The evening world., 1912-01-11
WALSH'S WIDOW
At WINDOW WAITS
HIS HOMECOMING
Grateful for Evening Worlds
Relief Fund for Herself
and Children.
Marguerite Mo0ers Marshall.

Mrs. william J. walsh 10 waiting.
Yesterday I ent to tell the widow Of
the heroic nre chief about tho relief
fund which Tho Evening World 10 COL.
Letting for her and her children. And
! found her sitting quietly In her little
home at No. ITO Forty.second street.
Brooklyn, waiting for them to bring to
her the body that 10 still hidden under
tons Of twisted steel and iron. Her
high. straight backed chair II drawn
close to the window from which she
can SEQ furthest down the Icy road. and
almost at her elbow 10 the table with
the telephone that will when
he" Il found. Children and neishbors
press her with well-meant attentions
And queries, but for them all she has
the n answer, II must wait till they
md him and bring HIM home"
She II q brOad-snOuidered. motheriy
ngure. = with . lap made to
hold children. Her dark hair 10 Just
touched with gray. her pleasant blue
eyes have perhaps faded a tribe. but
there are not many lines In her strong.
sensible face-yet.
she looked up almost daiediy ~
entered the sitting room. In one hand
was . freshly ironed pocket handker.
chief. the creases In II still showing.
Have you come to tell mo tina,
they've found him. she ASKED. Bu,
before l could answer she shook hel
head d~isappointedly. mo. Of course you
haven't" h murmured. almost to her.
self. They promised to telephone.
hope won't have TO walt much longer
Every one wants to help you I said
TOO cAzED ~ THE CALAMITY
TO THINK CLEARLY.
Il know" she Assented. land I'm sur.
I'm very grateful to The Evening Work.
and all the other people. Only I can
think very clearly Just now. You zee
we've been married twenty-five years
and ! have stopped being afraid.
think that's what makes Il hardss,
There I let him 20 away without n eau
tion. without even y doubt. Just a. |
I didn't care what happened 10 him
I And God knows II wasn't that. Blu
YOU see had got used to the danger
And he was always so strong and BRAY
and cheerful. Al first. when We wcr
married. ! used 20 be frightened ever
time he went out with the engines. Blu
he always laughed a. me. not In a mast
way. but Just to cheer mo up and max
mo ashamed Of myself for doubling him
He always said he knew how to TAX
care OF himself. and that he wouldn'
, let anything happen to him that woul
, take him away from me aAd the chill
dren. lie knew how hard things woul
, be for US without him"
, You have several chiidrenr" ] Qusi
TONED.
/, Six" sasd Mrs. Walsh. not coun'
Ing the little girl that died. There
May. who's the oldest. and Anna. tw
years younger. and Agnes. and Luslli
and tho hoy. Bnl!e. named for h
father and Just ten. and the bah
\ Margaret. who's two. Their faith.
worked so lard to keep them all
, sehoo'. and not one OF them has sv,
. gone out to work"
The girls were al! togS thsr In OF
, corner .. the room. near the crib whel
ultls Margaret slept They are slende
with their fathers brown eyes and hal
all except the baby. who 10 ~ fair
the others are dark. Bilh, too. h,
blue eyes, like HE mothers.
"PAPA WAS SUCH A GOOD MAN
CAV the FArHERLgss.
"yAsy wore ~ - fead u ~