Cousin Fred leaned forward in his chair and stage-whispered, "She Left the Babies in the bed and ran off with a salesman." So many questions went through my head.
Now the truth can be told..
What could compel a woman of the 1860s to leave three young boys sleeping in their beds and flee with a stranger? Why did Fred have nothing to say about her husband, my great-grandfather? Where did she go and how did it work out for her? The reason for Lydia\'s shocking decision was Lost to History for Over 100 years-until I stumbled across her yellowed and tattered journals in my great-uncle\'s trunk.
Cousin Fred leaned forward in his chair and stage-whispered, "She Left the Babies in the bed and ran off with a salesman." So many questions went through my head
