A National Sorrow.
Ilw'tor Macdonatyl. tho soldier of fortune—he who stood amongst us, even here, honoured and a|Jplauded but a few lirLef months) ago — is doad^-dead l>y his own hand — tho hand that battjpd soA faliantiyJ,for Queen and countVy^ Avhat waS^lhe^nature of t.he'cl.oud that descended in these latter . days; • upon the",gallant' annretentious soldier .who •mounted guard ns.v ; a.' private over the tent of Albert RdWard, I'rjnee of Wales, in "India and, but -.recently, sat with him as an honoured yiicst, is to us jtt present ujikirdwti' niur x .€6njecture Knight lead far : frdjn Ihe facts of the accusation \vluc_h wuß brought against hiia lincl \vhich fie wag returning' to Ceylon to Xa.ee, 2t yould nppenr that the cause of the deed which has ended a gallant and honourable career was '''that brutal phase of journalism — especially continental — which -]>j[ays 4svTth fncn's honour and tenderest Jeelipgs and seelts to } rojudgo thorn, simply to make sensational " copy." To the halion, especially tp hi,.s -Jello^-coiuitrjynen 04. tha->tetern h<rrth, the blow .'^alf^be sumtiirig find many will feel disfW>Se<J*io withdraw for a little 't"6 muse ' ■• r "
On 'all he left undone'; And paint upon an idle brain The,- ifubler. coursp he should have
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Southland Times, Issue 19006, 27 March 1903, Page 2
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198A National Sorrow. Southland Times, Issue 19006, 27 March 1903, Page 2
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