Kansas Women in Literature by Nettie Garmer Barker
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Yet--would we stray to Morning Hills again? Unlearn sad prophecies, and dream as then! Ah, no! with sense of peace the shadows creep, There droppeth on tired eyes the spell of sleep-- We left the dawn long leagues behind, and stand, Waiting and wistful in the Evening Land! The patient Nurse of Destiny, at best, Leads us like children to the needed rest! A ghostly wind puts out our little light, And we have bid the busy world ``Good Night!'' Mrs. Stockton was married twice. Her first husband was the father of her two sons, one of whom, Dr. Henry M. Downs, in his practice, came often to St. Margaret's. The second marriage, as the wife of the late Judge John S. Stockton, was a very happy one. Last year, a brother the only surviving member of |
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