The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27
TAKING CARE OF THE WIDOW.
She and Her Six Children Get Husband
and Father.

and Father.
Charles Custer, the popular store
keeper at Renton, came to the PostIn-
te1Iigencer Office, where t was et4-
ployed, and related very sad story. He
said that German woman with six
| children had arrived in Renton from;
the old country few days before on
her way to Newcastle to join her hus-
| band; that on her arrival in Renton she
| had learned that her husband had been
| killed in the mines six weeks before
| She could not speak word of English
| and was without money or friends.
| Custer said the people of Renton had
| supplied her immediate wants, and that
| he had come to Seattle to arrange for
the county to take care of her until she
was in position to care for herself and
family. When he had finished his
story he turned to me and asked what !
would advise.
Jarvis and his ranch, with plenty of
room for the children to romp in and
plenty of milk for them to drink and
! the four dining-room chairs popped
into my mind like flash, and replied
Cluster, do you think your widow
would consider matrimony as a way
out of troubles?"
why, the idea almost staggers me,
replied Custer. who on earth wants
to marry u woman with six children
who has only learned of the death Of
her husband within the last four days
| Besides thai, she cannot speak WORD
of English. She speaks German alto
gether."
''She has not much the better of my
man." 1 replied. ''He is a Frenchman
and can neither speak English nor Ger
man; but 1 guess if they get married
each other"
Custer went further into the partic.
ulars of my scheme. l told him who
the man was and my reasons for think
ing that he would be willing to marry
the German woman, children and all
That afternoon Custer went on horse
back over to Jarvis ranch, laid the mat
ter before him, and to his surprise anc
qualification Peter jumped at the
chance. you go back to town ant
make the arrangements" said Jarvis
land I'll hitch up and drive over thi:
evening and have the job done at Cnce.'
"All right" said Custer, but don
forget to put couple of extra seats il
the wagon for the young ones"
How many did you say there were?
asked Jarvis.
"Only six. Now, don't spend too
much time sprucing up, because II
have everything ready before you cal
reach town il you go for the horses a
once"
As Custer left the farm the old mai
shouted: "Good-by. You will have II
ride lively if you beat me to town. NJ,
horses are not driven for a bride yer.
often, and they can stand it to get owe
the ground at a rapid pace for once il
their lives"
Sure enough, Custer had hardly tim,
to break the news to the widow
through an interpreter, before TIL
dashing Frenchman came tearing
through the streets like mad, ant
refined his painting horses up in from
of Clusters store. Before leaving Seat
tie that day Custer had taken the pre-
caution to secure the necessary license
with the understanding that it coult
be returned if not used. A preache
was called in, the bride and groom wer'
introduced, and made man and wife
in almost the same breath, and half al
hour later Mr.. and Mrs. Jarvis and tn
six little ones were comfortably seate'
in the big lumber wagon, bound TO
the Jarvis homestead on Cedar river, a
happy as CLAIMS at high tide.-Seattl
Post-Intelligencer.