Poor as Church Mice, Book II
Children of the Orphan Trains
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There I see Grandmere and the children now. That must be mama. I had forgotten she was so beautiful.” Nils suddenly leaped off the wagon, leaving the team standing in the middle of the street, running toward the depot and the family. Nora just sat staring at him.
Suddenly a man appeared on the seat beside her. It was the Sheriff. He gathered up the reins and moved the
wagon off to the livery stable. Nora continued to sit staring at Nils hugging Mama. “Miss Tucker, if you would permit I would be glad to lift you down and escort you to the depot.”
“Oh, thank you, but I can get down myself.” replied Nora as she very unladylike stepped down to the top of the
wagon’s front wheel, then the wheel hub and to the ground and began running. “Mama, Mama,” she cried.
“Well I was beginning to wondering if we were going to be ‘distantly related and work our way up to kissing cousins,’” laughed Mama as she held Nora from her and gazed lovingly into her face. “My Nora, my beautiful, baby girl.”
“No, Mama,” whined Amanda, I’m your beautiful baby girl. Remember?”
“And so you are. Aren’t I blessed to have two beautiful baby girls and two handsome sons. And a dear, dear friend like your Grandmere Robert,” she said as she touched Grandmere’s shoulder. Mama pronounced Robert the French way.
“Mama, I didn’t know you could speak French,” cried Charley.
“There’s lots of things you don’t know about your Mama, Charles, and there’s lots I don’t know about my children But we now have a lifetime to learn about each other. Nils,” said Mama, “ these are my bags. If you would be so kind as to have Charles help you take them to the wagon, Grandmere and the girls and I will meet you at the restaurant for a treat before we start to Grandmere’s
home.” Taking, Grandmere’s arm Mama started down the boardwalk leading to the restaurant. “Come along girls,” she said over her shoulder.
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About the Book
Nora and her siblings, after running away from Aunt Augusta and Uncle Henley, live with an elderly woman they call Grandmere. They soon learn her bark is worse than her bite. Meanwhile Mama recovers her health and comes from
Grandmere’s son arrives home after thirty years of wandering to claim the homestead.
About the Author
When Roselyn Ogden Miller read of the “empty nest syndrome,” she feared it. Probably because she was raised with six siblings and is the mother of five children. So even before her oldest child left home, she began her fight against it with a babysitting service in her home. Then came foster children, foreign exchange students from
Roselyn and her husband, Allen are retired and spend their time with their five children, in-law-children and thirteen grandchildren. Her interests are varied: golfing, embroidering, reading (history is a favorite subject) and volunteering her services to various committees. She is also active in her church.