The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-12
MY LONG
CHERISHED TRIP.
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From the time / was a little girl l
desired to visit Europe, but since l was
poor and with no expectations there
was No prospect of my wish ever being
gratffied. When l was fifteen years
old T began TO save money for the pur-
pose and by the time l was twenty
two had a sufficient amount to enable
me TO purchase a second class passage
weeks My friends and 4relatives-I
had ne parents-advised me to put my
savings out at interest rather than
spend them in any such fashion, but l
replied that l had saved them for a
purpose, would not have saved them
without the purpose and did not be-
Iieve az such a weathercock course as
they advised. Besides, l maintained
that fate did more for persons who
were floating on the surface than for
those underneath and out of sight,
whereupon they assumed that l hoped
to meet some rich man who would
marry me- This was unkind. for am
and was very plain.
was not to be deferred by Sneers
and sailed with the early summer he
gira- We had a rough passage, and
the person with whom | was obliged
to room, q woman of fifty, was not
only seasick, but really Ill. There was
no one but me to look after. her, and
I Iiusf either do so or see her suffer
without attention. | gathered from
what she told me that she was going
abroad for her health and had no def
mite plans for travel. When we reach
ed port she begged me to let her go
where I went / told her frankly that
had counted on my trip from child
hood. had been seven years in saving
the few hundred dollars required to
make ii, and to spend my time taking
care OF sick. woman who evidently
had no money to purchase attendance
and comforts would be terrible sac
rfffce. but when we came to leave the
steamer the poor woman was SO desc
late that [ hadn't the heart to leave
her alone. took her with me to Lon
don and to the same apartment house
The result of this move was that, in
stead of seeing the sights OF they Brit
ISL capital, the time I had laid out for
the purpose was given to Miss lift.
that was her name-and the only way
I could get out was to hire cab and
take her with me. inferred that Sne
could not afford the expense, for she
never offered to pay the fare. Finally,
desiring to go to Paris, 1 proposed that
she should go TO hospital. This she
refused to do, but said she had rela-
tive in Paris and if I would take her
there she would not ask me to do any
thing more for her. AS was going to
Paris it was impossible for me to re-
fuse TO allow her TO go on the same
train. SO / consented and, making
virtue of necessity, nursed her all the
way.
The day after we arrived shes gave
me her relatives address, and | called
at the house. The relative had gone
away from there and had left no adj
dress. [ went back to our apartments
and found Miss Tiff in great agony. l
called for doctor. who pronounced
her a very sick woman who would
likely need a physician for a long pc
Rod. and before he would do anything
for her compelled me to pay his bill or
a large portion of it in advance. Miss
Tiff was too i'll to consult in the mat
ter. and-well took what | had saved
for my continental trip and gave it to
a French doctor l never had seen be-
fore in payment for services he had
not yet rendered to person who was
nothing whatever to me-
The only convenient thing Miss Tiff
did was to die in time to enable me
to go home in accordance with my
original plan. Before her death she
was in such condition that the doctor
was enabled TO tell her that she would
die and she had better settle her at
fairs If she had any affairs to settle.
She sent for a notary, and when he
Withdrew he handed me sealed en-
velope, saying that it was her last Will
and was to take it to America.
/ asked him if she had mentioned
any payment out of what she had
yil!ed to return money had spent on
her. and he said that she had written
the will herself and he had not seen
ANYTHING but the signature. 1t had
feen executed while was out getting
a change of air, and the witnesses had
been called on from adjoining apart
mentS.
had asked Miss Tiff what she wish
ed done with her body, and she said
Asher old carcass wasn't worth taking to
America" and could put it anywhere
I liked. / would find money for the
purpose in her trunk. I found 500,
which, enabled me to attend to the
burial on the very cheapest plan.
When reached home I was asham-
ed to tell how / had been deprived or
what I had SO long saved and hoped
for. My friends rallied me on not hay-
fng met rich man to marry me. some
of them saying facetiously that they
expected would at least catch duke.
I avoided them as much as possible