Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-16

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Minnie and Minnie's Mother.
A poor and respectable woman OF Au-
gusta, Ga, Is in quandary, and when
the moralists, and philosophers, and phil
anthropist to help her out. Her case
may be briefly stated. The woman has a
drunken, worthless, vagabond husband,
who deserted her two years ago, and wan
dered away to parts unknown, taking
with him their only child, then not quite
three years old. Minpie was an uncom-
monty bright, curly head, and could not
fail to attract attention whenever she az
erless to follow her husband and child
She was naturally very much distressed
and anxious about the tate Of the child
in such hands. But she could do moth
ing but wait and listen. She first heard
OF little girl called Minnie, answering
to the description of her child, in New
Orleans. But this Minnie appeared to
have parents, and was we'll provided for
by them. They were travelling people,
rcputed wealthy, and were staying at a
hotel. But Minnie's mother was too poor
to make the journey in search Of her lit
tie wanderer. The lady and gentleman
and Minnie finally disappeared from
New Orleans This was at the close Of
the winter. With the migrating birds
they had probably gone North following
up the spring.
A few days ago the bereaved mother
heard another voice that told her of her
darling Minnie. 1t came from Aiken,
s. G. The description was of little girl
with glossy, curly hair, dark sparkling
eyes. and skin as fair as hly-a little
beauty Of five years, answering to the
name of Minnie. She was living with
stylish people in SPLENDID country-seat
near Aiken. The mother could bear the
agony of suspense no longer. Some of
her friends who knew her story and sym
pathized with the impulses of mothers
heart, aided her, and saw her off for
Aiken. She found the family and Minnie
and that Minnie was her child. Bette,
stil1, or worse as the case may be, Minnie
knew her mother, and their meeting, at.
ter painful separation of two years, was
humanizing spectacle. There could bc
no doubt that the poor woman and that
child of luxury knew each other. What
next? The child's story is told by he,
protectors. They were gentleman and
lady Of fortune Of New York, and child
less. They were travelling for pleasure
and made Memphis, Tenn, stopping
place. Here the lazy happened one day
to remark to her washt r. woman that sht
had long desired to adopt some hand
some child, as care and companion.
The woman had child in her charge
who had been left with her by man OF
whom she knew nothing, except that she
had done washing for him. He had DIS
appeared, and she had never seen or
heard Of him since. Minnie was pro-
duced and suited the lady. The couple
adopted the little girl in Memphis, and
at length pursued their journey to New
Orleans. Finally they returned to their
home in New York. Last fall thew went
to Aiken and purchased an elegant water
residence there. And Minnie was the
love and center Of that home when her
natural mother found her. Minnie was
bright, beautiful and handsomely attired
her mother was coarsely clad, and on her
worn features were pictured privation
and pain. With her adopted parent Min
ME would be educated and become the
heiress of million; with her mother. she
might become, what?
The gentleman and lady are so well
convinced that the mother has found he1
child that they are perfectly willing tc
give up the little girl it the mother insists
upon it, or they are willing to keep and
train her as their daughter This is the
question the mother has to decide for her
self, and yet she cannot do it under the
imposed conditions.
With the adopted parents, the child
must be brought up to know no other
mother than the adopted one, and can
have no intercourse with parent or any
blood relation. The natural mother car
never see her offspring again. In other
terms, she must forever abandon hel
child, and the. child must be weaned
from her memory. Or she has the pri.
vileege of taking Minnie back to poverty
and toll, and pinching want. There is nc
other alternative or compromise and tine
stipulated conditions are certainly Just
!hey are equally hard tor both parties
tor the adopted parents to lose the being
they had built their hopes on, and for thu
mother to break her ties of blood for the
problematical benefit Of her one darling
Negotiations for the settlement of this
puzzling family question are still pend
ing: and it presents a mothers dilemma
of avery remarkable character. Minnie.
adopted parents offer special induce
ments to the mother to decide in heir ia
vor by treating her with great kindness
bestowingg upon her presents, and offer
ing to aid her in various ways. For Min
ME they will be the friends of both, will
out her, the acquaintance ceases forever
How should the mother solve this prob
lem of love and duty?
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