Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-10-16
WOMAN AND HOME.
The Closing Scenes in the Life Of
Mrs. Burdette.
COw-A New Journalistic Star
Kitchen Items and Decora.
tive Hints.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
Many Of the friends of the late Mrs. Robert
]. Burrlette will be interested in the follow
ing extract from private letter written by
Mr. Burdette to friend
The gray light Of early morning was creep
ing in through the open windows, and on
Carries patient face, gorilied by suffering,
was shining another, fairer light that kno"
was streaming from celestial portals opening
for her She smiled sweetly as I crossed the
room and stopped to kiss her, and said:
Rob, dear, it Is
1.-THE chill before the dawnirg,
Eotwecn tho night and morning"
It was the hour at which she had expressed
a wish that shs might pass away ,.and knew
Il q, she referred t)a favorite verse of
poem that she loved. l said:
"Yes, dear; think the sun will come very
soon now"
Her face grew radiant as she smiled again,
and said
"Yes He will come for me this morn
ing"
Dora, her darling sister, was quickly at her
side and we knew there were watchers whom
We could not soc, standin., in the room. She
who was so nearly past all suffering was solici-
tous only for our comfort, and in quiet loving
tones gave some little instructions. "You
must keep we'll, she SAID, "for Robbies sake
you must keep we'll and strong"
The nurse enterod tho room. but Carrie
could take neither nourishnlent or medicine.
~ want nothing she said Her breathing
became moro laborious The doctor arrived,
but she could not swallow the medicine, anl
he held hor hand, bade her goodbye, and
went away, promising to come in again
during the morning. About o'clock Robbie
came into the room, kissed his "littlc MAMA
and stood close by her side.
There was no fear no dread in oil the
scene She could speak only in short, broken
sentences As I repeated the beautiful
promises to hor how her faco kindled, as she
smiled upon us, turning her dear face from
ono to the other. Even as she entered the
river, she said "the sun was shining on it"
She did not shrink. The waters were not SO
cold nor 50 bitter She had no fear, for sho
relied on the strong right arm Of the right
eousness
Moved by sudden impulse, about half an
hour before she passed away, Robbie rushed
to her side, threw his arms about her, and
holding her close, kissed her. She kissed her
boy and tcnderly said
'fON blcsS my Depy.
1t was her last bles sing on earth. "Lord,'
she said in broken accents checked by her
troubled breathing, Unto thy hands | com
mend my spirit" Still sho looked at Us, snli!-
ing, until few moments before the end. Sho
asked for drink Of oianseade, but could not
swallow. "Even so," she whispered, come
quickly, Lord Jesus" Her head fell back in
my arms Like flash of sunlight the bright
white light swept across her face, carrying
away every line and mark of pain, every
stain and cloud of disease, her face turned
upward ana her eyes grew strangely radiant.
"Mothcr!' she called joyous!y as tired child
spin rnS into a mothers arms, mother!
mother" and she was folded in the arms of
the angel mother who passed away when sha
was child Her face Wa ~ white as the
starlight. her radiant eyes were not dim
when We closed them, and for the tr't time
in many years she slept without a pain.
Velvet moses cover tho littlo rlound whore
she 81 cps ard graceful ferns fringcit aroun l.
She rests in the beautiful churchyard Of
ulaint old fashioned Lower Marion church.
II was her own wish, made nearly OF quite a
year ago.
thin! tho angels mast have been glad to
Sc, her come So many Of them had minis
tered unto her, and strengthened her in her
pilgrimage ot suffering and ! know they re-
joicel when she comes to be with them.
Tlo-e was mover so brave, so patient q life,
among men; there could be no life bravtr,
even among women.