The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-18
Sunsbine Society.
HER ONLY SON.

II a widow. In fact Teddy con
sidcred il his own business to
care for her. and thought il a great bore
to sit in the school room dav after day
over tiresomc books, when delivering
for The butcher all day would pay SO
much better than selling papers, black
ing boots and running ctrauiS before
and after school and on Saturday. But
each morning his mother had his lunch
con ready III time, her work done and
her sample case ready To 90 ont ped
ding notions while he was at school,
and he was always glad to see her com
ing in smiling at dark 10 eat the little
supper he provided. Aud so they were
very happy together in the great mining
town.
She was lonely, so lonely, in America,
hut it was the place for Teddy, the land
where Wilhelm, her husband, and the
five babies who had gone before him,
lay buried, so She wrote "ncin" 10 the
loving invitations from the Rhincland
and worked for Teddy, whose real name
was Iral August, but to every one in
town he was just Teddy.
One afternoon while PLAYING ball be-
fore train time, Teddy got hurt. 1t
wasn't the first time, and though he
limpcd around for several DAYS no one
was worried; but after few weeks his
limb panied him most all the time, and
At night he woke screaming with agony.
so said the doctor, when his moth.
CT took linn Ia the office, 1.-TWO months
ago was the only fall or blow? Well,
use this, and if he is not better to the
hospital he must 20"
Think of it. boys, think of the poor
mothers uiscrv, for there was no mon
cy for a trip to the city OF to pay for
care in the little room. and no CHEEKY
face waited for the train or carrie mes
sagcs now. through the long. lonely
days Teddy bore his pain and waited
for the dear mothers return. At last
he grew SO weak that il seemed nothing
could ever bring back the roses to his
check, or the laughing light to the dull
eyes rcddy's mother collected all the
money she could, and with a small
amount sent by an old employer for the
boys use, she took Teddy to the hos
pital.
will not tell you of the painful ope
ration that was performed nor how lone
" he was, for She could not stay with
ever to care fot him now, and he never,
never can take papa's place he is a
cripple. Poor little lad ii takes cour-
age to try to get we'll for mothers sake
now, and the sad little face touched the
heart OF doctor aud nurse who are so
used TO sorrow.
One day a lady came to the hospital
she was bright, jolly and full Of moth
crly kindness. The hospital children
called her "the Sunshine lady" Teddy
liked her because she carried a sample
case like mothers, and from it she
drew something pretty for each child in
the ward To-day ii was tiny bunch OF
flowers His were German daisies; they
had some III pot in the window at home.
and that was the thought that made
brave Teddy cry like baby, and made
the lady say, "Tcll me what you want
most, except TO be we'll, and perhaps
can help you" 81 want to 90 away
from this city and want my mother"
he sobDcd.
1t was just this that made the lady
tell the head nurse Of the Sunshine cot
at the Pennington Sanitarium, which
was purchased by the branch there to
furnish funds for helping boy whose
case was something like Teddy's; and
i'll about two days, by the help Of the
telephone and another branch which
furnished transportation, very happy
little cripple was lying on the Sunshine
cot in the Sanitarium, and a worn little
German mother was placing that pot of
daisies on the window sill, where Teddy
could see them when she went home;
nt,l full .(