Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-21
A SAD ENDING.
Leona Smith-Ains1ie Died at the Home
Of Her Parents in this City Tuesday
Morning.

Leona Smith-AinsIie Died at the Hons
Of Her Parents in this City Tuesday
Morning.
Nothing is so certain as death
yet we hope and plan and built
and The inevitable visit Of rh
d. Angel Il dS no plsc i,
nur calcula'inns. When tn,
finai summons comes, whether i
be i'll the morning of life or III,
evening of old age, some ambi
ton is blighted, some mission un
fulfilled %,s
When Leona Smith stood a
the altar with George Ainslie or
that bright morning last March
she was the picture of health anc
youthful vigor. At the close O.
the marriage ceremony, when the
happy couple passed down the
aisle Of the church, all present
commenced upon the beauty Of
the bride and spoke with pleas.
ure of she bright future in store
for t:'e1n who had just been wed.
Al, Gov al j., X lie " and admired
the sweet little woman who was
leaving them, apd they L. >jo;ced
with hor in her happiness. Tneir
fe1vent "Godspeed," followed
Mr.. and Mrs. Ainsl1e on their
wedding tour through the Old
World, and a hearty welcome
greeted the loving pair upon their
return to this city little less
than a month ago.
All had been sunshine in their
lives; all pleasure and happiness.
But, oh, the grief and heartaches
and tears that were SO soon 10 fol-
low! How sudden the transition
from joy and hope and fullness of
life, to sadness and dispair AID the
coldness of death! The echoes
of the wedding bells were
drowned by the, tolling of the.
funeral knell.
Mrs. Ainslie was not we1l.w hen
she arrived home from that
fatiguing journey that took her
through France, Italy, England,
Germany, Austria aud other
countries of the Old World.
Friends deceived themselves into
the belief that rest and quiet
would restore the vitality that
had been sapped by this tnesome
trip. 1t was not to be. DR..
Aiuslie left his bride in the care
IF loving friends and went to
Portland to prepare his home
and arrange his affairs prepara-
:ory to ayaiA taking up his pro-
ession. A week before her
leath, Mrs. Ainslie complained
If feeling worse and her husband
vas summoned from Portland.
physician was consulted but
lie found no alarming symptoms.
Her condition remained much
he same until last Monday morn
ng, when her malady developed
nte peritonitis with alarming
manifestations. Three physi-
.ians, after consultation, an
lounced that the only hope lay
n an operation. DR.. Mackenzie
vas summoned by phone from
Portland and he arrived by special
rain that evening at 6:3o O'Clock.
An examination convinced him
hat the knife must be resorted to,
md at 7 o'clock the operation
began. The patient rallied, but
ler vitality was not equal to the
shock, and death came at two in
he morning.
During the funeral services,
which were held at the family |
lone in this city Wednesday |
lfternoon, all the business houses
If the city closed their doors.
There was not room in the spa
,ious house for all who came to
oay the last sad tribute to the
memory of her who had been so
riendly and so kind to every
acquaintance, and many stood
lpon the lawn with barred heads, |
while the grayhaired minister
poke words OF consolation to the
,rief-stricken relatives about the
,ier.
The services were simple and
Impressive. The quartet, COM
posed of Misses Spang1er and
1olgate and Messrs. Hetse and
oritchard, chanted "The Lords
orayer;;' Mr.. Herse sang sweetly
Thy Will Be Done" and after
prayer by Rev. Carrick, Rev. DR.. |
:. ]. Thompson spoke of her who