Item - Was It Her Mother? The Story of a Strange Watcher

(New York Weekly edition - source: Stanford Libraries)

(New York Weekly edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)

Combined Summary

Online Full Text:	Digital Library @ Villanova University (New York Weekly edition) Stanford Digital Repository (New York Weekly edition)
Series:	New York Weekly — v. 32 no. 40 — page 8 New York Weekly — v. 60 no. 41 — page 5
Alternate Title:	Was It Her Mother?
Subject / Tag:	Sketch
Author:	Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908
Dates:	August 20, 1877 (New York Weekly edition) July 22, 1905 (New York Weekly edition)
First Sentence:	Just a little voice calling through the dark, "Mamma, oh, mamma!" and then a low sound of stifled sobbing. (New York Weekly edition)
Last Sentence:	"Was it-could it have been the child's mother?" (New York Weekly edition)