Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11


thought they must be his friends You
oucht TO have seen how the poor fellow
went on, crying and wringing his
hands.
..Maybo ne knew something about our
deaf and dumb woman, Amy cried
perhaps She was one of his friends. o,
Eddie! why didn't you speak up and
tell him about herr"
Il never thought of it once, Eddie
answered land | shouldn't have had
time if had thought of it, for the train
started off before he had finished asking
questions, "
"Oh. maybe when she gets well she'll
he able to make US understand where
She wants to 90, Alice said. I'VE
ought TO have a good lot of nuts by
this time How many have we, Amy?n
I'VE have a barrel and a half of pc
cans already, that's eighteen dollars,
and three or four of walnuts. Pa is GO
inc to ship them next Saturday, and by
that time we ought to have rs many
more. We're sure of forty dollars atthe
least"
But to the delight of the girls, fifty
dollars in gold and silver was placed in
their hands a fortnight afterwards. As
the woman was foreigner, Judge
Wright said She would know nothing of
American bank-notes. So the coin had
been obtained. and long procession of
children filed TO the cabin to give the
money to her, for every child who had
assisted in the nutting felt that he or
she had right to witness the prcsenta-
ton Of 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
ewes 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 q
gesture towards her companions indicat-
ing that twas Il joint present from them
all.
The woman looked at the money in a
bewildered manner, and then with q
strange little cry, threw herself on her
knees and seemed to offer up feryent
prayer
Her next movement, which was rather
an embarrassing one for the children,
was TO seize the hand of each in turn
and raise it to her lips. The boys back
ed towards the door trying to escape,
but she was too quick for them. Then
with her eyes raining tears, she took Il
piece of charcoal from the fireplace,
and, slowly and awkwardly, marked on
the whitewashed wall, Herman Bog
gid, Jacksonville, Florida.
Then followed some words in queer
characters and in n strange language,
bat the woman pointed to the name and
then to herself
Il understand" cried Eddie Ross.
"Shc was going TO Florida, to that Her
man Boggild, when the accident occur
red
ooh, isn't it delightful amy ex-
claimed, clapping 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 further infor-
nation from the mute than the names
written over and over again. "She has
evidently only learned TO write those
names in English, he said But she
wants to 90 to Florida to this Herman
Boggild, and we must send her there. "
A day or two later a southcrn-bound
train took the stranger and her child to
jacksonville. Her young friends ac-
cOmpaned her to the cars, and it was
touching to see her farewell to them On
each head she seemed TO invoke 4 bless
ing, and by signs She made them write
down their names on Il piece of paper,
which she carried to her lips, and then
put in her bosom.
About six months after this, a man,
weI-drcssed, and evidently foreigner
from his broken English, stopped in
Westyille, and asked to be shown the
way 10 Judge Wright's,
II ann her brudder, he said to the
Judge, "de deaf and dumb Mnna you
were so goot to. stop here on my way
to tank You, and de blessed children
who help her am not poor man, and
! want to pay you back "
NO no, my friend, 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 n kind
and worthy act. And now tell me about
your sister. She reached you safely?"
Tears stood in the mans eyes.
She did come safe, my poor sister.
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 send to me by express de
day before dc accident, SO dey get to
Jacksonville safe. vent to Alvord and
dey told ME all dc Germans were killed.
Ach, what pain"
well, it is over now, and she must be
happy to be safe with you.
"Ah, yes!' Herman cried. "She talk
on her fingers about youE little girl, and
all de heavenly, goot children dat help
her She say dey are the angels OF de
goot Colt; she pray all de time for lem
/ cannot stop but one leetle minute be-
fore de train starts, bat, sir, will you
tank de children for poor Minna Herzog,
and for me2 Ach! Colt viii bless dem,
Tor dey began to do well early, and with
all dere strength.
The children the following winter re-
ceiyed several barrels of fine oranges
from NfiDuo UarZocr and Herman Boo