Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-14
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is apPoizrDsasS siia rorp= o. well
tEa57sd servants. and : mistress that
Eol1 have gr1esd the home q the
Eost fzstz35o1s cg1z0 sssar Of fem
ains be49tT and #Orth- We beezn.
t2st friends II CBcs-tAis peiE;s h-C-
nstts and mEszlE To her Invalid
child Eas 10 ssss str0ngly attached
wondered often WY the mother was
alWEys roosd in the deepest mourn
ing That she vas 3 EidoE I kreE:
but That her bereavement Ess Of no
recent date b2d learned b. chance.
from tie little one Eka N mentioning
Lsr father. tod IL quantity she had
B4TsE knoHa hIm- that be had gone ID
. God before tie fairies gave her 70
ler MAMMA
! asked ms father If he could soivs
TIE ye1at o2s mystery Of thoss sable
garments
On, res" he answered. 4 believe
can Il = but the fancy Of : loving
woman's heart thai ssss ia the sonbre
hBe. . reflex Of the grief that knows
no sOlaee- SeTsn years ago Der hus-
band Persbed 10 storm that
wrecked the pleasure racht in
Eaiea fBer we're cruising. She herself
escaped death b. the miraculous
iuleTpos ton Of Providence. being
caught Is passing steamers crew.
- sac drIfted By them elinging to !
broken plank Size was carried aboard.
but lost consciousness. as the rough
but kiBdlT hsnds drew her from her
walery bed FO- months she Law I'll.
nigh 70 death. her mind = bank When
a. length the skill Of the experts in tie
Retreat for Inc Insane 10 which she
had lsseE conveyed effected the rsstor-
alton u reason, she learned through
the columns Of an old Herald that she
alone survived that fearful gale. 4
few weeks later q newborn babe Law
upon her bosom Miles from the
scene OF the difasLer. 10 q strange land,
little Ada was born Mrs. Elliott
does not know. as DO. that official
q TaIfH - h
ed her death some three DAYS after her
husband = The occupant Of the bed
oext hers in the Insane Pavilion hzv-
ing died, and the name odly enough
being the same as her Own, it was m
mediately taken for granted thai the
deceased was the victim of the Yacht
disaster.
The northern climate was not suit
ed to Ada's delicate constitution. For
this reason Mrs Elliott came south
aud opened . small select boarding.
house for the maintenance Of herself
and little one So popular did this be-
|ome under her management that she
Was embroidered by the success Of her
humble beginning TO remove to this fine
dwelling And sou zee what she ac-
complished hers.
she wEs @E first love, Eunice.
Years before | met your mother.
knew and iOyed Edith Lzttimer; but
sic gave her hand and heart to my
ehum, George Elliott. and ] went
M way with sorrow for my loss. and
gladness for tue happiness Of the two
80 dear 70 me. would make her N -
wife nowi but she IS true to the mem
orr Of her husband, and frankly SAYS
taat no one can ever Be as dear TO her
as he. Il Is sad. this linking ones
selt with those that are gone; but it Is
Ike woman's eonstaHcy; and | am
not the maa 10 press a suit know il
vain. "
After hearing this recital believe !
loFed Mrs. Elliot more than ever
certainly felt deeper sympathy for her
or et Her devotion to her child was
touching in the eatre me. The little
ereature-s cripple from birth-seemed
700 fragile for this earth. Her deep
blue eyes looked out wistfully at one
from amidst mass of fluffy golden
eurls. So patient, SO loving. who could
kelp being drawn towards her2 | was
With her day after day. reading some
UIAEht LAiSs VI ldlkiBG 20 0eT OF the
birds the flowers and the bright blue
sky; but best of all she loved to hear
of the sea where the waves, in their
silyery tones, sang a requiem over the
+ grave Of the father she had never
known. and she would press her lips
70 the miniature that hung by golden
I thread from her neck. and murmes
words Of love to the handsome man
whose image it bore. She would sii
for hours by the window where we
/ placed her and watch the shifting pan.
I oramo of busy people in the streets be.
low. And when some sprightly little
elf would dance by in childish giee Ada
would draw her mother gently to hel
and kiss away the tears which cloudeC
he brightness Of those dark eyes. for