The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-03-13

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NUMBER 40

syear-Old daughter OF Gen. Sickles. Is %
Young girl of Spanish type, of Dc;luti
ful face and figure, brownish-Dk,cs
hair and deep black eyes fringad ,fift
long eyelashes. She is adored ,ssSSy ey-
cry one in the party of the geItaza,ss
She Worships her father, and She ii
the apple Of his eye. She has only 5
been in America a few weeks, and she
speaks English imperfectly. She has
lived all her life in convent in .trad-
rid, Spain, and the story of it is IKE
this: @ @.s. s ss IS s#7.ss zFattttg Sa;sss.
When Gen. Sickles was I..i.ea
States minister to Spain under zen
Grant, he married beautiful senoli.a
Of excellent family. Two ch....5en
were born of the marria ge-ii BOY,
George Stanton Sickles and Eda SIX
les. When Gen. Sickles was reaC. Ie
return to America his Spanish ..--e
preferred to remain, and Eer father. d /
wealthy old Spanish nobleman. made
his will, providing that the boy sid
girl should inherit all his rfc,es l.ro-
E til they were of age, the boy to stay
with his mother and the girl to be ed
ucated in a convent. The daughter De-
came of age a little more than Il
month ago, and she and her bloJher
sailed at once for America. i.ireI.
they reached New ork they ly:s.i.ed
that their father was out in the an
try making political speeches and
1yO1116 1otI1,n tho nnyt fEhny
at the Grand Central Station |. .-.eat
him. The meeting between the old
general and his daughter, who-4i he
had not seen since she was six years
old, was thus described by ne,Espa-
per in New York: ~
GAS Gen. Sickles alighted from the
train and walked down the plat or:l,, a
young girl with beautiful face aud
figure, stepped forward and exclaimed,
in sweet, well modulated voice: is
not this Gen. Sickles?' He bowed and
answered.: Tt is.' Thereupon the girl
looked him straight in the eyes, eeX-
claiming, with a merry laugh, which
revealed two rows of perfect teeth
Don't you know me?' The general
again bowling, and, this time smiling.
also, said: Pardon, but must. con.
fess and also regret that you have the
advantage The young girl, not a bit
embarrassed, looked at the ger eral
afectionately, and replied
I Look at me. Don't you know ne:
|, Don't you know your daughter, Eda?
Then the general -clasped her to his
breast - q = : .s.S tz3ss
A few days after this meetiD e Cen,
Sickles started out on his present ,llr.
and his son and daughter went WITH
him. 1t is affecting to see with x4nat 4
love and alteration the daughter. ,o3Ss
upon her father. She lis alWa rs #s.s b. his
side when he makes spees he
sight of the old veteran soldiers lasssd.
ing around to clasp the hand Of Ter
father has moved her deeply, and slle 1
says she loves the American. .le e.
though she cannot understand 4 lY
they make such a fuss over tie ,5iec-
tion 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 l have
ever seen"
She replied, in broken English: You
have 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 We're !,
passed up to the train, and these We're
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 bou-
quets were piled against her state
room door. When she opened the door
the next morning the flowers fell in