The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-20

rectly to the policemen"
And you are sure that was the
same man who took little johnny"
asked the husband; it hardly seems
likely
E =" [ am sure; his name was Tim
Minis, too" she answered it was
given 10 the paper, with the account
of his Having claimed the reward.
saw it after [ got TO Australia.
- w bat made you think of going
" Well, when [ knew that my boy
was safs out of the workhOuse, | de-
termined not to die as / had thought
L should, but to try and live for his
sake. Free passages to Melbourne
were being offered then to women and
girls, and / resolved to go away, and
earn money somehow to support him.
I've never heard of him since. L
a0onder why they have never answered
my letters
You wrote to the wrong place,
most likely. suggested the husband
: however. 1T was lucky you remem-
bered the jewelers. address all right,
for if he hadn t acknowledged the re-
ceipt of the twenty pounds we re-
funded and promised not to prosecute,
we couldn't be here; but as to- ohnny,
you Ii see, Jane. Well find him ont,
and well have him home, and bring
him up to be honest and true, and
we'll f.ud means to reward those that
have been kind to him, never you
fear, and he stopped down and kissed
her.
Thus it was that the mother of the
deserted child returned to England
the happy respected wife of an up
right and successful man, yet yearning
for her lost darling with a longing
that never faded or grew dim
Daily, during the homeward voyage
she had pictured the meeting between
herself and her COY, until She could
almost feel the clasp of his arms
round her neck, but as the Flying
Cloud neared England, a miserable
restlessness took possession of her
a sick fear lest she should not find
her child. Her husband was very
kind, very tender with her, but be
had no power to still the terror that
filed the mothers soul. 1t was on a
rainy morning early In Christmas
week, that Henry Boultby, the fortu-
nate gold-digger, and his pale wife,
landed at Mapping, and as soon as
they had deposited their fugga &c, they
started together to seek for the Tim
mins's. They went first to the old
lodgings to which little Johnny had
been traced by his mother. The
door was opened by a man whose
cheeks and jOvial smile told even
more plainlythan the sprig of misletoe
in his button hole, that he had just
risen from some Christmas festivity.s
T" Walk in, said he, civilly," when
he had heard their query, and Ill
inquire He did so, and pleasant
chatty woman came out, with baby
in her arms. " If you please, ma am, .
she said, the Timmlns's left three
years ago and more. My husband
was made one of the inspectors 10 the
G., C.. Company when Mr.. Timmins
got,into trouble, and as he could mt.
afford to keep on these lodgings, we
took EN- off his hands,
Henry Boultby turned to smile
cheerily at his wife before he asked,
What trouble was it?2
Why, sir, don't know that | can
rightly tell you. 1t was something
about a gold snuff box that Mr. Tim
Minis was thought to have stolen, and
he was dismissed from the Company
service His character was cleared
afterwards by some letter from Aus
traia, and my husband said the Com
pany would have given him another
situation, but they never could trace
him But lOFs ina am, she exclaimed,
suddenly breaking of, . do let me get
Won n chair Won look raadv to dr0n
Henry Boult6y. scarcely waited 10
thank the astonished woman for her
information, before he bore off his
wife to the cab that waited at the
door. She covered in corner Of it,
and shiFefea. as if with a cold, but
said never a word
49, Don take on so, Jenny" urged
her husband, drawing her shawl more
closely around her for Ihy FAKE,
don't. You couldn't dream you were
doing him such an injury, and we
.shalt find them, I sure Try to
think of some other place where they
may be heard Of -ie7'J
She shook her head hopelessly at
first. but alter moment said eagerly.
= X WOrkh0usel they might know
there.
.HThther the cabman drove, aud upon
Inquiry it appeared that the return
of the basket which contained Mrs.
Timmins's Christmas gifts, had occa4
stoned a second direction TO be given.
1t had been sent By post, aud after a
long delay was forthcoming After
that it was only matter of time to
follow up the track. The Bbulthys