The Southern herald., 1885-12-05

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q subsissshes being ths pFedaci e Aes ID
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vsts9 q ssasoa, sd tie preosedt e ~
unly sons llfe. whieh waa ofsFsd > williag
saEEihcs o. ths altar q hil ccuauyt
safsty nearly & qusEtsr of = csntury -
Ths ssprocasdsn referred % was q seanay
psnsisn, hut IL ssrvsd . supply her scaniy
Wants. aud as & vas ekad out very frugal
y, q a ed tines served 10 p<ocsre fur
her many li1alsluxurie& 4hs interior q
the little cottaga was > pleiurs q hemely
comfort, and Is neatness and almcst pain
ful clsanliness vas "a sSerstandag
soures of sAAms - ths msEe pFesea-
tlous houses of kr nslghborz =
stood In its own grounds. and around 4
clustered the honaysuekla % aGsracs tie
roaming bee, and ever e roysd The VI
gtnia @esper, the two almost smboWsring
tAs tiny domielle. Is care vas the old
DANES constant smploymsnt. and she wA1
never happy whsa somstking about it did
not require her attention. While its fur
nishment vas simple q was neet aad -
tractivs, and b pass a. hour within is
walls IN conversation with is garruloss
old tenant was . real treat The progress
q years, however, began 20 tell upon the
old lady and 70 alarm her nelghbors lest
some night she might be attacked BY sud-
den illness and die alone. The Grand
Army Post, mindful Of the sacrinos she
had made In giving her son 70 his country,
took an especial interest IN her and her
affairs, and many q time its members
called upon her and insisted that she
should leave her house and and house
where she might live more comfortably.
She steadily set her face against all such
propositions, and 20 irritatsd would she
become when they were made thai
finally they were never mentioned in
her presencs. Some weeks ago she
was persuaded 10 dispose Of her
property. The Grand Army Of ths
Republic members among themselves
raised quite sum OF money, and with
what she had, secured two hundred dol
lars necessary to admit her 70 the Home
Of Aged Women at Williamsburg. She wai
sent TO the home, but in two days she 70.
appeared, TO the CONSERVATION and sur
prise Of her old nsighbors and friends
They did not know what 10 do with her
as she declared that under no cireum
stances would she return TO Williamsburg
Her home was gone, and no one cared b
tax himself with her maintenance He
friends made several trips 10 this city y
consult with the Society for the Improve
ment of the Poor, but they could fnd n
solution to the problem. Meanwhile 81
situation was becoming alarming an,
more complicated, and the way ont n
clearer than at Hrst II remained for th
old lady TO solve the problem herself, an
one morning she appeared with Jchl
Probsrt, an honest, hard working man 1
the Homestead Steel Works, whom she IN
troduced as her husband. This announce
ment was nearly as paralyzing as her re
turn, but IL was more pleasing in its nat
ure, and she was heartily congratulate
on all sides. Mr.. Probert and his wife sci
tied down to housekeeping at Homestead
and As Mrs. Probert is In excellent healt
It is safe to predict for them years Of hap
piness