![]() ![]() The three little boys were so excited from the moment they got on the trolley to the end of the line. The three of them sat sadly and quietly at the table as they picked at the almost eatable pie filling while they waited for their father to return and take them to their new homes. Year’s later she would laugh as she told Aaron’s daughter that it was the toughest crust anyone could eat. Ruth had watched her mother bake, but she didn’t know the measurements for pie crust. When the girls and Harvey finished waving goodbye, Harvey turned to ten year old Ruth and asked if she could make a peach pie. Francis took both twins in her arms for one last hug while Harvey just looked at their father with contempt in his eyes. ![]() Ruth held on to Aaron as long as she could. “Willie! Wilbur! Hug your sisters and Harvey, then take Aaron by the hands. His grief for Amanda left him emotionally crippled and his children seemed so distant to him. couldn’t care for his family in the tiny four room house with only one hand left after an accident. There was no orphanage that would take all seven children, so different homes were found for them.Ī month before, Amanda, the beloved wife and mother, had died from a fatal asthma attack brought on by the sulfur treatment used for asthma, a treatment of the time. would take Harvey to the boys ranch, then Ruth and Francis to their new home when he returned from taking the younger boys to Mills Home Baptist Orphanage in Thomasville. Ruth and Francis ran to the back yard and cried after the front door closed when their new baby sister being taken away. They didn’t know they weren’t going to see their sisters again for a long time.Īunt Ellie had picked up the baby Magdeline the day before. Wilbur and Willie were excited too about the trolley ride. ![]() He was so excited about taking the trolley to the end of the line but he didn’t know he wasn’t coming back home.įrancis was helping the twin boys pack their small bags to go on the trip. Ruth struggled to keep her tears from falling on Aaron as she tried to dress the squirming three year old into his new yellow traveling clothes. ![]()
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