Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1910 — TAKES LILIES FROM WIDOW [ARTICLE]

TAKES LILIES FROM WIDOW

Kaiserin Then Rewards Poor Woman With Four-Leaf Clover and Best Wishes. Berlin.—When, passing the hut of a fisherman’s widow on the coast of Pomerania, the kaiserin admired In the tiny garden some madonna lilies, which were the only flowers growing there. The old woman, hobbling out of her cottage, plucked all the flowers, tied them In a bunch and presented them to her majesty. , . Delighted with this hearty gift, the empress walked Into the hut, sat on one of the rickety chairs In the tiny but well-kept kitchen, and inquired about the widow’s family. One of her sons, she soon learned, was dead; the other was In the gold mines of Australia. “I am glad,” added the poor woman; “for your majesty to have the flowers. Lilies are for happiness, and are unsuitable for a widow.” The kaiserin then gave the did woman a little four-leaved clover, saying: “I give you in exchange this fourleaf clover that I have Just found. I hope it will bring you luck and will bring your son back to you.”