The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-06-02
LOST HER DAUGHTER
EXPERIENCE IN CRUSH AT RAIL
ROAD STATION.
Slight Mistake That Caused Mother
Some Few Minutes Of SUITE ring
Long to Be. Remenn nnbered-Pat:7os in
Old Mans Interest.

Long 70 Be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN
Old Mans Interest.
Two women were having luncheon
at the Holland yesterday. One Of
them told this story:
AT the time Of the Pan-Ame1ican
was taking my daughter to q board
ing school. We were to get a Ros-
ton car at Buffalo, and when we ar:iy-
ed there the station WAS the scene Of
the greatest confusion imaginable.
1T was the day President McAiD-
ley's body was being taken to Wa:h-
ington, and naturally the ordinary
exposition crowd was tremendously
increased. My daughter WAS only tif-
teen and quite inexperienced, never
having travelled Al hours distance
alone
I'VE had about twenty minutes in
which to get our train. knew it
came in two sections, aud 1 looked
helplessly around to find SO,llc one to
tell me which one my seats; were in.
Finally l discovered the ticket offices
were up stairs. There were several
temporary stairways leading to the
Offices. and near the foot cf one of
them was an amiable looking man in
uniform
We had been SO pushed and shog-
ed by the hurrying crowd and there
were so many people mounting these
stairs that I despaired OF taking Ill
our bags and bundles with ne, SO I
asked this man if my snail girl might
be allowed to stand where wc we're
until / returned. She had the usual
accompaniment of "a departure for
boarding school-an arnful CT flowers
candy and books, il addition to ctr
bags and umbrellas. Now, Margaret
will be perfectly impossible for me
to find you again. Don't yo, stir till
I come, even if some one says i'ye
sent for you. I'll be back just as scnn
as find out about our train
- ..After some delay and tlonbI dis
ond section, due to leave in fifteen
minutes. hurried to the 1oet of the
stairs. Margaret had Disappeared!
There was absolutely no trace Of
our baggage-not All umbrella not
even a flower! I never ~Wass So. flight
ened in all my life.
Il spoke to a man I could have
sworn was the one whose permission
I had. asked to have Margaret wait
at the stairs. He declared he had
been standing there half an hour and
hadn't noticed any little girl, I was
in despair. No one had any assistance
to offer. To add to my distress was
conscious Of the attentive gaze Of an
old man, who had evidently heard uly
first Inquiries The minute I observ
something about her; OF course he
said he didn't But the way he fol-
lowed me around after that was posi-
lively terrifying.
You'll never guess what did. I
| don't know how it. occurred to me,
| but just then I heard the man with
| the megaphone calling trains. I ran
| up stairs again, followed, if you
! please, by that old man {by this time
was morally convinced there was
something significant in his intefest)
| and implored the assistance Of the
megaphone. I cant tell you how peo-
pie stopped and stared when that big
| thing roared forth: is Margaret Gil-
! christ in the station? Three times
the man called and absolutely no re-
sponse from any quarter. Can you
blame me for feeling nearly wild?
"Suddenly somebody touched 1ny
arm. There is a young girl standing
on the opposite side of the station. I
told her I thought her muther was
looking for her, but she refused to
move Well! It was Margaret of
| course. In my excitement and per
plexity had come down the wrong
stairs.
I'VE had just time to get the train.
AS the last bag was handed on, some
one called me, / turned-there was
| that old man again! shall never
| forgive myself for misjudging hir1,
or forget the earnest way he said:
! Have you found your daughter?'
"'Yes,' told him: *~~ Z
Thank God!' he exclaimed, I lost
my girl years ago IN Berlin, and have
never seen her since New York
Times. ~.>.~>
/ Those Girls.
$50 you have, really broken your en-
1ra ro11a ont with 1acl q. :.