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Carolyn Rose
Up the stairs in the hall
An old oval shape picture hung on the wall
"Who's that little girl
setting in that chair"
"Why is her picture hanging there?"
"Carolyn Rose is her name" mom would
say
"My little sister that pass away"
"Mommy she is so young why did she die"
"She had Scarlet
fever" was her reply
"That must have made Grandma and Grandpa sad"
"Oh yes! It made us all
feel very bad"
Mom then would show me a lock of hair tied in blue
"Sometimes when I think of her,
I think of you"
"Why we are not a thing alike"
Her hair hung in curls oh so tight
"Sometimes
when I see you in play"
"Please keep my daughter safe I pray"
"She too was a happy child"
"That would light a room with her smile"
"Then angles came and took her away"
"I know she went
to heaven that very day"
Then I would see a tear in mom's eye
Knowing that my questions made
her cry
With her grandparents, in Gods keep
Carolyn Rose lay fast asleep
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The photograph |
When Carolyn Rose past away back in 1925 it was discovered that the family did not even, have a good
picture of the child. That was until about three years later when walking past a picture studio Lois
stopped to admire the photos on display in the window. Was she ever surprised to see a photograph of
her little sister among the ones being displayed. She entered the store to make sure that her eyes were
not deceiving her. When she inquired, she learned that the photographer would travel neighbor hood to
neighbor hood taking pictures. Then he would try to sell them to the parents if he could, but times
were hard and people just could not always afford to buy. Those were the pictures that he used for display
showing the quality and different poses that he would use.
Lois remembered the day he came by the
house, and how she begged her mother please have Carolyns picture made. Mayme knew he just wanted to
make a sale and there would be no way she could afford to pay. The photographer said he understood but
he would still like to photograph her if he could. Mayme felt that it would just be a waste of time
but Lois insisted that they should have her little sisters picture made. After Lois said that she would
be the one to comb her hair and wash her face. Her mother gave in but she went back to doing the family
wash. Lois got Carolyn ready and had the picture made.
If the photographer ever came back, it had
to have been while Lois was in school. She never saw the pictures made that day .It was only when passing
the shop three or four years later that she saw it setting in the window. When she explained to the photographer
that her sister had died from Scarlet Fever and that they had no pictures, he was happy to let her buy
the picture at a very small price
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