The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-04-12
SOUGHT HER LOST CHILD.
Crazed Mother did not Know
the Sympathetic Woman
who Wept over her was
her Own Little Girl.

morS dr6t dall Qleu In St. LOUIS DuJ
few wee<s ago. Many who read the
brief notice in the daily papers knit
ted their brows and tried to remember
something that the name suggested;
some romance or some tragedy. There
was no line added to the terse state
ment, "Louisville papers please copy"
Had there been the name might have
passed unheeded for the woman was
known as Jessie Morgan here. Mrs.
Mary Mitchell, q Red Cross Nurse,
whose good work leads her into the
dark portions OF Louisville, saw the
announcement and remembered an Incl
dent in the history of the unfortunate
woman which is among the annals Of
every day life.
About ten years ago woman stood
at her door; a woman with wan,
hungry, marked face and worn feet.
81 WON'T do any HARM" said the in
truder pieadingly, II am only looking
for my little girl. I can't tell you how
lost her and I want to ask you if
you have seen anything of a lost
child; / thought, maybe. she might be
here. She is SO pretty and likes
pretty things, and have been told she
might be here" .... .s.
Just at that moment suppressed
groan came from behind the draperies
that yelled the drawing-room door.
The servant rushed to the place, for
getting for a moment that anyone was
ia the open door. He found Mrs.
Mitchell with tears streaming down
her face, presenting'a picture OF des-
pair. 'sBring her in," she said.
Don't stand there looking at me like
that; bring her in" The old woman
heard her and came forward. ''Have
you seen my little girlG" asked the
stranger. The woman pointed to a
chair and sank down, her face trem-
bling The stranger looked over the
room with childish pleasure, CHANGING
at the face OF her hostess and fingered
while gradually there grew in her eyes
a piteous, doubtful expression. "You
said you had seen my little girl, didn't
you, ma'am?" ssYes have, answer
ed the woman sobbing, Sand she has
grown the dearest thing on earth to
me-" Tell me all about her." ex-
claimed the stranger-suddenly stand
ing erect and grasping the arms of the
chair for support. ''Pray sit down
mad am and 1 will tell you all that I
know. 1t happened in this way: Six
years ago I was returning from the
opera one stormy night in my car
riage. AS we passed an alley saw in
the gaslight a girl OF perhaps twelve
or fourteen years lying PROSTATE on
the pavement. Ordering the coach
man to stop and pointing to the figure
told him to bring her into the car
riage and we took her home. Arriv-
ing at the house 1 at once telephoned
for the doctor, then as soon as possible
she was put to bed in warm room
and everything that could be done
was done to restore consciousness, but
nothing could be done until the doc
tor arrived. He soon brought her
back to consciousness but her mind
was still cloudy although she was able
to tell us that she had left home while
in state of temporary insanity which
was very common to her. She was
completely broken down from expos
ure to the cold,- from her mental de-
rangement and from being without
food for SO long. We put her under
the personal care of a specialist and
in a short time under his skillful
treatment she was thoroughly and
permanently cured and in a few months
she was healthy. rosy-cheeked girl,
as handsome and cheerful as butter
fly; such change from the condition
in which we found her. She has won
her way into my heart and the thought
of parting with her caused me a ter
rible shock as I recognized your feat
ures as looking like those of the girls
She is now completely cured OF her
Affections and is as healthy and hand
some as a rose in full bloom"
!. SUNK BACK INTO HER CHAIR.
The old lady during the story had
sank back into the chair in a state of
partial insensibility from time to time
'She was so young and
pretty 'sSuch a bright little one"
She was soon however, fast asleep from
utter WEAKNESS and exhaustion. She
finally woke but was very weak and
could remember scarcely anything that
had happened.
The lady called Margaret into the
room and told her all that had hap
pened; that this was her mother who,
crazed by her loss, since her leaving
home, finally becoming q street wand