The life and professional career of Emma Abbott . out to return to the bathing house, saw the dangerwhich threatened the girl, plunged into the water and with a Bisks Her Lift to SatH end. few skillful strokes reached her sidej and turning, fought afierce battle with the waves and her unconscious burden, ereshe relinquished the latter to her friends on Bhore. Next morning Miss Colgrove, accompanied by her father,called on Miss Abbott t emphasize the thanks of the previousevening and there was formed a friendship which was brokenonly by the death of Miss Colgrove in l^v7 al Honolulu. MrColgrove
The life and professional career of Emma Abbott . out to return to the bathing house, saw the dangerwhich threatened the girl, plunged into the water and with a Bisks Her Lift to SatH end. few skillful strokes reached her sidej and turning, fought afierce battle with the waves and her unconscious burden, ereshe relinquished the latter to her friends on Bhore. Next morning Miss Colgrove, accompanied by her father,called on Miss Abbott t emphasize the thanks of the previousevening and there was formed a friendship which was brokenonly by the death of Miss Colgrove in l^v7 al Honolulu. MrColgrove numbers among his treasures a letter of condolencefrom Emma Abbott Wetherell, and wears on his watch chain aMaltese cross of gold with the words In Memoriam. on oneside, and on the reverse, her favorite signature, a musical stallwith the letters •• E. A. in whole notes. Among those who re-gret the early death of the songstress there is no more sinceremourner than the father of one whom she imperilled her ownlife to save. CHAPTER ALTHOUGH not aggressive in disposition,Abbott -would not allow either her profes-sion nor any member thereof, to be assailedin her presence without assuming theirdefense. Were the shortcomings of indi-viduals recalled she was sure to findcounter traits of character ? and the profession she always de-fended with her might. On one occasion while returning from Europe, she was sittingon deck occupied with a book. Her husband sat near readinga newspaper; and neither noticed a group of fellow-passengersconsisting of two elderly ladies, three gentlemen and a younglady, the daughter of one of the elderly couples, all of whomwere settled for a friendly gossip. It appeared that the youngladys parents, the mother especially, were so radical in theirreligious belief as to be intolerant of every one who differedwith them in opinion. One of the gentlemen was a liberalminister whose acquaintance they had formed during the voy-age, through some slight favor
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