Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-07
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W1ulD SEE TIE
LITTLE ones STILL
ALIVE, cone HOME

lOV0ttnue0 Itom rA80 One.)
by the loss Of . false woman's love
the husband tells how, nearly a yea,
ago. he came home from his work
TO- find his, children left. alone.
Four little girls there were. the old
est '1S years old and the youngest 2
Reineke tells howthe tried for months
to pick up the broken strands Of his
life and keep q comfortable home fol
his little ones. Every day he hoped
the woman would return. She had
told the children that she would come
back. Every night Reineke placed q
lamp so that its light would shine out
OF the window OF the home that had
once been his and hers, hoping
against hope that she would come
bach. and see. that he and the little
ones were still waiting.
OVERWHELMINGLY, though his heart
achea, the maj bore his burden. Me-
erfwOuld he admit but that his wife
would some day come to him again.
But months passed and he heard moth.
Ing from her. Theno one day a friend
brought news. He had seen the miss.
ing one In Fargo. She seemed happy,
seetped TO have forgotten the home
and little ones in Minnesota.
Reineke tried to locate her, but in
vain. His letters to Fargo brought
no response. Later he heard that
the woman had gone further west.
Last week the children became i'll.
At work all day the father could not
give them the care they should have.
They became worse. At night, after
working all day, Reineke spent the
weary hours nursing the little ones.
1t times, farcying he heard foot
steps, he would start and think that
at last the mother had remembered
and was coming home to her own.
But always he found that his thresh.
old was empty.
Sunday. worn in health and almost
desperate, he baerd the secrets Of
his home to the police and besought
them for aid.
In the letter to the Bismarck chief
was enclosed another, to be given to
the poor, tickle woman that he still
calls his wife. 1t read as follows:
Coils, MINI, Feb. 4. IA.
Well, Oracle, If this letter will
reach you, will say that If you want
to find those that you left, all alive
yet, then come at once, as all the
children are very sick with the whoop.
Ing cough. 0, Oracle, is your heart
made of stone? Otherwise, 1 should
think you could hear your w chill
dren's cries for you. Is your own
pleasure worth more than the lives of
your little ones? Remember you are
their mother, and they amt to blame
so you dislike me as their father. I
have aIW&yB tried to ddto the Best i
could for all Of you and / will always
try my best. as long as I live, al.
thought 1t may not be very long. Elt,
o Oracle. why can't you be "a wife to
me and mother to your own little
children. Remember what their fu-
ture will be, SO return to the ones you
left, and be a mother. O! If you
could only hear their cries in their
ag0nies Of their cough. 1 can't bear
p much longer. You may repent
- tEL No. -
when too late. Remember you have
five lives to account for when God
above calls you can't say more and,
and may God grant that this will
opens4your eyes and also your heart.
From the fOrsaken ones at, home.
FRED REINEKE.'
The police believe the woman was
In Bismarck a short time ago, en-
as q waitress. They are snak.
ing every effort to find her where.
abouts.
Following is the description given
by the husband
Age, "a; height, about 5 It. a in.
complexion, fair; color Of eyes gray.
ish' brown; weight, about rs, or
MORE OF, plump build; black. curly hair;
very talkative. likes to be fiattered
about her good looks and young ap.
pearance. Great for music; can play
almost airy instrument, including the