The coldest day of the decade was on January 21, 1910. Twenty below zero on the plains of Nebraska. The wind howled. Frederick did the best he could to keep the fire lit to warm the house. Emma went into labor three hours before the driving snow hit. This cold January evening when her water broke, they knew the time had come.
Their son Cleo was born with all his fingers and toes and appeared to be a normal baby. The next morning Doc Sanders got out to Frederick’s house and gave them a healthy checkup. Two weeks passed when Frederick and Emma realized Cleo wasn’t a crier as most babies. They were glad he didn’t keep them up at night, but still, they wondered if something was wrong with Cleo as he wasn’t much of a sleeper either. He lay in his crib with an unfocused stare. The doctor told t
