Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-09-28

| w h uOWh VII paper, sdlu 10 ny
wife after returning. IL cant trust my
memory for e day or two."
put the slip into my pocket and turned
away.
Don't go, Tim,n spoke Lefty, with a
sudden and unusual sadness in her voice.
Her eyes were fearful Its bad luck to
come back again.
''Phsaw An old woman's superstition.
I'll see you tomorrow, all costly settled.
Good-by ! Good-by, Tod ~
"Good-by, papa ~ cried Tod, with cry
| heard until l turned the corner, thanking
God for giving me such good patient low
ing wife, and boy that was as smart and
strong as could be found in the city. 'Tisn't
that has such blessings, nor the half of
them ; morc's the pity for the good Of the
world
That was a hard work we did that night
and day for Crutch 81 Armess. Not u
minutes let up until three O'Clock in the
morning, when we had hot supper and an
hours rest. Then at il we went again for
the day.
laborcd iu my thoughts with my wife
and her share of trouble, aud with wonder
ings as to how she was getting aloug, aud
performing my duties as mechanically us a
steam engine.
1t was very long day to me, and not
one of the men was more glad than l when,
early in the evening Mr.. Crutch come to
the Office door and said they thanked us
very much for The way we lad worked and
what we had done and that we might quit
until the next day.
lie guessed matters would run smoothly
now. was anxious to see my family and
hurried away. After rapid walking for
couple of blocks, it suddenly occurred to me
| was on my way to my old residence, and
that the street and number was utterly
passed from my memory, and that my wife
had given me Il memorandum.
Stopping under gas lig int, / felt in my
pocket where the paper should have been.
1t was not there. All the other pockets
searched, turned inside out: but the pre-
cious paper was not TO be found 1t didn't
matter how lost it, it was gone. Then 1
tried my best TO recall the location, but
half dozen numbers and streets came into
my mind all at once. ] had no trail of the
home of my wife and child.
At nine O'Clock at night who could tell
me where | lived. | was so worn out with
work that this prcdica ment brought the
tears to my eyes for minute. Apprehcn-
ticns eliminated and shivcrcd.
What would Lette think of this absence
Where, o, where was she ? When it came
into my confused brain she had said somc-
thing about Stewart avcnue-thc number l
could not rccall--I started on q run for
that street and, reaching it, wan dercd to
and fro, scanning the windows TO see her
face, the houses To note if any one of them
answered to the description she had given.
Vain labor.
Sick at heart l rctraccd my steps and
vent to the police headquarters.
"What is wanted ?" said the police Off
cial.
"An odd occurrcnce-I have lost my
wife,
"Ycs Bless your soul that's not odd.
Men come here with that news every day.
Do you know the road-what train she
took 7" he quericd.
"Pshaw l don't mean that" with an
angry feeling at his stupidity. "My wife
moved on the lst, and l have lost the ad-
dress she gave me. It's funny, but dcuccd
unpleasant" added apologetically as two
or three men began to laugh.
"Wcll, that is odd,' the official n cap
tain agreed 'but l cannot see how we
can help you"
Nor l, just at present. You can ad-
wise me, perhaps.h
You don't know the street, you say.
Do you know the eXpressman ?"
"Never saw him nor heard of him." |
answered.
wife got any friends here--brothers,
sisters, aunts or uncles 20
mo intimate friends or relatives. We're
comparatively strangers Ecre.''
"Well, don't know what to do. Per-
haps we might find out something in the
course of three or four days, mcditativcly
rubbing his chin.
mo sooner ?''
Can't say. Many thousand families
move here on the first of May. Perhaps
some of our men may pick up the family or
news of it they wouldn't know about it
unless appealed to.''
Thank you," l said, turning away in
misery of heart.
"By the way,n continued the captain,
following me TO the door, docs your wife
read the papers 20
''SOmetimes.n
"Wouldn't she be likely to buy them un-
der the circumstances ?''
Perhaps"
swat a bit -
lie stepped to the desk and wrote for
two or three minutes.
Suppose you put this in one Of the daily
papers !'
''INFoRMArIoN WASTED.-Of the rcsidcncy of
Mrs. Timothy Doray. Call at once at the store
of Crutch and Armless, 250 Water street.
"She'd know what was wanted. Nobo-
dy else would mind it you know"
excellent, thank you again, sir. If
anybody comes here for me you'll know
where to send them.n
After going to the principal daily paper,
and losing the excitement OF having some
thing to do to employ my thoughts, there
came upon me, as l walked the almost ST.
lent street, loneliness and desolation that
was appalling.
What n miserable, unhappy night that
was Nearly the whole time was passed
in n chair by the window, at the hotel
where had stopped. couldn't sleep. If
my eyes closed in drowsiness, was imme-
diately beset by terrible dreams about my
wife and child. Awake, my thoughts were
coniectures and apprehenslons about their
safety. | pictured them sick, alone in a
strange neighborhood, with no one to ap-
peal to for assistance. Imagined robbers
working at the doors, or rutlians making
night hideous with their blasphemy. No
evil seemed impossible of success against
those detenseless two, now that was away.
As drowsed now and then | would be
aroused by what seemed the plaintive, be-
sapchinp call of nv wife aS if she were in