Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-01-17
The ORGANIZES Sleep.

The necessarily brief announcement
of the death of Laura b. Marsh, printed
in the NEW MEXICAN on Saturday e
ing saddened the Sabbath for many hearts
in Santa Fe. Miss Marsh possessed in a
rare degree the shining qualities OF
heart and head that attract and firmly
attach friends, and, during her ten
years residence in1 Santa Fe, had
come to be known, appreciated and sim
cercly loved by all with whom she had
come in personal contact from the humb-
lest to the highest circles.
She was born in Platteville, Wis; hap
PLY passed her girlhood at school in the
beautiful capital city of her native state;
thence went with her family to Sheboy-
gan, Wis. She early began to write short
stories and sketches for her fathers
newspaper that o arrested attention
and gave promise of a bright career as a
writer. Stimulated and inspired by the
sincere praise of her family and friends
she faithfully and %zealously began the
difficult task of mastering the English
language, seeking to know the exact
shade Of each words meaning with as
imuch care as the painter bestows upon
| his colors or the musician upon the
| delicate sounds that are blended into
sweet harmony.
This conscientious and unflagging work
bore fruit i'm a style of writing that was
as delicate and refined as it was vigor-
Gus, vivacious and varied, and, possess
ing rare natural gifts of intellect and
more than ordinary readiness with her
pen, she soon becafhe a welcome con-
tributor to the daily press of Milwaukee
and Chicago.
In the summer of 1881, Miss Marsh
joined her brother in the conduct of the
Morning Herald, at Durango. Colo, and
there she not only rendered services Of
great value as a daily writer, but made
the most of an exceptional opportunity to
study life in a booming Rocky mountain
town, which was the headquarters for
hundreds of miners, cowboys, speculat-
ors and adventurers of all kinds. Among
the results of these studies were the
publication east of numerous vivid
and touching character sketches, and
stories, chief of which were ''Overcom-
ing a Storm" which was awarded a
first prize of $500 by the Youths Com
panion for short stories of adventure.
and a serial called "a Pine Trees
Shadow or the Little Queen of Trag-
edy," which was first published in the
Detroit Free Press and afterwards had
quite a large sale in book form.
The subject of this sketch came
to Santa Fe with hel family in
| 1883. and has ever since made
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much good work with her pen for the
Youths Companion and other eastern
publications, she faithfully and salts
factorily served as clerk in the United
States land Office under Judge Walker
until the beginning Of her long illness
in the autumn of 1896. Since then she
has done a surprising quantity of fine
writing and leaves several manuscript
stories that will doubtless be printed
before long. She spent several months
at the famous White City in Chicago
and her printed letters descriptive
of the Worlds fair are preserved by
many friends in this city.
She loved Santa Fe, and, after she |
realized that all that money, skill and
affection could do for her in Denver had
been done, She preferred to return to
her home here. After coming back last
August she rallied somewhat and seemed |
very happy, but during the past few
weeks she failed rapidly, and, on Satur-
day afternoon, passed peacefully ''out
OF the clouds and mist into the perfect
day"
She was truly q noble woman, whose
integrity of character, fealty to truth
and right, devotion to duty, earnestness
of purpose, perfect freedom from guile
and selfshness, tender sympathy,
affection for her relatives and friends,
and eager desire to do good to all with
whom she came in touch were well
known to all who knew her. The world
is better for her having frightened it by
her presence.
Life, we've been long together,
Through sunshine and through cloudy
IT'S hard to part when friends are dear.
P'erchance twill cost q sigh or tear:
Then steal away, give. little warning.
Say not good night but in some happier
Bid me good morning."
The one peculiarly and unspeakably
bereaved by this mourful event are the
mother and the brother and his family |
in this city; Mrs. George T. Sumner, OF
Denver, the sister who has tenderly +
ministered at the dear ones bedside for
many months; Mrs. E. A. Wilson, an
other sister, at whose house In Denver
Miss Marsh spent much Of last year;
Judge Sumner and Mr.. Wilson; Charles
M. Sumner, q nephew In Denver; Helen
M. Sumner, q niece In WELLESLEY college,
and Mollie Morton Marsh, another niece,
at school in Monroe, Mich.
The funeral will take place from the
home Of Mrs. j. L. Marsh on Manhattan
avenue ut 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
and the precious body will be placed at
rest by the side of the father who has
gone before In Fairvlew cemetery.
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