Editing Carl Ellis Journal February 1929
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Goodbye [[TheStarsAreRight:InactivePlayers#Emerson.2C_Carl|Carl]]. In a few minutes we shall be leaving for the funeral, and I shall have to say goodbye once and for all to a very dear friend. | Goodbye [[TheStarsAreRight:InactivePlayers#Emerson.2C_Carl|Carl]]. In a few minutes we shall be leaving for the funeral, and I shall have to say goodbye once and for all to a very dear friend. | ||
β | <br>It seems as though, in some ways, his death has not been official until now. Not final. In my heart, like | + | <br>It seems as though, in some ways, his death has not been official until now. Not final. In my heart, like Zelda, I have waited near the coffin, searching for some sign or signal, some hint of motion or return. Now that is done with. In an hour, two, he will be placed forever in the vault of the dead. The door will be closed, and it will be finished. |
<br>Let the record show that I miss my friend. I loved him, and he is gone. So bright, so agile, so beautiful in his daring... now I am Daedalus, watching my glorious Icarus fall helplessly to the sea. There is no fault to be taken, no one to blame, yet he went forth for me, for our common dream, and died. | <br>Let the record show that I miss my friend. I loved him, and he is gone. So bright, so agile, so beautiful in his daring... now I am Daedalus, watching my glorious Icarus fall helplessly to the sea. There is no fault to be taken, no one to blame, yet he went forth for me, for our common dream, and died. |