Show J afla THE MOTHER OF HUN 1 TER ITER the i mother of gerald y the ihor ton lion hunter has addressed the therol foli fol I lowing letter to a friend of dofher her son leon betrand dated from the hospital of the cross at nide nice it was tile iseler of war who informed im formed me of odthe the de death ath of thy poor jules julea my heart is bro broken keti with I 1 grief 1 know how good andi generous gene rods you ye abid athu I 1 shall be j t tos 0 you how cani te tell 11 anguish auff cr that overwhelms me thero there remains to me only the memory of my son which I 1 w will 1 ill carry with me to my gra grave ve it id is in th the e name of au all tal that it youri your i kind heart has done for him that I 1 fit the aged mother of jules gerald venture to inform you of my de plo rable situation sittia tion at the adof 47 eighty I find myself wil without phout any whatever with four little granddaughters grand daughters abandoned by their faff for the last arc thred alje years and their unhappy mother who fortunately has found a situation in the family of a noble hearted person I 1 know how these lines will afflict you but to whom can I 1 confide my said sad state if not to you picture to yourself tho the mother of jules seraffin Ge gerald raffin in a wretched garret in a hospital paralyzed and depp deprived ived of the coir nion mon rie necessaries ces saries of life how grateful should I 1 be if among your numer ous acquaintances some soine person would interest themselves for nie me and these four little girls it is to you that my son owed in great part his popularity mid and it is to you that in ill my turn I 1 would owe relief to my cruel position moved by this pameal bertrand has made arrangements for opening in a subscription in her favor |