Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-11
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my husband again. Ny consolation Is
In memory Airs. inEefsoll.
FAREWELL II this IL the end. then
a noble lfc n this ~ not the cnl,
there Il no world In which you, my
friend. viii not be loved and welcomed
Farcwelll"- Robert q. ingcraolL
No sadder home In America can there
be than the one from which the body
Of the great uEnostic, colonel Robert
@. Ingersoli. was borne TO the crema-
tory nt Fresh Pond. l.. l., Thuudny
There ars let In the Blk castlelike gray
house among the ccdnrs overlooking
the Hudson ut Dobbs Ferry three woe
men who refuse 10 be comforted' For
Mn. Inrcr1oIi and her daughicrH there
o. no star In theft uight N grief
Il was rumorcd that DO Mrs. ingcron
thore had awakened % hope that she
would meet her husband again. that
the hope which supports the Christian
was sustaining her. This proved to be
untrue.
To a question about this alleged
change Of belief she rcplied'
81 have In no way changed my be.
llet ! do not know whether I shah
ever see my husband again, My COM
ISOLATION ~ 90 memory. l have M much
consolation ns any one who IL be-
rcuvod. I know uH much nH thoy 10
about the hereafter II Is nothing
thny were cherries words. falling n9
duly on the heart as clods upon % cpf-
On.
Mrs InrcrH1ll chung 90 hor dead ne
long na the awful process uf dlwulu-
ton would permit He died Friday,
July %. She would not permit the zoe
mains Co boz taken from the house an.
tIl the ncst Thursday ~ had been
arranged that they should be- taken 20
the cromatDry after the funcrul Horv.
Ices. tuesday. but the widow could
not yet bring herself TO- part with
them.
"Guod.by" 81 Infinitely sad when IN,
echo whispers. 'rurnNrr''
Another duy' Let mo have one more
day with him." che pleaded from th"
nnHt. Another day became wcll.nlgh
u week. and then only necessity drove
her to consent ca "a final disposition uf
the body Two days after tho strange
mncrul 1gfylcos=tho roodshy said In
the reading uf the uguuHtic'H last poem.
his "Drrod" and hiH funeral Grafton
over his brother Ebon-thu remains
were taken to Fresh Pond ana cre-
mated. aud then only because nature
would permit mo- further delay
LAST. SAD. HOPELESS VtOIt.
Tho week was one NJ night and tears
mud hopalHgsuosa. when the bud ui
hope hIlHHuWrd fur q moment in Tho
/ hearts Uf thg widow ana her daughters
] 10 WuH hliEhtrd hy the memory of
SOME cold splendid rnillrry from ths
dead man. N some simple uttrrauu'
of faith rang through the chamber ui
memory. 10 was echoed hy the laughter
l Uf the dead.
Mu. lugcrHoll and her daughter acl.
dom lvtt th. room of death. Thry
] watched tur|lhur. and Tor Whrt9 II
/ was longer, luuull1r ana auddHr Nlri
than that vt Mary nc tho tomb of
/ thrlHtl Tor nn angel rolled away thI
ttuuu from that tomb OF doubt. mol
] oven lu their dreams.
Thoy rat hy the Htlil form M a.
l Hhruud amid Doc muHHed tribute NJ How
| co.. They talked OF his lie. NJ hi
| battle fur truth nH he saw H.. ~ hi
l tenderness 60 his family. or his love fol
| humanity. They said that the end WA
] 900 piltully sudden fhey recalled TN
/ doctors attempt Ht comfort lie sat,
/ that 10 the colonel had lived ten year
| longer they would have been years u
! furorIug but mourncra are apt TO thlnl
] that doctors ore mistaken, This wal
. Go comfort what grimncu w TO smile
Whom thcy spoke Uf the sunshine O
] llH nature they were reminded that u
was now night when they spoke Of hli
,IE uf laughter Downstairs EvI
brown. who had been named 10
honor OF her mother and grandmother
auJ whom her grandfather called Eva
90" Third, swung in the hammock unt
SIMS lu childish Ignorance of hur loss
They uut their hands over their ear
CO. shut Vut tue joy that found such dis
cord with thuir woe, Eva had inspire.
hHr rmuitIthUrH most quoted humlly
that uu "LlfH.' The three wgut uuev
ut tur thought
| Little Robert @. lnFgrsou Brown
/ plHWu.el Co by allowed 90 "Ep uuatulu
aud rHy FfuuuuIuu," The tuuuty u
uF wish tore thrir hc1rHtrIugs Thgl
] could uat boar Co uyycA tine myHtgrl
hope tl these little ones. So iu theu
childish Ignorance the babies Htlbugl
anew thv hearts uf the muurncrA
] There W,IH nuWyrH lu the room, Th,
/ blooms WuIu hUHuUl m muuutuluuuI
pruIusiuu about che bier. There was thl
mulued tread o. watcher SERVANT
| tapped lightly upon thH door and lgi
] new hurry Uf the snowfall OF sym
pathetic messages and departed sll
| entity, There were true MOURNING
hearts lu the room uf drlth, ana in thI
rooms below ana boz the world outside
| 10 was like other chambers uf deutl
iu which lay the remains ul the brlllilu
and the loved,
lIut there was "a dinufonco-Buch
sad. chilling, hopeless difference. ~
man OF God brought his message o
hope 10 the chamber door. No Hof
hymn uf faith and promise s0othgd IA
tortured hearts, Not once were npukul
the words, we shall meet again.
Love gilds ne, but 10 makes death IN
darker Il is hope OF u meeting after
ward that makes the burden uf dcutl
vndurlblU, ana the widow and daugh
tors uf Colonel lngrrE0ll have not tina
hope.
So they chung 10 what stood To then
Tor the man. who had been their lUl
% llic, tho old, pale, lrrcsp0nHlyu hguu
by the window,
why can't we keep him with us al
wuyst' they wept, And then sclenc
Eulii You may not" And day b!
day and hour by hour they combatte
every effort 10 take him away.
"unly "a little lougcrl OH Why mus
De go at ALP they said, and the tire
women, weak In their unfalth, had IA
word uf consolation for each other.
II was an awful hour when they lef
the house with the body. IL Wah a bit
Ter hour whom they returned wlth0u
tho small solaCo OF the CHASTITY pres
CuCe, but stronger than "a cable arr
the chains OF uufllth. In tho depth
] % her HuTTuW Mrs. lngeTsol sent ne