The Red Cloud chief., 1881-12-29

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On West Thirty-ninth street lives the
family Of Mr.. B. s. DePool. . whole
sale dealer In alcohol The family con-
sisted Of his wife. Mrs Elizabeth De-
Pool and Tour children. the youngest OF
whom was 3 little boy Of five years Of
age. named solomon II Was decided
= few weeks ago thathe was old enough
TO scnA to school this fall. and accord
ingiy on the r~eopcning OF the public
schools last Monday he was sent TO the
one on Fortieth street II was arranged
tha, \ girl who attended school should
call for him every day going and CON-
ing therefrom. Accordingly On Mon
day morning she stopped At the house
and took the little fellow TO school AS
IL happened. the class in which Solomon
was placed was dismissed before the
one TO which she belonged, and the re-
suit wss that when she called TO tsks
him hope she found that he had a.
ready left with the rest OF the little
scholars She hurried to Solomon's
house and tearfully inquired Of his
mother il he had reached home. To
her dismay she found that he had not
The mother. frantic with grief, when
she heard what had happened waited
not TO put on hat or wrap, but dashed
out OF the house, attired rs she was in a
calico dress. in search Of him. She in
auired of the neighbors If they had seen
ANYTHING of her darling boy. and being
informed that they had not she sought
for him everywhere. Her relatives
along the street leading to the school.
and in fact every place she though; i
possible he might be. werc'visitcd. As a
last she went to the station
house on Fsrty,seventh street, between
Eighth and Ninth Sergeant
Frink who was atthe desk vas bexOyfght
for intelligence of her lost child in tones
so agitated that she could hardly de-
scribe him or give her own name or
address. Sergeant Frink vas visibly
affected by her III and begged her
a room where there were a number OF
lost children. She tried hard to do so,
50 great vas her eagerness to see as
soon as possible il her boy was among
the stray waits. and had, to all appear
ances, succeeded. when the door was
opened for her leading into the
where the little ones were. But the
moment she caught sight of her beloved
boy, who was, indeed. among those
present, having been found wandering
in Fifty-ninth street, she lost all o
troll of herself. %Shrieking: My child.
my childr" she ran to meet him and
clasped him to her breast, almost
smothering him with kisses and weep
ing with Joy. Sergeant Frink asked
her il she had not better wait a few
minutes at the station house until she
had regaincd her compOsure. but she
answered that she wished to reach home
before her husband should return from
business. She therefore took little
Solomon by the hand and walked down
Forty-seventh street toward Ninth av-
enue. Just as she reached the corner
she was seen to clasp her hand to her
breast, staggcr and fall backward to
the pavement. Passers-by rushed to
her assistance. thinking she had
swooned, and a crowd soon gathered
around. Her face wore an expression
Of intense suffering, her complexion
was of a grayish hue, her teeth were
set and hands clenched. Efforts were
made to bring her to by the by-stand-
ers, who knew not that she had died
almost before touching the sidewalk,
and that she wa now beyond the reach
of human aid. Finding their cndeav-
ors to restore animation %unavailing and
fruitless, word vas dispatched to the
station house of what had occurred.
Sergeant Frink had the body conveyed
thither, and information of the event
was sent to Mrs. DcPoors residence.
Shortly afterward MIR. DePOol and his
son reached home only to find that the
wife and mother they had leftin perfect
he 18th a few hours before, and hidden
good-by with a smile on her face. was
now lying cold in dea'h at a station
house. They fastened to the place.
stopping on the way to bring their fam
ily physician. Of course nothing could
be done by the latter. and the husband
set out to obtain permission from Cor.
oner Ellinger for the removal of the
side of his mother until his return.
1t is believed that the excitement under
which she was labOring while in searth
of her child aggravated the form of
heart disease from which she was
doubtless suffering. and was the cause
of her decease; Or. that the joyful re-
action from the terrible mental strain
she had undergone before finding her
boy had burst one Of the blOod-vessels
connecting with the brain. and so caused
her death.
Mr.. DePool stated that she was aud
had been in perfect health up to the
day of her death. and had never been
known to have any affection of the
heart. She was %thirty-four years of
age, of medium build. and very pre-
possessing in appearance and manners.
Meanwhile, the innocent cause of this
sad affair is rs yet unconscious of its
fatal termination. and wondering where
mamma is. He is too young to be
able to relate what his mother said to
him, If anything, Just before she was
stricken down. Whether she felt some
premonition of its being about to occur.
andswss hurrying home before death
could seize her, can therefore never be
known.-Ihladeiphia Press.