The Washington times., 1920-01-25


The Currans quite naturally asked about the parent.
age Of the child its legitimacy and many other important
things, not the least Of which description of
that they might know when they had found the babe
Patience had i'm mind
She gave them certain directions-rather vague told
them mot to mind earth 8 law but Godb"-referrng
unquesonaby to the matter Of parentage, and to watch
close there any blood tants but not to 60 back
further than the grandparents She wanted the child
dressed simply she concluded and asked that sbout its
neck thou shalt hang sign Of Him" The Currans and
rightly it. turned out later construed this to mean
cross.
'Ye shall be upon the pathi Fen now the wee one
is waiting" she urged
So the hunt began for child who would answer the
description. The entire Patience Worth clan was sent
out the search Two physicians were selected to ex
anime it when found for blood taint Much ground was
covered in the next month There were hsndicaps-an
interesting one the refusal by certain large St. Lous
founding institution to allow any baby to be taken from
there because Mrs. Curran wrote on ouija board
During this search Patience" who seems to have q
strange sense of humor at times remained silent Then
one night according to Mrs. Curran she directed them
to cease telling them there no use in looking for
Zone that not whole and that in due time certain
signs would be given them whereby they would know
what to do adding that if they did continue would be
"Gke wolf seeking for fat fowl to feed well upon
when the bird still in the egg After this other
weeks passed by without any reference being made by
Then morning Mrs. Curran met an old friend
whom she had not for years. and in the Of
ride together told of the details of the quest for the
baby The friend, in return told of young wife who
about to become mother who was practically home
less and frendless, and whose husband had been killed
some time before in mill accident That night mes
sage from Patience Worth" indicated that last the
Cura4s the right track and that which she had
prophesied was about to occur
The next day Mrs. Curran went to see this woman
who very ILL., fever of preparation began mme
papers-everything made ready just though the
thing already settled. Seemingly the possibility
that the expected child might be boy for
moment considered.
The mothertobe signed the adoption papers, but held
them under the agreement that if she lived she to
keep the expected child but that if she died. then the
Currans were to have the baby.
Six weeks later Mrs Curran was writing with
Patience upon the well-known "Sorry Tale " the
ghost" stopped the dication at exactly nine o'clock
"This be enough, she wrote. and the board became
quiet.
Everyone tip-toe with expectation It had
been arranged that they should be called by phone
o'clock for news of the birth, which had been imminent
for some hours.
On the hour the telephone rang and word that
girl child had been born at exactly the moment when
"Patience" had stopped the writing
4 When the child it had all the marks that
were expected Its hair red as patience Worth"
had described her own 1t had blue eyes with dark lines
in them, like those which Patience" had said she pos
sessed when on earth Its parentage was the same as
whose mother Scotch.
The babys mother died four days later and the child
was legally adopted by the Currans acting for Patience
Worth" She christened Patience Worth Wee
Curran November g. 1916 the Rev George Wales
King, prominent st. Louis minister. officiating Mrs
UharIes H. Mckee, equally welkn6wn social leader
is her godmoher and Casper s. Yos editor of of St
Louis leading newspapers, is her godfather, with DIR
and Mrs Major E. Woodruff her sponsors.
The ghost" having thus picked out her child having
watched its entrance into this world having given
all essential directions for its discovery not to be
expected that she would take most active part just
like any real flesh blood mother in bringing it upi
Patience" soon answered this question in
certain way 1t clear that she intended to have
finger in every detail-clothng feeding education play
and all elements Of the childs le And here must be
raised the interesting question Of just what relationship
Patience Worth" claims to little Patience Worth Wee
Curran. Does she assume to be it's actual motheri
Even admitting that there is such a disemboded
entity as "Patence WORTH what possible physical in
Auence could ghost Of woman dead on her own
account almost three hundred year hava upon the