Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
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outskirts Of the town of Westyille So
be deaf and dumb, and with "A link
baby, and not able to tell where gbo
came from, and where she was ooin.,
when the train met with that ac,jdpn,f
Its dreadful
A week before this a sonthern-bound
train collided with ffeight-cars. and WAS
hurled down a steep embankment Some
of the passengers were killed, and Int
few Of them escaped without injury. Tho
woman mentioned had her right arm
severely hurt, and was otherwise inipr.
ed, and the fright seemed TO have affect
ed her mind. for, clasping her infant in
her arms, She walked rapidly down the
railroad track, and did not stop until
she reached Westville, two miles distant
from the place of the accident. There
she staggered TO ~ bench under some
trees, and tainted away
Fortunately, two men were near. who
came to her relief, and rs she seemed ia
have no money, and was thus thrown
pauper upon the town, the authorities Of
WeStville placed her in the cabin Of a
poor family, and charitable people pro-
yided for her immediate wants.
But she was mystery to the West
vile folk. Her outlandish dress. the
short woolen skirt, with the queer bod
ice, the strange head-geal, between
cap and a bonnet, showed that She was
Il foreigner The injury to her right
arm prevented her from making any
signs. Even had she been able to eS-
press her thoughts by her fingers, there
was no one in Westville who understood
! the language Of mutes. If any persons
on the train knew about the poor wo-
man, they were among the killed or
wounded, for no inquiry revealed any
| thing concerning her.
The three girls-thc eldest was only
/ thirteen years old-had, been sent BIZ
/ their parents with food to, the woman.
and their hearts were full Of pity for
! her.
How dreadful it must 10 be SO
poorw Nuna Halpin said, with sigh.
And then to be thrown among stran-
GERS. and deaf and dumb besideS,
Isn't it pitiable TO see her trying TO
make misunderstood what she wishes to
sav?n Alice exclaimed. did you see
how she pointed south with her left
hand, her eyes getting SO wild2 And
then. when She found we didn under
stand her, how she Rugged the baby,
and cried rs if her heart would break
On, if we could only help her in some
wnyr'
I'm sure she wants money! Amy
said, solomnly Everybody could get
along if they had money. | heard pa
say that if she had some She could buy
a railroad ticket and go to her friends.
He can't give her amy now, but he says
bv the time her arm is well. he hope he
will be able to help her
My father is too poor himself to help
anybody, Alice said. sadly. But
Girls, do YOU. know | think if she can
oct away from here, She will die. She
does not eat, and she cries all the time
Oh, do so wish we could do something
for herr
The girls walked on silently, Sud
denly Amy cried out in an excited man
ner. "Listen. girls, I've thought OF .
way OF making money. DO YOU know
pecans are selling in Colchester io
twelve dollars q barrel? You know Mr.
; Mills allows everybody to gather TIL
, nuts from his pecan grove, and II W
can ret ahead OF the boys and Of W
t colored people, we have rs much riga
to the pecanS as anybody else. OnlyW
shall be OBLIGED to 20 afternoons an
e Saturdays, No play for us until the nu.
, are gathered.
And there are waInuts in the wood'
besides" Nuna Halpin cried.
shouldn't be surprised if we make eve
e so much money"
''And I'm sure papa would ship thel
Z for us, and attend to all the business
e ANY said. Tomorrow S Saturday
and if you say SO, we will begin riga
0 off.
So the next day the girls began tnei
! work of charity. The colored childre
e in the neighborhoOd were ut the tree
> before they were, but Amy, VINO wa
= very earnest and persuasive, talked
them, and told the story Of the PQ,l
). deaf mute with such effect rs 70 enit
- their sympathies to the extent OF nan u
nuts they gathered that day.
The work went brayely on As 500
j. rs its object was known, other chllaIe
volunteered to help the girls Am
5, who took the lead and understood som
thing of the division of labor, asslgn'
d different parts to her band OF worker
T The large boys thrashcd the trees "H
j then other children picked up the nu
and carried them to the hullers' VINO
! business was to remove the hull oil y
81 nuts.
n None of the young philanthropy
a cared f0r stained fingers, or au{lA,II
n else. and for Che first time they leit V
e pleasure that working for the beHe.4,..
i the needy always brings with IT, ln'
chatted and laughed and told stores
their hearts content
"Whcn did Won come back from y
word. Eddie" asked one OF the sA'
Alvord was u town near which tae ~
road accident had occurred. nv nag +
YOU see or hear there.
II didn't see anything that "oHla )
tarest Won. Eddie Ross answer
e .Wep ve-. do remember sone.ni.
e queer. A tall, strengthening X.
q came 10 The train before we started .
d be smoke such bad English that mo 9
Y ..anIr5 IL understand him But sa
-.. ~, ti,4 t1.tin who. t4I