San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-28
FOUND HER MOTHER.
A Girl of 10, by Patient Search,
Discovers the Mother She Had
Never seen.


Never Seen.
Albany Journal.
Mrs. Street, for that is the mothers
name, frankly told her story, which,
with en- embellishments, would read as
q novel, to the reporter. who she per-
ceived already knew the essential
points of it. She said: GA little over
sixteen years ago when l was q girl
between l6 ana II years of age, L met
q young man named Martin, in Bos
ton, for whom 1 soon formed
q school girls affection. The
courtship was short and we were mar
ried. six months afterward to my
cons formation and horror, discovered
he had deceived me and that, besides
being o dissolute and unprincipled
fellow, with no fixed business or
means of livelihood, he already had q
wife living. My mother about that
time moved to Albany. l left my
friends In Boston where was known,
came here aud remained till my child
was born. There / was q mother at
IL without q husband according to
the law, although had been legally
married and had my marriage certifi.
cate. All these facts were known to
Mr.. and Mrs b., and when my bahy
girl was but fourteen weeks old they
adopted her and gave q promise
not to reveal my identity or to seek
her out; but to let her grow
up in ignorance of the fact that she
was not their child. 1 have kept my
promise till now, and since my
daughter herself, now grown up and
In need of q mothers care, has sought
me, I consider myself absolved, es.
pecially since she discovered the
truth herself, and 1 am in position
to give her q pleasant, comfortable
home, wuich could not do when she
was born. was not aware that she
knew the truth till I saw her plain.
tive letter, published in q Boston
paper, calling for the mother she had
never known. I at first was at loss
what do do, but finally told my pres
ept husband, Mr.. Street, the whole
story, and he gave me permission to
write Henrietta Henrietta Louise Is
the name bestowed on her by her fos-
ter parents) and tell her I was COM
ing TO take her back with me to our
home ct Highlands, Boston, / did
so, and here / am prepared TO take
her home withme tomorrow. AS you
have perceived. she is bright, pref
| ty girl, and just at that age when
she needs a mothers watchiul care.
have naught but gratitude to ex-
press to Mr.. B., who, knowing all the
circumstances, took my child when
her girl-mother could not care for
her, and brought her up as his own,
If he has been unwilling TO tell Louise
all 1t was because he did not wish to
part with her, or because he did not
know whether 1 could take her home
with me, and the knowledge OF this
fact might make her discontinued"
--At this juncture the young lady
herself came in. docs she not re-
| semble me ~ said the mother. The
| reporter, as he made note of the fact
that both mother and child had the
same blue eyes and to some extent
the same regular features, replied
that the girls eyes were certainly her
mothers, and both were very attrac-
tive. The girl appeared very happy
at the result of her quest and thanked
the reporter for the interest taken in
the case and said she felt grateful to
the Boston paper for it's publication
of her letter which led to her mothers
discovery of her daughters desire to
see and know her. 80 now the lost
Is found and the daughters quest is
ended.