Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-22
BEAUTIFUL EDA SICKLES
Romantic Meeting Of Father ana
Daughter After Fifteen years

Miss Eda Sickles, the 21-year-ns
daughter of Gen. Sickles, is a ynrg
girl of Spanish tSpe OF beautiful face
and figure, brownish- black hair ana
deep black eyes, fringed with long eve.
lashes. She is adored by everyone IN
the party Of the generals. She wnr.
ships her father, and she is the "ann,e
Of his eye" She has only benn IN
America few weeks, and she sneako
English imperfectly. She has lived sn
her life in convent in Madrid. Snain
and the story of it is like this:
When Gen. Sickles was United States
minister to Spain under Gen. Grant no
married beautiful senorita of av.
cellent family. Two children were born
OF the MARRIAGE boy, George stan
ton Sickles, and Eda Sickles. Wbar
Gen. Sickles was ready to return 70
America, his Spanish wife preferred 70
remain, and her father. a wealthy ola
Spanish nobleman. made his win
that the boy and girl sbop,d
inherit all his riches provide tbav
should remain in Spain till they were
Of age, the boy to stay with his motbor
and the girl to be educated il, CON
vent. The daughter became of acc i.
little more than a month ago and she
and her brother sailed al once fcr
America, When they got to New YORK
they learned that their father was opt
IN the country making political
speeches and would be back the neyt
day, They were at the Grand Central
station to meet him. The meeting he.
tween the old general and his daughter
whom he had not seen since she was
six years old, was thus described in
newspaper of New York:
"As Gen. Sickles aliehted from the
train and walked down the platform
young girl with a beautiful face and
figure stepped forward and exclaimed
IN sweet well modulatel voice oTs
this not Gen. Sickles?" He bowed end
answered, Thereupon, the young wo-
man, looking him straight in the ewes
exclaimed with 4 merry laugh. which
revealed two rows of perfect teeth
Don't you know me?" The general
again bowling, and this time also smil-
ing, said: Pardon, but | must confess
and also regret that you have the adj
vantage" The young girl, not a bit
embarrassed, looked at the general
affectiopately and replied:
Look at me- Don't you know me?
Don't you know your daughter Eaaqo
Then the general clasped her to his
breast.
A few days after this meeting Gen.
Slckles started out on his present
tour and his son and daughter went
with him. Il is affecting to see with
what love and alteration the daughter
looks upon her father She is ALWAYS
by his side when he makes a speech
The sight Of the old veteran soldiers
crowding around to clasp the hand OF
her father has moved her deeply and
she says she loves the American peo-
pie, though she cannot understand why
they make such a fuss over the elec-
ton OF a president. She is as witty as
she is good looking and well educated.
When Gen. Alger was first introduced
to her by her father in Chicago he
said:
You are the prettiest girl have
ever seen"
She replied in broken English: "You
nave seen very little general"
She kisses her father each morning.
not only once, but she covers his face
with kisses. At every station through
Kansas, bouquets of flowers were pass
ed up to the train, and those were all
gathered up by the newspaper men and
given TO Miss Sickles. At one station
she was asleep when the train stopped
and the armful of bouquets were piled
against her state-room door.-Kansas
City Star.