New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-30
VARIETY rs TIE SPICE OF LIFE.
From The Lincoln CNcbJ Journal


"As we pen these lines wrote the able editor, editor,
our eyes are rives Of teas and soul Is fraught
with poignant woe gentle luminous H S ar ' nav
died out and is dead forever Gladys swlvelhuHt-
GLADYS, The beautiful, the young Is dead ,.o .,,,
At this uncturc the foreman entered Inc aDc
editors room and Informed him that n short item
necessary TO fiji the last column on the second
page. and tho editor wrote this
We must lave to carry on a6 our r. tbey s
not Forthcoming Immediately. the accounts Will be
placed In the hands Of collector" 49,, A.. .,,
Her life and death reminds me Of the short but
beautiful existence of the flower; born, under smiling
skies. nourshcd by gentle breezes only to Dc CUT on
by the ptlcss wind from the north II seems Ike
an unhallowed dream-that Gladys Is dead but she
f. dDubly dead. I'm that she died 50 young"
Here he called to the telephone, and was Sin In
strced by the MANAGER OF the BrSha oc CO.. or t tb
pany. TO write and print short reading noce LOT tha'
corporation, and he at once compiled this ,
palarc would be very uncomfortable without warmth.
The prudent man Will order his coal OF the Broksslate
Goal COMPANY ms coal Is Tree ron d bso Jus P S
chascis will always receive FIJI weight and having
used this coal once Will buy no other
Then the death notice continued: .
1t was in the morning OF the wedding day the
Der, seemed promise Of life of Happiness to come;
but. the shadows of the evening ha1 fallen upon
death dmmed those tender eyes left the damp upon
her beautiful brow. and all was over ~
Here a messenger boy handed him note He
read f. and taking another sheet Of paper, soon sent
the following to the printers G1Is ,ooo ,oso IN Andy She'll
horn. For several nights the lator had been an
noycd by cattle which broke into his ysr causing
he bought gun end hearing Inc usual racket in the
garden about mdn!Ght he opened the wlndo" OF MS
that he had shot one OF his own cows, which had
brohcn from the stable and wandered into the yard
lie again resumed the obituary
We have watched This young girl grow rom
have watched her when she went by Ike sunbeam,
and marvellcd al her beauty; and today we sce ne
Of death. and our tears cen drops Of blood ebbng
from a crushed and angushcd heart
ard handed him a ma. kcd copy o. = local contem-
rorary. after reading which he rapidly penned the
The scurlllous dish rag which IS published in ar
obscure alley OF thi. town By lopeared eper VINO
with henzlne says that received $50 for supporting
General stitover for the Office OF constable 1t IS
famous famous c which would make Ananas green with envy
were It not for the fact that there people who do
wreck making the charge We do brand it as lie,
therefore, and as lie we will cram It down the craven
The obituary then taken NJ aagin
In this. the dark hour Of our sorrow, we have rho
sweet consolation OF knowing that thr gentle Gladys,
too lovely for the harsh blasts and tempess of earth
Is now where the tear never falls, who're the sigh IS
on the Jasper streets We only hope in the I'M.
certain ftlre when VIC TOO have crossed the waters
OF the river Of death, can meet her there-there
where the chorus swclls forever, and snowy pnions
fan The perfumed air.
fresh slip OF paper, scribbed This:
Genial Tom nrcicht0n Is going about town to-day
with a broad smile, o. account OF hand ONE boz
baby who has taken up his abode at The house. Tom
has the congratulations OF ye editor
Ih'n he wrote the final sentences Of the death
notice
THIS Is indeed sweet thought, yet are stricken
with sOr0w that IN al The weary years II come We
can hear her 70 more. Blu what avail words
We cannot speak tn thoughts that surge through our
brain hr tears fan from eyes the paper before
us and the pen drops from our hand Peace, eternal
peace. the a-hcs Of her VINO is gone"
The days work now done.
iamcsr ead the editor wcarily. 10 the reporter.
"lct MS q over to Pasey Carleys saloon and shake
for the drinks