A Mother's Love.
Can there be anything more touching, -, more aptly illustrative of the all-absorb-ing strength of maternal devotion, thaa the «tory of the Botorua native woman* >~ In one portion of that romantio wonder* " land, the Lake District—hedged in byv.-.' picturesque crags, dad with' scanty verdure—is a prol of boiling water, to-hot-that the Maoris of the vicinity, use it for rooking their food. One evening* waihiae, with her baby, went to tih«^J^ak« ~ for the purpose of attending to h«r culinary duties, when, the,, poor infant,.her, heartY treasure, fell into the seething natural cauldron. The agonised mother " hesitated opt a second. She sprang, into;, the steam covered waters, and perished by ,r' the side of her child. The chiefs n*jo-,'/. claimed the pla.ee tapipu »nd the matpa'ai.,, of the tribe h this day drop tears as they pass the. spot, hallowed by such, heroic, r , devotion. ' * - . v.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3700, 3 November 1880, Page 2
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146A Mother's Love. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3700, 3 November 1880, Page 2
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