Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27
STILL LOOKING FOR THE LOST.
A Mother Who VIII Not Believe her 80"
Perished In Ihe Arctic sea

,ro,bcr Who VIII Not Believe Her son
Perished In lhe Arctic sea.
letter from Springfield, Mass, says;
This city has not lacked share IN tne
sad ROMANCE Of the late Arctic explora-
tions. Several years ago promising
vonpp man here, the only son ot "le-
owed mother. and a general taYorlte IN
social circles, caught the "Aretic teyef;
and AGAINST the protests of his family
and friends Joined one Of the relief ex,
,,sd;tions. For time all went well, but
as has so often happened, the shlps IeIe
frozen in and the men we're torceo 70
take to the ice to make their way out:
On their dreary march to the nearest
station n cake of ice on which the
Snrinoiield boy happened to be was de-
tached from the main toe ana ne W.
carried out to sea. His comrades weis
unable to rescue him and ne oflIleu on
into the darkness, as they were ohiy YOU
sure. to certain death. The renlalnueI
Of the party arrived S"4Al at tner a5s-
> 81. As 500 ee7siole tue
! ne news = I 2==p 2. =.==zslsssssnls.
to his
fused t. s...-s ~ ~
foitb was strengthened by the arrival.
son,e months later. of a letter her son
bod written her on the Christmas day
orecedino the abandonment Of the ships,
IN which he spoke confidently OF Delng
| With her almost as soon as the letter
raacbed her. AS it had been sent by a
roundabout way across Siberia and Rus
sia tbe DELAY was only natural, but the
mother saw in it q fresh confirmation OF
her hopes. 49,, ,,
The belief had by this time grown
into a monomania, and she determines y.
| to leave no means untried OF ascsftaLn-
ing If her son really lived. Without
fhe knowledge of her family, she went
70 a ''medium" who happened to be IN
Snringfeld at the time and consulted
her rs to the whereabouts OF an absent
friend. Her excitement was increased
NV beino told that the person OF whom
she asked had been cast away III tal
country among savage tribes who hao
nnrsed him tenderly through long
illness: that he was still weak, but wa
On the road to health. Almost beside
herself the poor mother tried IN vain t
convert her family to her belief. tnd
inc, IL impossible to shake her talth
her sons existence by argument, the,
finally tried change of scene and traVei
But while in Boston she once NOR
visited q clairvoyant, VINO, strangSl.
enough. confirmed the statements OF IN
former medium. This one described Il
dramatic terms, first, a young ma
I nicked M in mid-ocean by passinl
; vessel; then a port in distant land
sbins in harbor, figures in strange cos
TIMES moving about the streets, SPEAK
ing foreign language, small nous
near tbe water. in it the same
once more recovering from severe ~
ness and longing for home, but unaDl
to find the means to return to MS o~
OF course. after this second exper
enee. it was useless to try further dive
: sion even had the broken-hearte
woman not insisted upon returnln
! home to be ready in case any new
should come OF her boy. The delnslo
was SO strong that as a last resort d
friends wrote begging the command, !. !,
of the expedition to come to Spflngle
and let the mother hear from his ON
Iins tbe story of her sons disappea
! once hoping that in this manner 81
MIGHT be convinced that he was real
dead The kind-hearted captain can
> ami told the sad story, and for VIII
fbe mother seemed to accept the lneYl
. able But the old belief soon resume
!, its sway. and she is again Watching al
e waiting for tidings that can never com