The Red Box
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Papa moved us eight children and Mama by wagon from
At my birth she suffered a stroke which paralyzed her for two weeks. When the paralysis disappeared, she was left with a nervous condition and her body was weak and tired and remained that way. But in spite of all the trouble I had caused her, Mama gave me her own name, which was Mary, though I was known May.
Willie was born two years later and Mama’s poor health got even poorer. The
When he had met and married Mama in
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In the late 1800’s the
When Mrs. Monroe’s health failed, Sally, age 12, the oldest child, got the unwanted task of raising her siblings.
After years of disciplining her sisters and brothers and laboring in the fields Sally’s youth was gone.
At age twenty-two she dreamed of wedlock that might help her escape the farm life. Since Sally had no beau the hope of marriage seemed to vanish as the threat of spinsterhood crept into her thoughts.
Unexpected, Aunt Jessie learned of an eligible suitor and had him call on Sally.
Later Sally anxiously awaited in the parlor for the gentleman caller. He was overdue. Wasn’t he coming?
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The father had been a school teacher. For better pay he moved his family from
When the mother’s health failed, Sally, the oldest child, she really wanted was to find a beau, get married and move away from the farm.
The siblings resented her authority. She was impatient and unfair. If there was a squabble among the children, she would storm out the kitchen door. She would then grab the first child she could catch and punish him whether or not he was guilty.