAS not cold enough
in all tho Artic zDno-its fields aud
III )unteins of SNOW aud the Eoonost
extracts from its multiplied bltsts-
to chill the fervent love that waited
i'll burning expectancy Tor .ts hero's
return. TO her no WAS nlivc. n martyr
suffering in u dosOlatc wild, hero
dying in u distant ic0'blrroi prison.
She wpIil 500 him again, his lIair
blcachod with tho whltonoss of tho
frigii snow, his brow furrowcd by
the pointed blasts, or sho would thaw
his cold corpse, il only for an hour,
ut tho fcvorcl furnace of hor heart.
And 80 sho waitoi, not supino or sui
lon in hor groat sorrow and suspense,
but with ayonizlng energy she sent
expeditions for rescue or relief, and
would have gono herself to bravo tho
torrors of tho northern sea in tho
loving fancy that her doar voico
would penetrate tho cavorns, aud
sweep the vistnoss Of that great
region, au1 inl instinctivoIy tho ears
that might DO dcaf or beyond tho
reach ut other sounds But this
seemed madnoss in tender woman,
and sho WAS not perluittol to attompt
hcr frantic purpose.
Thus for thirty years this constant
woman has hoped. NuIrly all hor
fortune np3 sho spcn. in cIuipping
expeditions e. solr;h for her lost
ono. iiar hopo ani COURAGE hayo
never fli''i hlr, with MI the disan-
pointmGnt5 that hnyo boon hyrs.--
Nor ha5 Shu sOureI toward tho world
Or lDckDI hor6eli III Lor own groat
Srioi Hoy hpui has been open to
charity, nor c,.r cYor listcnol attont-
iyoly to the Org Of d.Strcas, aud Aor
buriened lelrt IN | st.li room enough
for tho wooJ OF othor5. Beautiful
vito, noble woman, we'll worthy 10
hayo boon tho partner in tho lovu
and fame OF sir John Franklin
Worthy to walk with him through
tho chapters Of history AMI tho CRATE
fui roiuenlbranca Of tho world They
walk together to-day, for she has
iouul h,m ut last. lior elgor, OK
pocipnt, hopeful, snrrowful search il
7 ondcd Shc stands no lOnSor upon
the 5aH'g.rt islo -tr .iuing hor parohod
vision to tho meJGlioss north, locking
, Tor ono who will not comn 10 brighton
: nor oyee and g,adden her yearning
I heart again. She has found him and
} hand in Land they walk together the
; regions OF tho blest, whore no sui.
tering eau coma and where tho snows
of sorrow vanish in tho presence VI
God.