Mrs. Sarah W. Potter was the beloved wife of a sea captain, Mr. William
Potter, and he owned a ship that sailed the Indian Ocean, and he was
washed overboard one night while his wife, Mrs. Potter, was sick, and
she did not know that he had a watery grave until the next day. They had
one son, who is now married, by the name of Frank, whom I held as an
idol, as he always called to me when in trouble, for his dear mother
taught him the love of the Bible, and he would not fight any boy, let
them do him as they would. He knew that I would go after the boys for
blocks, as I was one of those soldiers that was not afraid to fight. As
he grew older I told him that he had to go out into the world to fight
his way and I wanted him to begin it at once, and he did learn to battle
for himself. He married a lovely girl by the name of Miss Katie Harvey
and they have two children, the eldest a girl and the youngest a boy,
which is the lovely little man of the home.
I have seen that mother sit up at nights waiting for her son to come
that she might ask a blessing on him before he should sleep, and how
could that boy go astray after all these prayers and entreaties? May he
lead his lambs to the blessed Master, and have the "Well done, good and
faithful servant, enter thou into the joys of thy Lord.
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