Spangler's Ghost Writer

[Gene C]

(10-16-2012 08:46 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  You must not forget me now in my sunny home. When joy shall swell your heart, and the welkin is made to ring with the light and cheerful voices of yourself and my former companions, stop for a moment to cast a lingering but bright thought upon him who was life, all life, amidst you; wish him a companion of your festival, and I will feel happy in my exile -- banished, and in a burning clime --

I am impressed by the sentiments expressed compared to the newspaper copy letter John posted. More melodramatic, and not what I would expect from a stage hand carpenter. If Spangler wrote or even dictated this letter, it adds a personality to him that we don't see in his photograph.