The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-08-12

with bleeding feet and . hungry nesl" "no
shall condemn her faults or paraoe . sof'o"
full failingsl
Mrs. Bland is still living near Guiseley, and
wss anxious to see her, though knew maj ner
mind was well-nigh gone, and nothing was 10 Dc
gained by the visit. Those who naa KNOWN ner
in other years told me that she was an utteriy
uninterssting person at best OUT "anseo 70
see her, nevertheless. Her home Is IN 2 suo9ro
called Yeadon, and the house Is . IItle orlck
cottage, ono OF four, standing on what was
called Swain Hill. am sure l do not Know
whv il was called any kind OF q hill, on. vent
on to the last of the four houses, 10 WHICH MRS.
Bland has been living for the past lew ears.
She Is hardly responsible 10. : inch ~ ,h.t
visit She is a wreck. drifting until the toe
comes in that will wash her out TO sne e1ernity
beyond our human horizon.
Mrs. Bland il a tall, spare woman, perhaps
pretty once, when her eyes were bright and her
comnlexion good. but the face one sees now ID
gray, and grim, and cold. She bad q iadeo-out
look, and an air that made me think OF tneatri-
cal tatters in every sense OF the word her
voice was harsh and vulgar, ano ner manner 30
superficial that it would require much more &C
curate knowledge than Gallon mas gwen
as in his study of .Heredity" to under
stand the reasons for relationship between
this woman and her daughter. Aoeialoe Neii-
sons soft eyes looked down upon me IRON pno-
tographs hanging on the wall. ana = po.'"e.or
aOE q %
noted the ill-shaped form OF her mother; A re-
mark that was once uttered by Miss Nelison was
recalled as l watched with kindly feelings this
-pitied woman. my Ire was once
been talking with her of her triumpha under-
stood it better, and also the woman WHO maze
it, after seeing her mother.
1t will be remembered that Adelaide Nelson
was for fourteen years the wife OF Phillip Lee,
aud that the earlier part Of her .s. % sss father anS "o Of
her husband, the Rev. Mr.. Lee, Stoke brqen.
Northamptonshire was deeply attached 10 her,
and that her summers were spent VIII Dis lam
lily at their pleasant PARSONAGE home, l tried TO
Of them. mo" Had she ever met her
daughters husband7' She shook her head, say
ing, Adelaide was an angel upon eartn, put
she il dead The woman who lives Vith her
ventured the remark that she scanned TO 1ninka
great deal Of her dausnter's death. but she rarely
spoke of her other children, all OF whom were
dead save one son. The friend with me observed
that airs. Bland had never been TO ner usuRn:
ter's grave, and the woman added that this was
true, and that she did not go to the funeral. !!
learned that the mother never received any OF
the souvenirs given her celebrated daughter In
various parts of the world, and that sne mao rev
reminders Of her later life. She treasured the
little dresses that her daughter wore as q child.
and also q hat and q pair OF shoes which were
hers in babyhood-
soon realized that I knew more OF the career
Of the actress than did those from whom l was
trying to gain information.
The visit was painfully disagreeable the sur
roundings stifed me; l felt that l must leave
that stuffy, garish room, and be out under the
trees and hear the birds sing again. 1t was all
sadly disappointing, and for a long time felt
depressed and miserable. Then my thought
flashed to that fowercoversd grave in Bromp-
ton Cemetery. within sound Of the roar OF Lon
don, and / was comforted, knowing that with it
all-life's shadows and sunshine-shs had done
forever, and Gifted and Beautiful" she was
Resting" LAURA q. HOLLOWAY.