Telegram-herald., 1890-08-13
AFTER The BURIAL"
DID lD0 ~ WHOLE DUTY BY TaE
DEA02n
PATHETIC scene At TIE MORTON
" Elsctro-0zoae-"l hogl5 G.s All n,
income from Dfesmland for hsr
R1se-leaf Palm en- NJ
Caeek."

Somewhere Vut IN the night 4 deep
toned bell Was r.ng.0g. ASIDE from
that and the ehWp of a cricket under
the Tree Ia the garden where We had
50 often walked together, the night was
sal as death itseif. still Is death! I
sal down in the seat she used to occupy
there on the porch and wondered II
anything could ever be as still As that
poor, pale, wasted face / had Just left
IN the room beyond.
Then the children called to her IN
their sleep, and / went IN 10 Quiet
them. Everything was in its accus-
toned place. There were the books
and the music She had loved best.
How toe words ot she songs came u me
as / wondered whose lips would repeat
them next. / had heard somewhere
tnat note OF mul once lifted ia alr.
never lost It's strength or sweetness,
uat clrcied on about tne earth forever.
aud / wondered Il I might be spared
long enough-aO matter ~ what dreary
place Or under what eyii circumstances
to near her voice IN those songs again.
Perhaps II was ali nay fau.t. That
Was the bltterost thought OF all. Death
j. never tree from rvproach 10 the lly-
ing. VINO can say 'that he has fully
done his duty 10 the poor, wasted day
winch can never seek as care again.
! had seen the daughter loved best
dle before my eyes. How many faith
ers can say That and not think that a
Little more care and attention might
have saved her! God knows ! would
20 out into the world bcggar only 20
have the opportunities [ care for her
and 10 bring her back 10 health that |
had once. Ii Is only q lew months ago
tnat she rOmped 1t nay side IN all the
| perfect bloom and strength Of youth.
Why didn't ! give up everything bat
her when that fatal cough and that
lreacherous feeiinS OF languor came
| upon her? How many deso.ate hearts
since the world began nave stood beside
coffin lids and darSened the future
with the awful doubt that, but foI
neglect, the dead might have been
alive? IL was too late. The moOnllgh
that rested upon her cold face that
night would shine upon her grave when
It rode high IN the heavens again. she
is alive Oh, yes; believe that. 1t il
the fathers heart that is dead.
"Let me Tn nix calmly how il came
about. There VAS no pain, but she
came TO my arms oftener and said that
she was tired. Then the soft. rosy
flesh faded away, and one day--Eow
| shall | ever forget tive found heI
lying IN her chair with a stream of
blood Oozing from her white hps. Then
| the doctors came. Curse them. Other
fathers daughters have been cured.
Why didn't they cure mine? There
were costly consultations and oceans OF
costly drugs. Then they prescribed the
all OF Italy, the air Of the Mexican
mountains, the air of the uplands oil
the great west. And while they pres
| cribed my darling died. Why. here in
my hand tonight ! hold paper thai
might have saved her life. How could
those doctors expect to save her witt
| their drugs? The deadly germs of dis
| ease were even then at work IN the del.
icate structure of her lungs. The,
knew that, didn't they? They knew
too, that in all the world there is nc
known climate that will destroy The
| germs of consumption. Why didn't
| they tell me the truth about IL? Why
didn't they tell me that modern science
had made from the air itself, and from
the currents of electricity that arc
everywhere around, us a perfect rem
edy that would have saved my home
from being desoiate? Perhaps they
didn't know. Probably they didn'
care. Electro-ozono is perfect cur,
for consumption when taken in time
Why didn't know 1t? | saw the name
often. Why didn't | read about it at q
time when the reading would hav,
kept this horror of self rcproach from
my lifeP'
1t was at the Morton House that tn,
| story was told. The narrator had Ions
been known 10 his associates as "A sad
dened man, although on the road h'
endcayored to appear as merry as IN
travelling companions. He told tht
story with one Of the publications o
| Dr. J. {. Kcunedy's new method cur,
in his hands, and the reporter, listen
ing, knew that the stricken father hefor,
HIM was not the only one ourninl
for loved one who might have beer
| saved by electro-Ozone.