Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-05-01
life affords is to die young.

When the old are LAID away in the
grave 1t seems but natural and APP
propriate end. When those in mid
die life happen to fall under the
scythe of the grim reaper, they have
at least, been permitted to explore
and share ambitions and experiences
common to humanity if not to carry
them to full fruition.
But when one who has just step
ped upon the threshold of life, with
all its ambitions unsatisfed; with
all the eagerness of youth to live
and to enjoy, and with all the in
tensity Of their nature struggling
against dissolution to face death
at such a time is the extreme of des-
olation. 1t is like plucking the
fresh young rosebud and thwarting
forever the bloom and the beauty
that were just ready to burst upon
the vision
1t was Bessie Jennings sad por
ton to face this condition Dire
disease hung a pail over her life Just
as it was unfolding She fully I'M
derstood the nature of that disease
and its almost inevitable result.
But as much as her youthful nature
chung to life she accepted the mex
orable fate with a philosophy and
courage which few of maturer years
have been able to summon under
such an experience
With Christian resignation. and
even sunny spirit she lived a day
at time determined to make the
most of her allotment. An indul
gent father and kind friends con
tributed all that was possible to cheer
her short span of lite; and a kind
Providence took her suddenly, SO
that she escaped the tedious and
wasting struggle of the last stages
of disease. She has passed to the
domain of another existence, and
may we not confidently believe that
it will be far more exceeding and
eternal weight of joy, because of her
sufferings here?
In the death of Bessie Fleming
fair and promising life has quick
~ finished it's earthly work. We
dare not call it incomplete, for who
can measure the perfect orbit Of any
souls appointed course? bat to our
short sightedness it's looks like
broken arc of life's cycle which else
where if at all must round itself into
completeness. To us who knew and
loved her there is the sense of some.
thing beautiful and precious having
escaped US. Fresh in the charm of
her young womanhood, lowered
with gifts and graces of body and
spirit, surrounded by ardent friends,
cherished by every care that affec.
ton could suggest, Death indeed
found in her a shining mark. Love
~ in person, amiable but spirited in
disposition, forcetul of character.
rich in mental endowment, possess
Jug talent and the energy to EN-
ploy it, awake to iife's opportunities,
sensitive to It's best pleasures and
ambitious for its honors, yet she
accepted patiently and heroically
the defeat or rather the setting aside
of her life plans, still maintaining
brave struggle for health and long
er life-lease Her victory over the
fear of death vas complete and her
trust in the divine goodness i'm
plicit. Her short stay in the South
was happy one, and Hopeful to the
last she was looking forward to a
pleasant summer at home
Like the blossoming and fading
of an exquisite flower, exotic and
fragile, whose sweetness and beauty
have been fed by some secret and
potent alchemy, seems to us now her
young life so quickly passing, so
gently nurtured, so dearly cherish
ed, so sincerely lamented.