The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-05
A LONG SEARCH
OF q Mother After Her Child and
Crazy Sister.

Crazy Sister.
The love vi mother Tor her child sur
passes all earthly affection. so pure. hol,
ard dn-el6sh, it is the nearest approach t.
divinity, in itse>sence, of all mortality. The
love Of mother is true AMI steajfas,, when
al else is wrecked and lost. From the
cradle to manhood, and from manhood "a
the grave, the first. last and ever sweet, So
licitous attendant is the mother. Her love
is unalterabie and undyins-her affection
such that the sacrifice Of life would he
freely made to protect those who are"i thu,
life it. brightest Jewels. Que Of the most
TOUCHING CASES oF MATERNAL DEVOTION
that ever came under our observation has
at last, after nearly year of tireless re-
search, been reward.
Mary Calder l. widow with Two chill
dren--a boy about nine and another boy
about four years Of age. She resides in
Dallas county, aud owns farm Of forty
acres, which affords her the means Of sub
sis,ence for herself and little ones. She has
also had another burden to support-a
crazed sister and her child about three
years old.
Her sister Margaret is the wife Of a man
named Evart After the birth OF her child,
about three years ago,
SHE WENT CRAZY,
and her husband went of and left her. Her
insanity is Of mild type, and she is per-
fecily harmless.
About eight months ago Margaret took
her sisters little boy and horse and ran
of, leaving her own child at home. Not
withstsnding the most earnes, efforts, Mrs.
Calder, could ascertain nothing rs to the
whereabouts Of her sister or her child. At
last she heard that they we're somewhere in
the central part Of North Missouri. Mrs.
Calder and her remaining boy left Dallas
county to hunt for their missing relatives.
She came to Sedalis, and from here went To
Brownsville; from Brownsville she went to
Chillicothe, where she got on her crazed
sisters path. At Linneus Mrs. Calder also
heard of
THE rv6ITIvEs,
and ascertained that they had gone to
Kirksville When she arrived at Kirksville,
Mrs. Calder had found that Margaret had
retraced her steps, and she also turned back.
Near Linneus Mrs. Calder stayed all
night farm house where Margaret had
stopped and purchased an old bay horse for
Sc, having sold or lost the horse she
started from Dallas with. Hearing that
Margaret was on her way TO the river, Mrs.
Calder started at once for Boonville She
could find
NO TIDINGs
of her there. SO she went cut in
to the country around there. She
then went to Marshall and to Browns
Vile, snd between the latter place and
Houstonia, Mrs. Calder heard that Margaret
had got to Boonville on Monday, after she
had left, and followed the railroad track,
making inquiries along the road for the way
to Sedslia. A man named Kei,hley met
Margaret crossing the Lamine bridge with
the horse and child. She asked him the
way to Sedalia, expressing her intention Of
coming here.
When Mrs. Calder got this information
she came ut once to this city, arriving here
i'm November last. She had had
LONG AND WEARY CHASE,
having run short OF money and being COM
PEELED to walk, and beg ride when she
mothers love for her child, and had strug-
gled on with the hope OF soon overtaking
her demented sister with her long-lost little
one.
She remained here two or three days. and
Obtsining some help from the city author
ities, again took up her weary pill
or die in the attempt. From town
to town she went, inquiring for the
lost ono al every opportunity. Sometimes
she would get a faint clue and follow it Tor
many miles, only to find herself on false
scent, and then her heart would
SINK WITH DESPAIR.
But she would ! Ike of the weakness, and
with her little I = trudgins along by her
side, she would start of in another direc-
ton, strengthened by hope and affection.
NJ night, some kind hearted farmers
generally gave her shelter and assistance,
though frequently this hospitality vas de-
MED. and her and her sOn shivered through
the night on the cold ground beneath the
stars, with their miser.es unknown to all
save lie who watches over the widow and
orphan.
At last, after months and months Of an
guish and unfalterIng search, and hundreds
Of weary miles oil travel, Mrs. Calder
FOUND HER CHILD
and demented sister at the house of
farmer near Hannibal The poor woman's
Joy may be imagined, but cannot be de-
scribed. She at once started for home with
her charge, and arrived at Boonville on
Sunday. Although destitute, she feels
wealthy in .egaining the lost one Of her
heart, and the prospects Of soon being once
more united in their humble home is more
than recomrense for all her trials and
sufEerings.
Cold piercing winds and driving rains
L.