New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-26

some souvenirs Of her theatrical life. -thca.,o,
printed on white satin for royalty, bouqnr,s W.
princes and priDcesses. etc.,-and, finally nhv9m
graphs OF her last resting Dl ace. fhe noiS"..
remeInbrances OF her daughters professional ra'.s
were told with iast-llowlng tears and so m,'.soi
historical sUbs. " She came TO see me a, os,nfs
she could" she said " aud. oh. how sweet and ia, y
and good she was Once when we were AUD
gether we found great patch Of bluebcli." x ~
ground was as blue as the sky for quite III .ae
them. Stop, mother she cried: must e -'h
those flowers aud she got out and knelt 40
beside them and stopped and kissed them I'm
gathering handful. she said Oh, happy lnnaau
flowers! Oh, happy. innocent lowers and ~!
tears rolled down her cheeks. could NOT ooIss
stand her at all. and said sonnet hing-I bav oniei'
gotten what now. Mother she answered fLnol-
stood up to my knees in flowers on the sfays "as.
felt happy as did kneeing there by ;bnaa
bIucbels those happy, innocent flowers ttat W.
has Just fresh made" "Va
This little incident. combined with the mo,h..,.
passionate tears and the sweet face of .JYjef I'
ing down upon them, made an impression nno. 20
that cannot be translated into words A litass
aiterward, pointing to the gay walls, she sats'
They were done at her request She wrote 10 ms
when took this cottage: DO make the walls rhIs
and bright and have everything as ebeerv ~ a''s
sible Never mind the expense. am coming vs.
som to you, and shall want to find You ny in
pretty home
But she never came. she never CANAAN q.
Door soul continued pass0nately aud then 80
plunged into the subject of the apparently i..r'
plIcable will Of the Kind daughter and wsaI.aa-
artistic. Her structures upon the conduct Of ~
noble residuaTy ugatee should think il uuinst ~
repeat nor an able to agree altogether with ~.
opinion that many express as to the unnatural con-
duct of Misc Nelson or the injustice of her hi.
Mrs. Ban said positively that Miss Nelson was =.
the point of MARI age with him, fact warrant,n,
Der disposition OF the bulk OF her wealth. and rs
annuity left to her mother Is, in village ill.,
Gulseley. most comfortable income. SAY
WELL" said as we drove away, Miss Nelson
seems TO have had happy and tendeTly cared ia,
childhood. l had heard whisper OF something
different
"Tll be bound you heard none so far from .
truth. Mrs. Bland was dressnaker. and made a
bit of money for herself; and when Lizzie Aun Mar
a little one she took pride in dressing her nm.
plenty said she dressed her more like circus as.
than should hev been. Bland was nIyer a man 3,
make brass or to save 1t; they were often at a
pretty PASS for bit to eat. Lizzie Ann worked in
T. Greenbott0m Mills then; but even as mill hand
she Wer strange one she niyer wer seen to laks
rplayl with Z other lads and lasses."
Was it not strange she left her half brother
nothing r
NV friend Strengthened her lips queerly: There,
a why for livery wherefore. There's nobody In
Guiseley will blame her. It's an Ill bird files lts
own nest, and Lizzie Ann sad little to anyone about
things Everybody knew she had to Dut up with I
tnink she aid better by her home than many an.
other would hey done. Sne looked over deal, !
tell YOU"
Was sne long in the mill ~
Not so long. She went to be nurse at Mrs. John
p-s you re neU,ber her, Tor sure you must"
" For sue | 10. Let us 90 aud see her" In
few minutes we stopped at one OF those lovely,
comfortable Yorkshire homes, set deep In shady
sweet old gardens. Mrs. P--had been belle nhea
saw her last she was now a handsome matrOn.
After priy ate recOllectons and chatter, told
ner where | Ead been land i hear her daughter
lived with you before her theatrical debut. said.
Poor girl. yes, she nursed my youngest daugh.
ter. She was good, bright. loving soul as ever
lived. 1t was from this house she ran away when
her home had become impossible to her. At the tms
her mother was away,-l forget where.-prObaby
making dresses for some family, and her step
father-well, we won't name hun From what she
told me, knew 1t was not right tor hor to enter mis-
house again. She came to me one night weeping
bitterly : | am going away she said, far away,
and. no one III hear of me again unless they hear
something wonderful OF me- | begged her to wait
till her mother came back What for 7 she asked
sadly; 1t is no use. | must go; feel IT, Tne
next day she Was missing and nobody did hearo
her again till she took London by storm as Jald.
| remember the day she came back here to see her
mother. The whole village was out to welcome
her and DI. =. you know, took his own carriage
and drove her from the train.
"And oh but she wer dressed T. Queen herself
couldn't new been grander T mill lads and lassee
stood watching for her, and many rough welcome
rough but heartyLshe got IN niyer believe tna5
"She could not have had much money when she
went awayp
"Very little, and very few clothes. | really did
not believe she was going, or would have helped
her,"
"She got into London without q sxpence" said
nv friend Poor lass And she slept e first night
there on q bench IN Hyde Park. lnere noWI 10
think of that kihd-hearted policeman saw her
CRY ing and fetched her home to his wife; ana the
woman took to her bonny face and ways, and got
her somo coarse sewing to dO,-very coarse 1t wer,
aud badly paid; but she managed to live until she
got place III little theatre, just to go on aud
of like. But Lizzie Ann needed only that. II she
got ono foot Z STAIR she was bound to get to Z
top OF it that wer She"
With Miss Nelson's public career | need not
medlle; 1t Is well-knOwn but the incidents of her
childhood revealed to me in such unexpected,
truthful and kindly manner are surely worth re-
peating although they are but another variation
or the OLD story of genius triumphing over adverse
circumstances Those inclined to blame her must
visit Guseey for the key to what seems unkind 10
her conduct, and perhaps they may then stand
with fresh admiration and SORROW by the grave OF
one who died so early and so sadly.
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