A TRIP BACK TO THE PAST

Rose decided to take a trip to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. She wanted to see Jack's hometown. She boarded the train for the journey. She was apprehensive during the trip knowing that she might be recognized but she never really talked to anyone.

After a journey by car to Chippewa Falls, she looked around at the small town. She asked a local shop where to find the Dawson residence. The shopkeeper said, "the Dawson house burnt down a few years ago, but the young Jack managed to escape and we haven't heard from him since. Why do you ask?"

"I am his young widow from a ship wreck, the Titanic", she said, fighting back the tears.

The shopkeeper's wife, "I am so sorry my dear" and she embraced the young girl.

"I must go now", she said

"Good luck and my condolences" said the storekeeper's wife.

She went to the local undertaker and paid $2 to get a tombstone for Jack that had engraved "Jack Dawson, 1892-1912, loving husband and friend, 'I 'll never let go'"

She had it placed in the cemetery and left a bouquet of flowers. She said "I will go on, and you will see that I will go on with my life."

In a few days, she returned to California and to the boarding house job. The lady never asked her what the purpose of the trip.

Rose continued to marvel at the miracle of life occurring within her. She did not seem to mind all of the things that come along with being in "a delicate condition" such as food cravings and swollen feet. She wanted Jack more than ever but tried to not to think too much. She knew that Jack was watching her and the child from above.

On the morning of January 15, 1913, Rose woke up and felt different. She told her friend felt pangs that she never felt before. "What is wrong?" she said.

Mrs. Smith said, "Your time is come dear, now lie down on the bed, I will telephone the doctor."

Rose began to feel more pain and cried out Jack's name. But she stopped crying when the doctor gave her some medicine. She fell asleep and she seen Jack's face.

After 12 hours of labor, the medicines wore off and Rose started to hallucinate some.

It seemed like a ghost came to her. Jack's ghost said, "Rose, you will do fine, I wish I was there, I am your angel from heaven, watch over our child and tell him our story."

The medicine wore off, and the doctor and Mrs. Smith told Rose to push several times. After an hour of agonizing pushing, a baby girl was born.

"Very healthy, just like her mom!", the doctor said

The doctor handed the baby to Rose. Rose beamed. She said, "The child's name shall be Jacqueline Rose Ann Dawson."

A few days later, the priest baptized baby Jackie as she was nicknamed by her mother. She was a spitting image of Jack with Rose's red hair.

Jackie became a healthy and happy child who was the image of her parents. She followed her mother all over. She was also very intelligent and well mannered. Rose eventually sent to her a girl's school to get a good education, St. Mary's School for Girls. Rose and Jackie always wrote each other often.

Rose eventually landed a few other odd jobs to save money for a place of her own: a few plays on the Los Angeles stage, a few extra roles in silent films, a pilot, a waitress, and a model all in the period from 1913-1922. Then she moved into a home down the street with her earnings. She eventually landed a job working in a ceramics and pottery shop.