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Show FISK'S WIDOW IN POVERTY. The Million Left Her Dissipated by Litigation. (Kansas City Star.) In sadness, discomfort and privation of poverty, Mrs. Lucy D. Fisk, widow of James "Fisk, the victim of Edward S. Stokes, is living in an old dilapidated dilapi-dated house, 573 East High street, South Boston. Mrs. Fisk, now in the sixties, is .pending her declining years in the realm of the poor and in lowly seclusion, but the sunny nature that once won the heart of Jim Fisk has noi; departed entirely, in spite of her misfortunes; and those who know her, who are very few in number, realize in her a "lovable old lady." Nevertheless, Never-theless, her association with the bene- ftt3 and possibly blessings of enormous wealth and social position that was hers once are missed and time alone can lessen the staring contrast made by the strict, stringent circumstances that are given to her by right of heir in old age. Mrs. Fisk now finds a home with a family in an old-fashioned structure of the colonial style. Though the house shows that it was once elegant among the class to which it belongs, the wear, tear and decay of time have stolen npj?rlv all semhlancp to a reallv com fortable abode. From the spacious, uneven verandas is a view of the beautiful Dorchester bay; it is here that Mrs. Fisk loves to sit and watch the Atlantic, which four times she crossed with her husband. Mrs. Fisk is now about 65 years of age. She is portly and tall. Her face Is one of that motherly sort calm and smiling in turns. ( Her blue eyes look young and sparkling, and when she referred to her happiness of the past they sparkled joyfully. S $ In answer to questions regarding her general health, she said that it was as good as she could expect. "I try to enjoy life here as much as I can," she said; "it is very different from my former lot, but I don't complain. com-plain. Don't you know, we have to .taktr trials as they come? I have been unfortunate. 'I have very few friends to call upon. In the summer, time I find much enjoyment hubelngi out of doors as jnuch as I can. . I love nature, and especially, the ocean., , In, the heated season there are many whoi pass here on the street . cars on the way to City Point and I like to watch their happy faces." She apologized for the cold room In which the reporter was received, saying say-ing that company very seldom came there, and therefore .no Are was kept i up in the front room. She said that her room was heated, but that she didn't like to receive anyone there. Mrs. Fisk is now in - the 'receipt of a very small income some $300 or $400, all that remains of the million which Fisk left. In the hotel where Mrs. Fisk lived while in New York she re |
