The Washington times., 1909-09-12
PRAYS FOR SAFETY.


eat AN only his wife" she says What
can I say except to tell how proud
am Of him. Wait till he is home, then
he can tell all about it"
But he cannot tell OF those long
weary years, when the pretty wife,
playing the inevitable woman's role sat
home praying for his safety and hoping
for his success. Nor can he tell Of the
long hours Of study as his wife pored
over books about the Arctic region,
striving TO follow him as far as mans
knowledge ran, into those vast fields Of
shimmering endless ice.
Nor can he tell Of the long nights
when loving eyes saw in dreams those
lonely sledges moving steadily north
ward. or record the sacrifices made to
help him. and the tender lessons taught
the children of their absent father. who
is indeed a parent to both. although
Ruth. the ten-year-oId daughter. is a
child Of Mrs. Cook by a former mar
rage
and the whole world is In consequence
doing homage to Mrs. Cook. although
she Is too absorbed in watching for her
husband 10 be awake to the fact.
"Favver's found de norf pole" Hsps
little e-year-old Helen TO the few
friends who have found their retreat
in the hotel on ,Forty-second street.
An he's coming home soon. We'ei
soon know" For to the children. as
20 the mother The red letter day of
the NORTH will be when the steamer
docks and DR.. Cook steps ashore to re-
ceive into his arms those who have
been separated from him for more than
two years
Wife Has Faith
In Husbands Achievement.
The storm that Is sweeping the
country spreading invective and accu-
sations regarding the question as 20
who first found the pole, has passed by
Mrs. Cook. Nothing can touch the per-
feet faith that she has In her husband
achievement
Il know that my husbc nd will be able
to give proofs or his wonderful dis
oovery.' she said. and I know, too.
that he never gives up what he starts
10 do till he has succeeded. I am very
proud Of him. and Oh, so glad that he
has come home safe. with his Ife's
dream fulfilled"
But beyond this trite phrase Mrs.
Cook has refused 10 discuss the affair
and 20 her friends has said over and
over:
i am really sort Of panic stricken. 1
don't know just what TO do. all 7 can
think is OF the time Fred viii be home
and then he can tell about il himself.
SO with her two little daughters and
Mrs. George Sullivan. widow Of
Portland, Ne, she is living quietly At
the hotel. little shopping, an coca.
sionai taxi ride, and the collection Of
the various clippings about her hus-
band. hlling the long days
But about the home OF Mrs Robert
Davidson, at s35 Bushwick avenue.
Brooklyn, who is perhaps the closest
friend OF Mrs. Cook and who received
the FIRST eabiegrsm telling Of the find
Ing Of the Pole, siege is laid.
Driven almost desperate by the I'M
ending demands Of the thousands %
visitors. Mrs. Davidson has been forced
TO refuse 10 answer the phone: the
front door bell is left unanswered: and
extra servants are kept busy watching
the entrances 20 the house.
Curious men, women, and children
demand admittance, while the list Of
those with schemes is endless.
Home Is Besieged
BY Army OF Curious.
Seedy men who declare that they. TOO.
once dreamt Of reaching the Pole. beg
for aid. while women under the guise
OF congratulations also plead for help.
and hundreds Of persons with ideas for
sale" make up the army that, led by the
newspaper men. is virtually holding the
Dsvidsons prisoners in their own home
and is keeping Mrs Cook away.
Across the street from the Davidson
home stands the big house where the
Cooks formerly lived. 1t is closed and
boarded up now, but within q few