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Show World's Fair and to become better acquainted with his mother's family and relatives. John K had planned the trip with care, hoping its many diversions would help ease the grief Katie seemed unable to dispel. And she did enjoy the six weeks of seeing new places and meeting new people. When they returned home on 21 October 1904, their seventeen month old daughter was calling Virginia "Mama" and one of John K's brothers "Papa" and Katie shed tears that parents could be so easily forgotton. Virginia stayed on with her sister while John K left to work his shift on the desert. As the time drew near in March for Katie to deliver her third baby, John K followed plans and was at home when the baby girl was born on the twentieth. Katie appeared to be doing fairly well-gaining in strength-yet was never able to leave her bed for long. It was the custom for people calling on a new mother and child to remain for the day, or a good part of it - even bringing their children along. Too much company and confusion proved to be very hard on Katie. Her strength ebbed and her doctor (Stewart) gave her the medicines he felt should help her, but she still failed to improve. ANOTHER SORROW 0-n Sunday, 3 April 1905, the day the new baby was two weeks old, Katie sat up in bed to eat breakfast. The family was eating in the dining room, and John K stepped to the doorway in answer to Katie's call. Just as he got there he 81 |
