The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-16
TOUCHING INCIDENTS.
Pathetic Examples Of Undying De-
ton to Dear Ones Gone Wrong,

Philadelphia Public Ledger. d.
The most unassumilg newspaper para
graph may be filled with moving pathos
If we can read between the lines. The
death of Mrs. Frances McKane, the
widow of John Y. McKane, once the
almost unchallenged political autocrat or
boss of Coney Island, Gravesend and
4Sheepsh I'D Bay, brings to I.,..L a story
of undying marital devotion which en-
MOBILES woranho hi and eXcites our SYM
pathetic interest. for the reason that her
affection was lavished Gpor one who to
the world was little deserving of such
cpnstarcy. McKane was so powerful at
che time that his support of any candidate
or cause was the sure guarantee of ITS
"cc?ss: It is ported that he WAS the
factor that determined a presidential con-
test, by Withholding the returns o. his
district until it was known how MANY
woes were necessary TO make New York
State secure for the candidate of mis-
choice. and then certifying the required
majority, He went so far as to disregard
AT injunction of a Supreme Court Judge.
Necklaces arrest trial and conviction
and final inc trceration at Sing Sing was
a national sensation. Through IT all his
wife refused to admit the possibility that
John Y. McKane could have done wrong.
His place was always prepared for him
at the table. AT night light was KEEP.
burning in his window, ito guide him
home.| said the sorrowing and heart.
broken wife. When John Y. McKane did
return home his health and spirit wreck
ed, his wife gave him the care that might
be bestowed upon a crippled child"
Doubtless some of the most touching
exhfbi ions of wtfely solicitude and con-
.stancy are to be found in homes which
have been dishonored by husbands who
have gone wrong. Mothers likewise cling
with death1ess affection to hayward sons.
The custodians Of our prisons can fur
nish multitude Of examples of maternal
and conjugal love lavished upon outcasts
VINO have lost every other earthly posses
honor friends aAlf-reSDeCt. Hf0D-
erty and fair name.
The vacant chair, the place always pre-
pared at, the family board or one absent
one, the hight flashing on the night to
guide his footsteps home, have deeper
pathos when prepared for those who may
not deserve the remembrance and the in
vitation to come home and be forgiven:
These are elements of a homiy drama.
which arouse our sensibilities and give
an affecting meaning to the endearing
names of wife. mother and home. II
vtve in the other world to which We are
all Fastening, it is the love hich iflumes
the home and bids the wanderer return
1t is a vision of immortality. A great
writer has impresstyely said aid ,o,.o ,.ros
people believe in immortality, because
there seems not 20 be room enough IN
life for so great a tenderness, and 1t is
uncomfortable that the most masterrui
of our emotions should have no more than
the spare moments of few years.
Another heart searching story appears
in the current news. that of a daughter
who journeyed to Washington from the
far West to ask the President to pardon
her father, serving a life sentence. She
was only years old when ner father was
convicted She is now 49, During the
fourteen years every penny was saved
in the family to aid in procuring par
don. Happily, there were mitigating cir
c,lmstances 1t was clearly n case for
clemency, and the devoted daughter left
Washington with the coveted order for
the fathers release. OF course, justice,
the blind goddess, must not see the
stricken families of those upon whom she
passes judgment. She must be deaf. too,
to the most moving appeal but men take
note of these things and exalt the family
affection which goes out to the most I'M
worthy. Truly this is the greatest thing
in the world!'