Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-06

day. SAM them..t toss and smoan. In de-,
lirium, gave them soothing medicines,
smoothed their feverish pillows, ever
! whispering words of comfort and cheer,
and when all hope was gone still held
their pallid hands and closed their sight
less ewes without a tear. On the dav
after the last one was nuried she fought
two simn1e ouquets of pinks and ferns.
and taking them to the cemetery placed
them ON the graves of her s.babies,"
as she was in the habit of calling them.
he following day her pilgr mage was
repeated, and the next and the next and
the next. Her hab is were so regular
that no matter how cod or how warm
it was or how many stayed at home on
account of the weather, the conductors
of the Egleston Square line of horse
cars felt sure of having at least one
made early in the forenoon, and after
she had finished this duty he would
wander around on the various streets of
the Highlands, looking at tue children
as they romped and played, and asking
every one she met if they had seen any
thing of her babies. After removing
the old bouquets and replacing them
with fresh ones, she would make a cir
cult OF the burying-place and hen walk
down Washington street as far as bud
ley street. Then insteat of going home
she would turn up Warren street to
Grove Hall and return by the way of
Blue Hill avenue. p ering anXiously in
to the face of every little girl she saw,
and asking her if she ad seen her Hat
tie and Mamie ''ty Mamie had hair
like yours she said to child in IN
throp street, curling her tresses fondly
on her fingers and matching them with
lock which she held in her hand;
''but hers was nicer than yours; see. it
is as fine and yellow as threads of gold.
I have lost her somewhere she and my
other baby Wen away week ago and
more, and want them to come home.
You looked like her when first saw
you: but your eyes are not so bright,
nor y ur hair so fine. ! don't want to
trouble you any, but if you see my ba-
bies anywhere will you tell them that
their mo her is at home waiting for
them? Their books are on the stand.
and their supper is growing cold; tell
them to come at once, for l know they
will catch cold. Thank you, dear, I
know you will not break poor moth
er's heart And, kissing the surprised
child, she went on as earnest as ever in
her fruitless search.
When the City of Columbus disaster
occurred she appea ed deeply affected,
and followed the newspaper accounts
of its hor ors with an interest that
seemed strange for person who had
no friends among the passengers or
crew. In addition to her usual peram-
bulation of streets and daily visits to
the cemetery she called at all the I'M
dertakers' rooms and at the morgue on
Grove street, asking if they had found |
the body of her husband.
al know he is dead she would say,
"but l want to see his face and know
that he has decent bur al. If my ba-
b es only knew that their papa was dead,
they would come home and comfort
tie poor mother and never run away
again.
1t was after the disaster that she be-
gan to buy three floral offerings and
take them to Forest Hills instead of the
two she had been wont to carry, and,
although she n 7ver gave any eXplana-
ton for her cond lct, everybody knew
that the extra bouquet was for her hus-
band, whose loss at sea SIX yea S ago this
last disaster mad newly Impressed upon
her shattered intellect, causing her to
believe him among hose who were ON
the City of Columb IS.
When she began to meander the
streets, looking in at e school no ses
and question ng the 2 rls she met in her
mild, earnest manner, res dents along
her route were afraid of her. and some
talk was made of having her arrested
and sent away for insanity; but when
the story of her sorrows became known
this idea was at once abandoned. and |
those wao were most suspicious are now
her plying friends and vie with one
another in deeds of k ndness to her who !
is so anxiously scar hing for those she
will never tind.-Bostoaa Globe. |
Matrimonial Collisions.