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Show 226 At this point as she prepared to go east, Ellis mentioned her gratitude for her "heart's treasures," the four children who had been spared to her. Through her childbearing years, she had lost a total of five children. There was one daughter yet to be born. Nellie, Ellis's last child (and also Milford's last) arrived two years later, in 1889. Ellis was always extremely proud of her children. As they made this journey east, she noted admiring glances followed her "beautiful little daughters" not only for their appearance but for their "obedient, gentle, charming, and interesting" demeanor. On the eve of the boys' departure for their missions abroad she had an experience which made a deep impression. I have a picture indelibly stamped upon my memory. As the afternoon shadows lengthened and nature's songsters were departing on their homeward flights, my whole being was in a state of expectancy. My goodbye poem had been written. I sauntered to the shrubberies watching with pride my two lovely ladybirds as they sported with the children. I heard the murmur of familiar tones and soon my eyes were rewarded with the picture-two forms in youthful manhood walking up the pathway, each with a hand grasping a basket between them, crowned with the most beautiful flowers beneath which were delicious fruits. Their parting gift for mother! Their speaking eyes, their smiling lips, and every feature of their handsome beloved faces, expressed the pure love which human words can never tell. Oh the joy in their beautiful remembrance!9 The setting for this touching experience was her prospective patient's lovely home at Sheepshead Bay. Here she met many church notables and some old friends (all visitors from Salt Lake City who were enjoying the Youngs' hospitality). From this place, after the boys left, and while awaiting Luella Young's confinement date, Ellis |