The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-22
Death Of Mr. Dodd.

There has nestled for years in a slight
bend made by Chisholm creek, near Doug
las avenue, little cottage home, from
which happiness has fed ind the sun is
shut out.
1t has been the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Dodd. It IS no longer home to any
one, for husband and wife made it that,
and one gone. it has ceased to be.
grove of tall cottonwoods stand SEN
tinel above it, and the maplessand elms
eff the little stream near by. Just now
Haunting their crimson and gold, wind
1t about. Vines trained by careful hand
are upon it and rose bushes and flower
ing shrubs cluster about it. Its spic and
span windows have always CLEANED a
welcome to the passer-by, and It's cosy
doors extended an invitation. This was
Ed. Dodds home. He and Mrs. 0odd
lived for each other. All the charms of a
perfect mutuality in taste, in disposition.
in inclination and mental shading were
theirs They shared an equal warmth for
their home; an equal love for the house
hold pets. The horse was petted and ad-
mlred and cared for with equal solicitude
and attention by each
- S1AC SNAAlAiiCA evenings lIeS sal To-
gether on the eastern porch and watched
the stars come out. In the long winter
nights they together piled the fire high
and watched together the shadows play
upon wall and ceiling in the sweet silence
of perfect companionability.
Last Wednesday morning at O'Clock
Mr.. Dodd died. During his long Illness his
wife was constantly by him. and her
presence was. in some mysterious way, a
tonic, for the nurse dreaded the conse-
quence every time she left the room even
for minute for the absence Of the wife
was Immediately followed by "a sinking
spell. He knew she needed rest and de-
manded Of her that she take 1t. but she
refused and remained by his side until
the last
This man and woman had the gift OF
perfect love. and its altar was their
home. He has gone and left Il bare and
cold, and much as friends extend sym
pathy they cannot bind up her wound or
allay her heart-pang
Ed. Dodd was generally known IN wich-
tia and was liked by everybody who knew
him He was a keen. shrexd busIuess
man always. who watched the markets
closely. was always well-read and up-to-
date in the trend OF events He was
thrifty and successful and had accumu-
lated much
He loved to hunt and admired 4 good
gun and a good dog. and understood
them.
His interest and faith in wichita were
marked He has held property a. high
rrteaS 90 r-aar- haffsr-s--e q E-,--ss~se4.- -.
the city would become great sor7e DAY.
To his friends be viii be remembered
as bright-eyed. keen-raiaded. aIwa~s
neatly dressed. discriminating IL his
judgment OF men and things. and always
ready with a cheerful smile IN greeting
and a wave % TIE hand IN parting. He
was % an independent confident strain.
which would have ed him 70 be success
fuI At almost anything he undertook. he
was bora n GAINESVILLE. Ohio. November
"a ls55 He married Miss Emma Turner
Stephens Aprfl =. ISL at Newark. Ohio
They came n Wichita il Iss4 sFr ard
Mrs. DoSd we're absent from THE city Tor
two years n Washington For years NJ
DodG conducted coraEce works n Fysch-
TIA w1th NJ. Buckley. He vas an expers
N that line. as he voaia have been n
sny line he should hzvs adopted
The funeral takss place this afse-nooz
a. 50 from ths rsss1eacs-
The sy-r1Pathses q The community -
OF, - Mrs. Dodd. and there l. n wichita
q sincere sorrow ever TIE loss q \ sa@a
wao had been sarh = good friend 70 sc
many and such a yasashls factor N she
life CO tie Sitx.