The Prussians in PolandBy Laura de Turczynowicz(Nee Blackwell)(The story of an American woman, the wife of a Polish nobleman, caught in her home by the floodtide of German invasion of the ancient Kingdom of Poland. From “When the Prussians Came to Poland.”[16])
By Laura de Turczynowicz(Nee Blackwell)
(The story of an American woman, the wife of a Polish nobleman, caught in her home by the floodtide of German invasion of the ancient Kingdom of Poland. From “When the Prussians Came to Poland.”[16])
“Manya did not come when I rang—for Jacob.... A long time afterward my cook came. She had difficulty in controlling herself, but finally made me understand. The doctor had taken Manya—not yet seventeen! God help her!...
“Four days after Manya’s disappearance, news was brought that she was in the house of an old Jewess, a cigarette maker. Leaving the cook with the children, and hardly able to drag myself along, I went with Jacob to find her.... After many difficulties we finally found the place, and paying no attention to the soldiers about, pushed our way into the room where Manya was—whathadbeen Manya. When she, poor creature, saw us, she threw herselfon the floor sobbing. An officer came in to ask our business with the girl.
“She is my maid—stolen! This is her father. I have come to take her home.
“‘I am very sorry, but you are not allowed to take her, she belongs to the soldiers.’
“Don’t you see, Herr Officer, the girl is dying?
“‘Ill she is, and shall have the best of care. We have doctors to attend just such cases.’ And I had to leave her! Jacob’s face was without expression, he seemed to have lost the power to think or feel—his little girl—!”
[16]Grosset & Dunlap.
[16]Grosset & Dunlap.
[16]Grosset & Dunlap.