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Show 161 died. (Mary will yet have children who will live to maturity.) Milford conveys the information in one of his letters. What a noble husband we have. How magnanimous his nature, bearing so patiently his own bereavement and affliction and seeking to alleviate the sorrow of others by his consoling words. In any form this news would fill my soul with the deepest sorrow but when accompanied by his considerate comfortings I am enabled to obtain strength from that Heavenly source whence his words come. I had never seen this sweet babe and will never see him in this life, but oh, may I be prepared to behold him in that Eternal home and join that angel band who have only gone before.8 Finally, on August 29th, Ellis is able to undertake her model-selling junket into the country. With Olea, she takes the same boat she had been aboard with Milford. The air is delightful and some of the passengers seem to be on a happy Sunday school excursion, but Ellis remembers that her mission is business, not pleasure. As it is hot when she disembarks at Salem around midday, she hurries to the nearest house and inquires about rooms to let. "A kind old lady welcomed me in, but her house was small and full so there was no room there; she, however, bade me rest a while and gave me a glass of pure cool milk to drink." Ellis, anxious to have her arrangements made before nightfall, soon determined to be on her way; and the old lady, she says, "kindly allowed her little granddaughter to accompany me and assist g me with my parcels." The mind boggles at the thought of this delicate woman, alone in a strange city, carrying with her the models she hopes to sell, her own personal belongings, the baby's apparel, and the baby. She, and the little girl who has been sent to help her, go from place to |
