Affinity for foundlings and orphans

 

Our Sarah, one who has an affinity for Orphans , took us to a house in the borough of Camden where once lived another affinity person. He wrote stories about orphans of which there were many in his time.

He did grow up very poor and worked in a  rat infested dire blackboot factory when he was a child , helping get his father out of jail, and helping feed his siblings and his mom . He was not an orphan but he knew of many, most of the workers in the factory were orphans who had  short miserable lifespans. He grew up and made loads of money writing stories , living in this fancy  house for a short time, walking the streets of London , sometimes 20 miles a day, taking notes.  It looks a very nice house - though his marriage was not what he thought it might be, he left the home after only two years and got a teenager girlfriend who he kept in another house to avoid "tsk-tsk" and scorn.

He even has a bed in his house for the  dying orphan Jo.  It is not a happy bed like ours is.

But the real non fiction Orphan Queen , the one who  birthed the adopter of orphans, lived long time ago In Wyoming. The adopter of orphans has kept a sad photo of the queen of orphans in a drawer. This was taken the day after  the Orphan Queen's mother died in childbirth , the baby lived to become a foundling of sorts. The man holding the infant was the infant's father, he gave the baby to an evil woman who wanted a slave child. The slave child died in prison after a while. The Orphan Queen also became a  child slave to the man in the photo. Until she ran away, regretfully having to leave her beloved  little step brother behind. She ran for her life. The man in the photo had a gun and he shot at the boy absconding with the orphan queen. The rescue by the brave boy made a decent impression on the Orphan Queen.  The man in the photo then poured battery acid on all of the belongings that the Orphan Queen had in her closet. She was free. Later, when she was old enough, she did marry the rescue boy and they did have a family of orphan rescuers.  She did find her step brother after long time when they were both elderly, He still had red hair. And they still loved each other fiercely. Both have now gone the way of Jo, in happier circumstances ,though, and  It all ended well , except for the prison baby, he did not begin well nor did he end well. 

We honor her courage and loving spirit  every Orphan Day...every day is Orphan Day in this house! The Orphan Queen never spoke of her past life- not until her children were all grown up and on their own did they find out-  from  other family members  who told the stories. She gives us courage and an appreciation of all things lovely!Her little brother and the new baby both had red hair, like us. Folks with affinity are probably the best kind of folks.