The Eugene weekly guard., June 14, 1902, Image 9

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GREAT DISASTERS IN HISTORY.
CHRONOLOGY OF (LOA
Lives Lost.
TO—Pompeii de-
by
eruption of
A LEISURE-LOVING PEOPLE
An afterglow!
W u-iton Churchill in Century
x a small room in a tenement house
in the |>oorer section of New York
sat a young girl, silently weeping
I tad bemoaning Ivr lonely condition,
If be day before i die Imd been called
with her mother, who
| spoil b’ I1'11 r
Lad died afler a long, lingering illness,
before her father had been
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railroad accident, and the
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1 mother .i nd daughter had been obliged
Ito go* UP their comfortable home and
Imine whre ■ lieaper rent could be pro­
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and e. o.'iomy more effect ua II y
I practiced. Here, in one room, by the
Mrs. Atwood had
I lid of her need!
I maintained herself and Helen.
| Un' physician who had attended Mrs.
I itwood during her illness had noticed
|leautifnl character and relined fea-
I lures of Helen, and had become deefk
Ily Interested in her. Iler extreme youth
Iliad prevented him from showing her
I too u>u< h attention.
I pr. Cutter had attained considerable
■ reputation dur.i.g bls four years of
I practice, and. being but 26 years of age.
Ibis widowed mother predicted for him
1« brilliant future, “if only he would
I tad a wealthy wife,” thought the
I mother, "his success would be as-
Ikured." But the young doctor did not
Leeui socially Inclined, and seldom met
I young ladies outside his profession.
I But one morning nt breakfast Dr.
■ ('utter told his mother Helen’s sad
litory, picturing her orphaned condition,
land asked lier If she could not Invite
I Helen to their home until some plans
| for her future could be made.
This
| worldly wise mother had at once scent-
led danger, and, after nsklng Miss At­
wood's address, had promised only that
•be would call upon her that afternoon.
Thus it happened that as a sad-faced
[young girl sat peering out of a window
[into a muddy court she saw a hand­
some, well dressed lady picking her
way along, and soon heard her snook
at her own door. Upon l>elng admitted
I the stranger Introduced herself as Dr.
Cutter’s mother.
After having listened to Helen's piti­
ful story. Mrs. Cutter proceeded to
question the girl as to her future. "My
son has told me that you know of no
relative or friend to whom you could
go?” "No” answered Helen, "I have
no relatives, and mother and I have
been in no position to make many
friends."
"And is there nothing you can <lo to
earn your own living?" questioned the
udy.
"1 am afraid not, Mrs. Cutter; I am
but 10 years old. and, although mother
has always said she wished me to be
a teacher, I fear I should make but a
floor one.”
1'hen It occurred to the
if Helen’s mother had left
and Helen had brought her an old desk,
and after looking the contents carefully
over they found a bank book in which
Mrs. Atwood had an account with a
New York bank for $200 in her daugh­
ter’s name. "1 wonder, my dear, that
you had not thought to look in this
desk before," Mrs. Cutter said, and
when Helen refilled that she had felt
battle at Las Guaa
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greatest catastrofihles The spectacu­
lar aspects of the volcanic erufitious In
the Antilles will bring about a rush
of visitors to Martinique and St. Vln
cent.
KRAKATOA
losten Herald, reseui-
niemorlal modeled by
for tlie late Emperor
only Inscription is one
the names and the
EMPRESS IN MARBLE.
ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE
SCARRED BY VOLCANOES
HOW A VOLCANIC EXPLOSION IS CAUSED
WATT« VINE
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Of KAN
English Novel*.
One thousand five hundred and thir­
teen novela were published In England
last year.
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