Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-29
GONE TO HER REST
Little Mar Barrett Released From
her Suffsnngs
LIFE MAS A POEM or BRAVERY
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Mafy Barrett. sweet faesd little girl
xho 80 the PEI q the U. Il A. hone
fsF sixfsaa noaEhs. i dead-slead before
she had hardly kno9n shat IL was 70
hss tier ea-s u one % TIE saflds,-t that
ever cane uithla the notice Of tAs hos
pItsl authorities Three years ago she
Vas brikhEeyed. hght-hearisd school
giri. hsalths aEd happy Only - shs
49, lusl Al TIA age ~hea hfs . eoiored
- ths kalsidossopic dreams q glrlhood
snd xonaan hood. and The ordinary
sorrozs AMI dlsappointmsnts q human
~ ars crushed b. the yivaciEy and
eassrfulness 81 exaberant youth.
Ezthsrless shs vss the IDOL 81
. widowed mothers heart Thea
she met With al accident that
darkenei the noonday gieam OF
her gislish hopes and offered her a sac
rice upoo the altar of agony. By fall
sac sustained an injury 10 her hip from
which she never recovered and from
which she suffered sxcraeiating sorrure.
ffom the daf she met with the accident
she never tK'k \ step For twsnty
months her mother. Who IS a nurse. took
care u her. but The condition Of the lit
fie p4tienf grew steadily worse. Finally
ahe required constant attendsnce, which
her mother could not give. Sixteen
m0nfks ago shs Was removed % the Y.
Is A hone. act ia the hope that she
could ever 1s cured. but that her last
days might be made a. painless as
sciencs and skill possibly couid make
them From the moment che Gu
tered the hospital she won the
hearts u the nurses By her sortitude
aud nanifcst Indifference % the agony
sas continually endured Never a word
20 complaint escaped her lips. As her
suffering iuereased. - did her cheerful
uess. At first she was able to be placed
in a wheel chair aad taken out fOr an
airing: but these PERIODS 81 recreation
became fewer aud fewer. Finally she
became SD weak that she was unable %
he taken from her bed. but she uttered
No complaint The only pleasure she
had ia life vas in the daily visits 81 her
mother. but she was Tar more solicitous
for tho patients Ia the other wards than
for herself. and when az night she
offered her simple prayer, she prayed 10
the Blessed Virgin % inteTcede in be
half q her associates in the hospital;
though their pain Was Tar less than that
- tIe tttt4o sapPia1~ - t0c summer
deepened into fall. the strength OF the
little patient lessened; but her cheerful
ness aud buoyancy remained constant
Zach day saw her nearer 10 that land
where there il no suffering and grief.
Finally the resolute spirit sayered. The
frais and pain wracked little body was
no longer equal 20 the increasing strain.
All night Tuesday she lay just az the
border Of new existence; but still she
fought for life that brought Joy only
- those that loved her. At midday
Wednesday. with scarcely the culver Of
n muscle. The unequal contest vas ended.
and the brave little spirit lied 20 peace.
Her funeral viii 10 held from ST.
Andrews cathedral at ) o'clock this
morning. and The trail little tenement Of
clay Nil DO laid 10 It's last rest in the
catholic cemetery.