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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, II: an old-fashioned home (search)
saw the door open and walked out. Anna, the self-effacing, domestic sister, outlived most of the others. The pet of the Higginson family was—naturally —little Tommy as he was then called. Soon he was only known as Wentworth, and the Storrow was dropped. Our earliest glimpses of him are found in his mother's diary. They showat home. I am learning to waltz now. Several days ago, there was a fire here. It was at the Lyceum. As soon as I woke up in the morning, I heard Henry saying Oh Tommy there is a fire. I looked out of the window and saw a blaze. . . . I asked Sister Anna if we might [go] and she said we might if we would not go beyond the common went into Boston . . . for the sake of seeing the fireworks in the evening. I walked in with Thornton, at about 10 A. M. . . . The children were delighted to see Tommy, as they both called me. I played me hidey with Lizzy for ever so long. We saw several companies go by. At last came the grand pageant ... After dinner we went do