The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-11-13
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PATHETIC STORY OF TIRE FRONTIER.
How a Brave Woman Performed the Last
Ofices for Her Husband.
Salt Lake Tribune.

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most pathetic story ever told OI
the frontier. She was born anC
bred ia luxury she came to this
city a bride eleven years ago
When, five years ago, her huS.
band decided to move To Fremont
Island she cheerlully gave up her
luxurious home in this city and
went with him. OF course she had
no neighborS. With ne one but
her husband and her little family
around her, with a hired man and
girl TO assist, she lived there five
years. AT one lime she was there
two years and Il halt without leav.
ing The island. When, two years
ago, her husband became too weak
TO ride on horseback she looked
after the stock herself, she attend
ed 70 her house, she taught her
children, she nursed her husband,
and III these occupations she was
busy every moment of her time.
She says she was happy, and we do
not doubt it, Her husband was
falling all the time, but he had
been a long time Ill, and she would
not permit the thought Of the pos
sibllity Of his dying 10 enter her
mind. So 1t went on until Two
weeks ago last Wednesday, when
her husband had a severe hem0r-
rhage Of the lungs. 1t was stopped,
and he said he felt more relieved
than he had for months before.
Or course great p%rostralion always
follows a hemOrrhage Of the lungs,
and so he lay very weak but cheer
full /; Thursday he wanted the man
who had been their faithful en-
plOye so long to take the boat, 90
over to Hooper and get the mail,
as he said he wanted his papers and
magazines. The man, however,
did not 90 until Friday morning.
Through the day Friday Judge
Wenner vas comparatively easy.
He asked his wife to read to him
from their favorite books, and also
10 repeat to him whole poems
which she knew by heart, and 81
the day and night passed away.
Saturday morning he told her what
TO cook Tor his breakfast, saving
he wanted a good breakfast, bul
while this was IN preparation she
heard the signal which she had
prepared Tor him 10 make IN case
he needed her. When she got t.
his side the fatal hemorrhage was
on his lips, and when she hastened
10 give him the medicine that was
always given him at such alime he
mGlioued ii away. She pul her
arm around his neck, drew his head
un her ho,om and asked him If he
loved her. He answered, Yes"
and asked her il she loved him
AT her yes" he smiled, and in an
instant, without a spasm, that smile
was trausfXeI and his soul had
fled.
She was there all alone. With
her own hand she washed and
dressed her husbands body. went
outside and got the board herself.
and stretched it upon the chairs /
beside the bed the girl had such
Il horror OF death that she could
not be induced 10 come into The
room to help her lay her husband
ON The plank. She did it all alone,
and when all was composed she
went TO her children, told them
that their father was dead. explain
ed 10 them a well as she could what ,
death meant, took them i'm and .
them their fathers face A.; =
they all kissed him. and knell and .
prayed beside him. The day wore =
along. and a crea, storm came
upon the lake, 80 that It was i'm
possible for The man to return. It
had always been understood That =
NO signal fires meant that she
needed help, 50 as the night came Il
down she went and lighted those :
fires and then took up her watch
beside her dead. At Intervals 9
the night she would 20
nut and repIeniSh the fires, aud SO
The watch went ON tIll daylight.
All that day passed away. AT
night she renewed the fires aud
inally, at great peril, the man
reached the Island at 10 o'clock at
night. There was no possibility 10
to get a caskel, so the pcor
told the man that he must
rom The boards on The place make
lie best box he could. The man
lelplessly said he could not, but
ilie encouraged him aud told him
he would help HIM. So the box
vas made. From the best a g.
ial she had M The house she with
OWE hands lined The box and ,
liked the pillow for the sleerer's
read.
That completed, the man dug a
rave. The only services for The /
lead was bv The wife and little !
children kneeling around The coffin
1t was moved from the house 70
nd praying. But then what other
ervlce was needed I
As best they could they got the l
10 the grave, the man drove
takes ON one side of The graveani
ropes to them, and that wo- =
and that man lowered The
'ody into the grave. Then she I
vent back 10 take care Of her chill
The storm was 50 iurious
N the lake that IL was n week vi