The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-22
The Mothers Last Journey.

When the doctor came down stairs
from the sick room of Mrs. Marshall, the
whole family seemed to have arranged
themselves in the hall to waylay him.
"How soon will mamma dit well 2"
asked little Clyde.
'sCan mamma come downstairs next
week." asked Katie, the eldest dsug hter
and the little housekeeper.
"Do you find my wife much better 2"
asked Mr.. Marshall eagerly. He was Q
TALL. grave man, pale with anxiety and
nights of watching.
The doctor did not smile; he did not
even stop to answer their questions. II
am in great hurry" be said, as he
took his hat. 81 must go to patient
who is dangerously ill. This evening I
will call again. I have left instructions
with the nurse"
But the doctors instructions were all
concerning the comfort of the patient;
he was discreet and silent. The children
playing on the stairs were told to make
no noise. The day wore on, and the
patient slept and was not disturbed. But
that night, before they went to bed, the
children were allowed to go in and kiss
their mother goodnight. This privilege
had been denied them of late, and their
little hearts responded with joy to the
invitation. Mamma was better, or she
could not see them. The doctor had
cured her; they would love him for it
all their lives. She was very pale, but
smiling, and her first words to them
were: II am going on a journey
"A Journey" cried the children.
"Will you take US with you?"
"No; it is too long tourney"
Mamma is going to the South" said
Katie; "the doctor has ordered her to
CO."
: "I am going to country more beauti
full than the lovely South" said the
mother, family, "and | shall not come
back"
"Are you going alone, mamma?"
asked Katie.
aNo." said the mother, in low low tre%. M,
Physician is going with me. Kiss me
goodbye, my dear, ones, for in the morn
ing, before you are awake, / shall be
gone. You will come to me when you
are made ready, but each must make the
journey alone.'
In the morning she was gone. When
the children awoke their father told them
of the beautiful country at which she had
safely arrived while they slept.
GLOW did she GO? Who came for
her? 2" they asked, with tears streaming
down their checks.
"a messenger from God,' their father
said solemnly.
An early Spring-Jumpiug out of
bed at 5 o'clock.
The prince of Wales thinks the
type writer the biggest invention of the
age.
- About two weeks ago a negro ON
Capt. T. B. Martins place, in Spartanburg
County, took up a fine mare mule straying
With bride and saddle. The mule is a
bay, with white spots on the hip, and
about fourteen hands high. A strange
negro soon appeared and claimed it, but
upon being informed that he was sus.
pected of stealing it and threatened with
arrest he left and has not been seen since.
Capt. Martin has no douot that the mule
was stolen, but ne has no intimation OF
the owner.
A dentist at Rockville, Me-, has
successfully replanted four teeth in a boys
mouth. The boy was taken to the dentist
about eight hcu after an accident, when
the hemorhage had ceased. The latter
replaced the fractural labial portion of
the process, syriDged the sockets with q
solution of phenal sodique and replaced
the teeth in their natural position. He
then braided them all together with hea.
w linen thread. Three weeks after he
removed the support aud found the teeth
as firmly implanted as if they bad never
been Knocked out.