The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-04-28

started. but he spoke Sucn bad I'll
gllsh that no one seemed to under
stand him. But there was q passer
ger on the train who, after Will
made out that he wanted to knoT
about the railroad accident. He ha
expected some relatives who hat
come from Europe. The conducto
told him that three foreigners, on
woman and two men, were killed
and be thought they must be hi
frinds. You ought to have see
how the poor fellow went on, cry
ing and wringing his hands"
Maybe he knew something abou
our deaf aud dumb woman" Am,
cried. Perhaps she was one Of hi
friends. o, Eddie why didn't yol
speak up and tell him about her?
Il never thought of it once" Ed
die answered, "and | shouldn't hav
had time if | had thought of it, 70
the train started off before he hac
finished asking questions"
''Oh, maybe when she get
well she'll be able to make US un
derstand where she wants to 90,
Alice said. "We ought to have ;
good lot of nuts By this time. How
many have we, Amy ?"
ave have barrel and half o
/ pecans already that's eighteen dol
lars, and three or four of walnuts
Pa is going to ship them Saturday,
and by that time we ought to have
as many more. We're sure OF forty
dollars at least"
But to the delight of the girls, ,6fty
dollars in gold and silver was placed
in their hands a fortnight afterwards
Is the woman was foreigner, judge
Wright said she would know moth
ing of American bank notes. 81
the coin had been obtained, and a
long procession OF children fled te
the cabin to give the money to her
for every child who had assisted in
the nutting felt that ne or she had q
right to witness the presentation O.
the gift.
The poor woman was sitting in
her usual languid attitude, with her
baby on her knee. and the children
saw she had been weeping. for her
large blue eyes were swollen and
red.
OF course there was nothing to be
said, but Amy, with smile, walked
forward and laid the money in her
hand. with Il gesture towards her
companions indicating that it was a
joint present from them all.
The woman looked at the money
in bew:ldered manner, and then
with a strange little cry, threw her
self on her knees and seemed to OF
fer up a Prevent prayer
Her next movement, which was
rather an embarrassing one for the
children, was 10 seize the hand oi
each in turn and raise il to her lips.
The boys backed towards the door
trying 10 escape but she was too
quick for them. Then with her ewes
raining tears, she took a piece OF
charcoal from the fireplace, and,
slowly and awkwardly, marked on
the whitewashed wall, Herman
Boegild, Jacksonville, Florida" "
Then followed some words in
qeer characters and in strange
language, but the woman pointed to
the name then to herself
Il understand :" cried Eddie Ross.
She was going to Florida. to that
Herman Boggild, when the accident
occurred"
''0h, isn'tit delightful 7" AMY ex-
claimed. clasping her hands 'and
she's got money enough to get there.
III get pa to come right off and see
about it
But when Judge Wright reached
the cabin, he could obtain no fur
ther information from the mute
than the names written over and
over again. "She has evidently only
learned TO write those names in En-
glish." be said. But she wants to
90 to Florida to this Herman Bog
gid, and we must send her there. F"
y day or two later a southern
bound train took the stranger and
her child TO Jacksonville. Her
young friends accompanied her to
the cars, and it was touching to see
her farewell to them. On each hand
she seemed to involk a blessing, and
by signs she made them write down
their names on a piece of paper,
which she carried to her lips, and
then put it in her bosom.
About six months after this.
man, we'll dressed, and evidently a
foreigner from his broken English,
stopped in Nestville, and asked to
be sEowen the way to Judge
Wrght's.
Il am her brudder," he SAID to
the Jud ge,' de deaf and dumb Minna
YOU We're se goot to. l stop mere on
my way to thank you, and de bless
ed children who help her. l am not
poor man, and l want to pay Jou
back"
No, no, my friend,n said Judge
Wright. THE children who helped
her by their own labor-for no one
else gave any money-would be
terribly hurt if you offered to
pay them. Let them always feel
that they have done a kind and
worthy act And now tell me about
your sister. She reached you safe
ly ?"
Tears stood in the mans eyes.
''She did come safe, my poor sis
ter. She lose her frents on de car
dat broke she lose her money, and
| tink she lose her senses little while,
till you help her. Her boxes she
sent to me by express de day before
de accident, so dey got to Jackson
vile safe ! went to Alvord and dey
told me all de Germans were killed.
Ach. what painl"
swell, il is over now, and she
must be happy to be safe with you"
"Ah, yes" Herman cried. '"She
talk on her fingers about your little
girl, and all de heavenly, goot child
rem dat help her. She say dey are
de angles of de goot Gott she pray
all de time for dem. / cannot stop
but one leetle minute before de train
starts hnf. sir will Won tank de