Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-18

little fellow ana no doubt mas Inc fhih-
| ing Of 4 smart man. Ills father Ia about
| to leave America IOr ms uW1 country.
having made = fortune in the IA IN irN
business. lie will give you comrietc con
| troll of the little fellow, ana wall settle
| on you ten thousand dollars with an an
| nual addition OF hive hu'trrcu. II Eni VIII
take TIE child re says tnat i is ~"
wish Of MS late wife. Please inform IN
wnsn i can scsd the child.
K0EEit'r MANSFIELD.
New York. Attorney a. Law.
Inclosed in this letter was another writ
| ten on 4 sheet Of brown PAPER. ii was
| lie note hastily written ~ nary an her
death bed. joel read ii with swimming
eyes.
Dear Mamma: Please forgive me.
am too weak to "ritc much. Tine doctor
says That / can not lEN. / want you TO
| axe my baby ana bring him up. Please
| h2 gentle Win h.S littic foreign ways. lie
| is q darling, ana You will come 70 luvc
| aim as 1 do. Ny huSuInd-pcrGaps yoh
| Viii 40. understandable has been ..iC
| ilndest man on earth % ne. After that
| ether man deserted rnr Ec took re Ii.
when / was starving. and mas teen gen
| lcress Itself 10 me. ! 90 mot love aim.
| but / nave sine re respect and TREND
| snip for hifr. Please TAXI thc baby, ana
| DO not Try Ia Chansv Linn too fast. liz
| viii grow nuJ'of uis father y ways. His
| father is rich. ana WAL give yuu money.
| bent try to maxi, him !; chr Stan unitS>
| he wants To lee. Let him have nis idols.
| they matte a good man ~ his Iathcc.
| uarh better man than Christianity mad
Of ne wretch Who took me away from
you 10" worry ABOUT me. ,,,,v.
| ,~5a br,,ar,. r,nrt III tb, AIN y-n,p.,,.
| ,'''-'7'' n Y ~ N" "o'''''-'
! made FER seize the scrap oI paper a.d
kiss it over and over joel tried TO quiet
| h.r ..,5 ,i,.rI. .t...,. ..tt III ,,.,.,.i,rt.,..
| what tsv child WtS iiNr, ANA what his
| nam" Was There were PARIS ut the let
| ,e' 10 49, mann, leNi',0 ti'c Nan.
about idols ana 1oa4t cnrts. Inns: Hat !,
! WIS NHtA : ftlHHl ttlfs'' anu ttc tt.'rS o.
| ,ut ,'st" ','"ihr itii "Nt II hit II was III
| I!hstI 90 "tliS pi't,N1 ON. ,....
| '4l. III WA HliS;;ilht t;;e ht' Hi,
| l"N "lii ht ~ "ur w" a5t' sliu Juti
icfEtnu5
| -t''u 10 tsS It' "r'Hl hi'ElnS = ''t'h o.
| irtii h;'u l"Ntd - lh lEc nld DAYS whCa
titie Mary ran about inr IItm with hti
h!ir hI!nt IA N W4hd. iI' r were NOR"
| ar rtSiI'S ""ht Hi IRE "'i Rouse ca tJ'
| n'H !hai hiEE, i"3r u'iofr '"s maH!
! S'ArS. JOSH Nvht ht hi thr 'ti' anG
"ni h1u ~ XIV, ".'t "lti.i'i' III, ii",i5'.
| i''tH -! a. ms "a rs "'.'. Toys l ,at
| 80 'r'' i''t ecu, IN, - an" I''
rh1 triiuJy. I'..t ,,.ss; !,I.t,. ,.1Iy, ~,
| given Il new con- vi vurni..n. 4uu K..tt
ushed in the ucptha uf NASTY uid chests
and brought oHt the Ted clothes ;Aa- tit
| t,,: il ana prepared them Tor Washing ami
| airing.
NAN lifc ann .ryrzy we're .u..rc,Iv tn
| ctrJ mo ~. hn,isr
| ~. I,t,or tI.t i .,r,t,l.i ,,-.,,,1,
| - ~ '''. 49,. 49, N'',' - =. ''.i'1
| -. -. iiH'h "i'iuH IiIt. N'ht ~ inc
iltihGr y = i'tS.lhS n,ilh.h"r wh" Won
~ - - ~ - iti.'h : 'i''N''tS Gun
| - - 80 -. t,i - , -,,
..tTavn Sami I'M Ln. -. y.,,, IN b,
| , ~ ,tt '''' i"s a. E't t, u .Il'i q
| Van, vitIln,. -uiti,ti .,f..r,,,,,,, I -
| der"siteI @Icv.n thnII$an,, iiy.. hIIndrcd in
| Nu,.r National i;ank euhf,rt Ia Xn,Ir ,trait
| The man VIII set n carriage ami drive
| To ,HiIr farm MA.StIt,IID'
| Eleven thousand. five hundred. That was
| NOR" money than there WIS in the neigh
| borhnod. to say nothing OF the amount
| that had passed ,hrnurn Juc,'; cicso fists
IN he course II !. Ior% life Ill 4 .ecludel i
| part OF q retired state.
| How the ,'avs dragged III! Saturday aft
rrnoon. io.l and l:etty worked har! that
, Wt2h t" make n farm ni ready for th"
Mite St'anEer ihry talked ~ nothing
| tiSt. BON ol theln hdu IN thcir minds "a
picture OF whai the niue SIN years old
ch1p Would ." NE. L vas tHaclly tn
same race ihit Mary h;id Wftn she was
a niue Elri oI SIX. IhcY llctGrcd him
with blaze eyes. light hair flying over his
shoulders, and long slim les That were
inrl's cy,s w,rn INA hpttar ana "a Ia
tnnk hie stntinn j. Inc ,yin,iow "a u,,,nh
for th" carriage. At Iast il wls coming
| Cioujni in - ,,,ss ar ,,ir., d., =, ~,
,,an "a climb I'M rn,tv IN 60, :, ~
| s,In .tfr.i<inp fairly m Viii r,,ri.,l.. H. \
| c,uId make II on r,lainiy su,td NJ .
doI,ht s'iINd hir, Jiie bn33r+ inNit Loo u
sin Thcrn w. h,,t nnr ,I..inn in 'Sa
| cnrriapn thnt iohornt:sIv rIi,1t..I tbn en-,
Of the mountain There Will orn .eat ami
a nan sat IN nnn siho mi Vim Mn ', ~
the seat was = nright natch of nrc,n
| which JoCi's faded ewes made ont t. ne
a bundle wranpcd in green pancr. or
",oth - p'p'i' %
tIa,,,,;, a.. .,,,...,.-,.
~ n,nhahiv no i" eoS In, we utDr
~ III ~ ~ ,iic one Nun hau leit tne
,G, %. ~ ,irs a., ~ r,au na"uSmt III
| iuSsiSt mrs. loi thttc were Two trunks.
Nov 'Hc In. IN NJ - turIiits mo me aN
e eh ui,u'r ne 49, S"fI' app;c Tree py
down To- meet il rod cd a Ua hate stnnnC
anu saz"n ~ dile srG.h htiiidie On the
SEA COO, ~, ny saE 80 "lti pro.runlhG eyes
''iu ~ 80 ,,, a. -, 20 w h ( '"i'"'
| Ana the puhuIe Sazed pack.
II was not bundle at all but the most
curious litt!o individual in ali the world
He wore q long jacket Of green silk. with
| TWO swathed white legs sticking out from