Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1881 — Nine Years Waiting for a “Thany You.” [ARTICLE]

Nine Years Waiting for a “Thany You.”

While in Detroit ho noticed the gentleman at whose house he was a guest looking wistfully out of a window which commanded a view of the road for a long distance. The side of the gentleman’s face was disfigured by great scars, which told of his having received serious wounds. Mr. Hammond asked him what he was thinking about, which he answered by a touching narrative. “About nine years ago” he said, “I was looking out of this window when I saw a horse galloping up the road. There was no one in the carriage but a little, girl. I ran down stairs and out on the road just in time to stop the horse, but in doing so I was knocked down and almost killed. The father of the girl, coming up, jumped into the carriage and drove off. For three days I remained unconscious between life and death. “On regaining consciousness the first question I asked ‘Where is the little girl ?’ but they could only say she was unhurt. For these nine years I have been confined to the house with chronic neuralgia. My physicians say I will not recover. I would have died for that little girl, and yet she never camo to thank me. I often look out over the road to see if she isn’t coming, for you can’t imagine what satisfaction it would be to me to have that little girl come and thank me.”— Rev. E. P. Hammond.