Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-12-17
S0RROWFuL SCENE.
An Incident or Travel Tint Made
Hearts Ache ana ~ 90 Grow Moist.
\ railroad Conductor who Would
Not he Bulld0Scd


The following touching incident of
lifc's experiences is related by the
Davenport Democrats Of Friday morn.
ing bright little girl was placed OH
the g. X. l.. 4 l., trim from Kansas
city to Davenport the person who
brought her to the cars requesting the
conductor 10 be very particular aud de-
liver the child into tho hands of no.
body hut certain persons ut Musoatinc,
who would hc ut the depot in TINT city
for the purpose of receiving IL; and the
conductor promised To comply, The
child seemed contcnted enough, and
the passengers near her, Ns well Ms the
conductor, were pleased with her
benuty and brightness, At Fairfield
Iowa. u nicely dressed and handsome
woman, rather dnshing in appearance
entered the coach, and was walking
through it, when the child called To
her: Mamma, oh, mammal The
woman turned and asked did you
speak to me, chldY' And the child
replied "Oh, mamma, don't you
know mol ann your little girl and
then bounded toward her. Tho wo-
Iithil iltItl lllt NlllNl Nv HlIllN ltltElll WI
II moment. and then seemed com.
plctcly accommodating To the
floor, aud clnsping the child To her in
almost Crenzied delight She stated TO
the conductor Tint she was the child'r
mother but had not seen tho little one
for nearly throo years; then he told
her the directions he received when
the girl wna placed in his caro---and
abe begged tho privilege Of riding with
tho child ms far NJ Washington, Ia
which place she was tickotcd. And so
the mother mud child snt together
tho child IN the womnn's lap and arms
about her neck tho whole why. Az
Washington the woman asked If she
might continue 10 Muscntine, and the
conductor gave permission; but before
ihnt city was reached the woman was
IN AN AGONY or TEARS.
At Muscaiino there was SCENE
ns stirring and melting one ~ was
ever presented on the stage. As the
train stopped young mnn and woman
entered the coach, the former going di-
rectly TO the child, Selling her Gnd
rudely taking hor from the woman IN
whose lap she had been riding -scowl-
TO crush her 10 the floor. Then
the child's mother fairly shrieked in
her sobs; Please, Oh please lot me
kiss her once morep The answer was
brutal in its roughness: oh you,
You shall never kiss the child againp'
The passengers grouped around, very
u,uch excited, and the conductor in
terfcrred--"l say she shall kiss the girl
il she wants to; il is her own child and
she may do il, and he put his hand
toward the girl 10 hand her 10
til. mother. Instantly tho man put
his hand 10 his pocket. and told the
conductor TO mind his business or he
would put daylight through him--and
the conductor grfspod him, saying
you take your hand out Of that
pocket, or I'll brain you'll say this
mother shall kiss her child" And he
held the man until the mother and
child had taken long embrace
when the child left her il was crying
as if It's heart would break, and its
mother WINS in swoon IN Il seat.
And there wasn't dry eye in the car.
Ii appears that the parents Of tho child
had separated and now were meeting
over their child for the first time in
years; that the mother had gone into
forbidden paths, or was charged with
doing 10, and that the father had been
granted divorce with the custody of
the child, which had now been sent 10
him by his relatives.
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