Submitted by
Loyd Bishop

IN DEATH

At 5 o'clock on the morning of July the 17th, Fred Elmer Cragin Jr., the nineteen month old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Cragin, died of spinal meningitis. For 5 months the little fellow's life has hung in the balance. Doctors from the first have given little encouragement for his recovery; but a parent's love aided by skilled nursing would not give up and by dint of persistent effort have held off the fell destroyer for 5 long months, at last however, came the day when nothing could avail and the love of a happy home had to suffer one of those rude shocks that fills the soul with inexpressible sorrow and causes it to turn with wishful inquiry toward the impenetrable vale-a shock that brings to us with all its force and fatality-the "fickleness of life", God however, is kind, and time the great arbiter can bind the bleeding heart and soothe the racked nerves and gently turn into new channels a love that would follow the object of its adoration even into the great unknown. If in addition, one is the happy possessor of that faith which passeth understanding, then may the affliction eventuate in a blessing, albeit the grief was well nigh unbearable.
The funeral was held from the residence Thursday at 2 o'clock p.m., the Rev. Curtis, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Caldwell, Kansas, conducting the services.