River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-07-12
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A PATHETIC STORY
IIasly in IIeian,.

Toledo Blade
In our party was an American gentleman.
who was pleased with an abundance of
boys, but no girl, and ht and his wife had
been contemplating the adoption of q girl.
Here was an opportunity o secure not only
d girl, but just the kind of girl that he
would have given half his estate to be the
father of. And so he opened negotiations,
An Irislman who kntS him, explained
to the father and mother that the gentlss
man was a man Of meals, that his wife was
all excellent, good woi1an, and that the
child yotld be adopted regularly Under the
laws OF the state in which he lived, and
would be educated, and would rank equally
with his own children in the matter of in
heritance, and all that, In short, she was
made to understand that Norah would be
reared a lady.
Then the American struck in. She, the
mother, might select gil to accompany
the child across the Atlantic, and the girl
selected should 90 into his family as the
child's nurse, and that the child should
be reared in the religion of its parents.
The father and mother consulted long
and anxiously. 1t was terrible struggle
ON The one hand was the child's advantage,
on the other uateri,al and maternal love.
"God help me, said the mother. You
shall have her. know you will be good
to her.
Then the arrangements were pushed very
btiskly and with regular American busi-
ness-lik5 7shsmehoe. The girl elected to
act as nurse was the motnei5 sister
comely girl Of 20. The American took the
child and rushed ont ton haberdashers and
psttthasea an outfit for her He put shoes
and stockings on her, 3lieh vrsa novel ex-
perience, and pretty little dress, and q
little hat with feather in it. and a little
sash and all that sort oftbing, and be pro-
cured shoes and stockings for the elder
girl aud tid7 7tess and hat, and shawl,
and so forth. And then bs brought them
back. instructing the mother that he ghJnld
leave with them for Cork the next morning
at ] l, and that the girl and chill should be
dressed and ready to depart.
The next morning came aud the Ameri-
can went for his child. She was dressed,
though very awkwardly. The mother had
never had any experience in dressing
children, and ii was a woIder that she did
not get the dress on wrong SHE mp. But
there she was. The mother walled as one
who was parting with everything that was
dear to her, the father lay and moaned look
was up. The mother took the baby in her
arms and gave it the final embrace and the
long, loving kiss, the father took her in his
arms and kis, ed her, AMI the other children
looked on astounded, while the girl stood
weeping.
Good bye, said the American. II will
take good care Of the baby" and taking her
from the mothers arms he started for the
door.
There was shrek, the woman darted to
him just as he was closing the door, and
snatched the baby from his arms.
Drop the child" sad the father. You
cant have her for al the money there is in
Ameriky?'
"No, scr" calculated the mother. half
way between fainting and Mysteries, Il
can't part wild herr
And she commenced undressing the
baby.
Take back your beautiful clothes; give
me back the rags that was on her, but ye
can't have the child"
And the girl she commenced undressing
too, for she did not want to obtain clothes
under false pretences, Tut the American
stopped the disrobing.
Its bad for the child, he said, but
somehow I can't blame you. You are
welcome to the clothes, though"
And he left as fast as he could, and no.
ticed that he was busy With his bandker
chief about his EYES for some minutes
Itmay seem strange, but 1t is a f.ct that
! go 900 gallons more Of whiskey were
drank In Scotland than in Ireland last
year.