Arizona republican., 1921-10-14

and a little to eat-fruit and canned | food-so we went to bed that night, !! first praying to the Lord.
 Thursday morning when we woke | up we felt fine, but after the sun | came out it got so awfully hot, 1t was terrible. By noon all the water was gone, and the children were crying. i Then l started giving them lemons, l but they didn't like them. l mixed some honey with the lemons. and they ate it, but didn't like it. They kept crying for water water, water. Oh, it nearly broke my heart because I couldn't give them any.
 Attacked By Bees.
 And then about four o'clock Thurs day-and it was awfully hot-the bees came. I don't know where they came from, but there were millions of them. The children were all over with honey, and the bees stung them nearly to death. I beat at the bees to keep them away from the children, but it only made them worse, and they stung ma.
 Pretty soon I dropped down and prayed to the Lord: "Oh, Lord, why hast thou forsaken me-" l prayed | in German.
 l IS bGSS EO away NAAANA I couldn't do anything Then I I thought of the oil in the machine, so I took some from the engine and washed the chfldrens faces. They l looked awful-an swollen up until I could hardly recognize them, all covered with the dirty oil. And they were crying with pain and thirst. But the oil drove away the bees. That night it seemed as though the Lord was going to answer my prayers, for it thundered and light ening'd all night long. I prayed for rain, but no rain came. And it was still terribly hot. and the children were crying. I took the clothes all off the children and myself, and we tried to sleep, but we couldn't. Along towards morning I got up and put on new night gown had. for I thought the end was near and I wanted to look all right when people found me 1 sometime.
 Friday morning the children were , too weak to hardly hove. Their bod ies were all sunburnt and their faces
 swollen and hurting them. An they
 were crying tor water and food, but
 I couldn't give them any, and it near
 ly broke my heart
 Digs for Water.
 I started to dig in the sand. Ii
 blistered my fingers, and I stopped
 I gave the children some raw pota-
 toes, jelly and Crisco we had left and
 1t helped them a little. But Lillian
 couldn't eat any of it. Then I pray
 ed to the Lord to send water just fol n the children-but the Lord didn't send r any water.
 l. About 3:30, Lillian began to die s The heat was about 130, guess. She t was out of her head, and she kicked n and screamed like a demon. Please e mama, help me" she kept crying ' Mama, buy me some ice cream" knew she was dying, and I prayed ' the Lord to take her quick. But the
 Lord didn't
 And the other two children. Rutl 't and Elmer, began to go out of theil v head. They were afraid to die, thel T. said. But I told them not to b, II frightened, for it was so very eas! U to die. But little Ruth looked up a me and said: Mama, I don't wan t to die; 1 haven't seen anything 0 'e life, yet" And I told her: "Ruthie U I'd rather you would die than to hay .5 to go through all the experiences o u life And little Ruthie smiled, an ,d asked why the Lord didn't come t ~ relieve them, if He was so good. An
 
 7, Lord acted as He saw best. 'a Then at 1 o'clock the people came r They were going to Congress June ,a ton and had seen our machine abou 1 mile off the road, and came owe o to see if we needed help 10 Rescue Too Late " Little Lillian was dying, and it wa ii llO miles to a doctor. They gay tn us water and Lillian said; Mama V when is papa coming ?' And ,d couldn't tell her for I knew he neve T+ would come. And after we all ha ss little water and a bit to eat, W n felt better. All except Lillian, an nd she was dying.
 k Then the people took us to tn i'd ranch we had been looking for. Bu rb there was no word about papa. -e My little Lillian died. We staye
 at the ranch till Tuesday, and tn; day we heard about papa. Son mt MeXicans had found him-dead ar ou within mile of the ranch house nm and Water-only just a little off u
 road. And he still had some lemon i'd and oranges in his pocket And the fe they told me we had passed wat on While we were driving around B 4e We never saw it. for it was just 15 little bit.
 an Deserts Victim
 a They wouldn't let me seezhfm. ,u never have seen him since liesz le1 HT and though he's buried here with n little Lillian. l can't believe they - dead l knew he'd never come bac Ne But I'll see him again, for I hroug or. him in inc I ord baforo In t1fsssI T