Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-05-09
SEE, SEE Vol. II, No. 3S

"By the way" continued the Captain,
following me to the door, ''does yOui
wife read the papers?"
'SOmetimes-nOt often"
"Wouldn't she be likely to buy them
under the circumstances
''Perhaps.''
| Wait Bit" He stepped to a desk
and wrote for two or three minutes.
suppose you put this in one of the
daily papers,"
| INFORMATION WANTED,--Of the resi-
dence of Mrs. Timothy Doray. Call at
once at the store of Crutch & Armless,
259 Wafer street.
"She'd know what was wanted. No
body else would mind it, you know"
Excellent; thank you again, sir. If
anybody comes here for me, you'll
know where to send them. Good
night
After going TO the office of the prin-
cipal daily paper, and losing the excite
ment Of having something to do to EN-
ploy my thoughts, there came upon me,
as walked the almost silent streets, a
loneliness and desolation that was ap-
palling.
| was impelled by these feelings to
contemplate withouta a shudder the eter-
nal rest to follow self-imposed death.
1t was terrible frenzy, lasting only q
few minutes, but it enabled me to COM
prehend how easily men and women
are tortured by circumstances into the
insanity that leads to suicide. However
l shook off those feelings and went to
hotel.
What miserable, unhappy night
that was! Nearly the whole time was
passed in chair and by the window. l
could not sleep. If my eyes closed in
drowsiness, L was Immediately beset by
terrible dreams about my wife and child.
Awake, my thoughts were conjectures
and apprehensions..a about their safety.
pictured them sick, alone, in strange
neighborhoOd, with no one to appeal to
for assistance. Imagined robbers work.
ing at the doors, or rufflans making
night hideous with their blasphemy.
No evil seemed possible of success
against these defenceless two, now /
was away. As l drowsed now and
then, would be aroused by what
seemed the plaintive, beseeching call of
my wife, as if she were in the room.
An alarm of fire was sounded, and l
pictured to myself the burning of my
house. Such night hope | may nev-
er again be forced to endure, so filled
was every minute and hour with the
most horrible of fancies.
When the gray light of the early
morning spread through the streets and
people began to move about, tottered
out of that dismal hotel, and went shiv-
ering and weary, into the half night, |
half day, so that l might walk away
from the thought that had tormented
my soul in the darkness. Where was |
the hearthstone on which the Goals We're |
red for my coming! Where were the
loving wife and child for whom |
yearned with an affection never before
tested? Why didn't they come for me?
laughed aloud at my posi-
ton, which would be so ludicrous
when we were again united. As the
sun arose, so rose my spirits, and l
stepped off briskly, wandering here
and there in regions to me hitherto un-
known. The panorama of low life and
high life at five O'Clock in the morning
is inquire, but unattractive. Finally
settled down in a restaurant for ny
newspaper. There was my
What an odd thing it
was to be sure! How we would laugh
over it some day-perhaps to-day or to-
and l.
"Eh 9-What's this 2" / cried out to
myself as my eyes rested on this para
graph in prominent place:
MIssING.-Mr. Timothy Doray has
been missing from his home since the
night of April 3rd. Any information
left at this office as to his whereabouts
will be thankfully received by his at
flicted wife.
In all my life l never knew of any
Thing quite so extraordinary--a hus-
band and wife lost in city, and each
the other. could hear my
heart beat with joy as l realized that,
1t last, there was a clue to my home.
Not mouthful of breakfast had been
eaten. l was feasting on the joy of my
discoveries. l contemplated for few
minutes in an epicurean way, this
lejeane of discovery, then started for
,he office of that excellent morning pa
per, that valuable journal whose circu-
alton was limited only by undiscovered
md uneXplored lands, etc. That edi-
or was an angel; seen through my eyes,
ust then, and his assistants, printers,
Ill Of them were cherubs OF mammoth
Glory, I'd have 4 wife
md baby within an hour, sure.
was walking briskly, my eyes fixed
IN the pavement, my thoughts hours
lhead anticipating, when suddenly
'ome one caught my arm roughly, ex- !
"Here, you, can't you
top? A lady has been running after
you for half block. You're worse
han q horse-car to STOP" and then,
Without waiting, he passed ahead. As
looked at him with angry astonish- =.
nent, a little hand grasped my arm;
here was 4 rustic of dress and quick
Y drawn breaths.
'Tim, what is the matter?" said the ,
igure, and she followed the question ,
light on the street by kiss.
OF course it was my wife.
"What's the matters" she asked
gain.
"Why haven't you come home? y
Where do you live? o shame TO de-
ert poor fodder and me-" laughing ,
historically and clutching my arms q
irmly. felt like catching her up in
ny arms, so great was my delight, but y
due regard for the public restrained \
hat excess OF emotion. As it was,
Ooked at her with hungry eyes, and with :
ny heart humping up into my throat, .