. Life of John Albert Johnson : three times governor of Minnesota . baby sister to care for. Herfirst thought was that she might sell her fatherstools, but when she went to the Swedish pastorshouse, whither her father had sent them, she foundthat they had been left under the eaves of thechurch and were ruined by moisture and , then, was the only resort. The three boys,Carl John, Andrew Alfred and Lars Rheinhold, andthe baby were placed in an orphans home, whereCaroline was given employment. A little later theyoung girl was taken as domestic servant into thehome of a minister, but s
. Life of John Albert Johnson : three times governor of Minnesota . baby sister to care for. Herfirst thought was that she might sell her fatherstools, but when she went to the Swedish pastorshouse, whither her father had sent them, she foundthat they had been left under the eaves of thechurch and were ruined by moisture and , then, was the only resort. The three boys,Carl John, Andrew Alfred and Lars Rheinhold, andthe baby were placed in an orphans home, whereCaroline was given employment. A little later theyoung girl was taken as domestic servant into thehome of a minister, but she could not stand theseparation from the other children, and throwingher clothes out of the window one night, stole awayand returned to the orphans home, and beggedMrs. Fleming, the matron, to let her stay there withthe little ones. Mustering her courage again, shewent forth to employment in a family of the nameof Beecher, at Michigan City, Indiana. She stayedthere through the winter of 1852-3, but was calledback to Chicago by news of the sickness of the lit- 46. EARLY PICTURES OF JOHNSON WITH HIS FRIENDS (From tintypes) THE IMMIGRANTS tie sister. The heartbroken Caroline arrived toolate — the baby had died. She remained at theorphanage through the summer and fall, and duringthat time the eldest brother was apprenticed to atinsmith in Chicago and the two other boys wereadopted by families living in the country near Au-rora, Illinois. Caroline remained in Chicago duringthe winter and once visited her brothers in the coun-try. In the spring an uncle residing in St. Paul,invited her to join him, and saying good-bye to thebrothers she took the long journey by rail and boat toSt. Paul. This proved to be her last farewell to thebrothers; for on the way to St. Paul, Caroline losttheir addresses and never saw or heard of themagain, though in later years many efforts were madeto locate them. The immigrant girl was now aloneand helpless; for her uncle had moved away fromSt. Paul befor
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