Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-03-09

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breakfast, and unfolded my morning paper
There was my advertisement. What al
cdd thing it was, to be sure How We
would laugh over it some day-perhaps to
day or to morrow, wife aud I.
"Eh! What's this ?" l cried out tt
MYSELF, as my eyes rested utsh this para
graph in prominent place:
NISSlNG.-Mr. Timothy Doray has beer
| lSl missing from home since tle night o
| April 3oth. No reason is known for his mys
terinus Disappearance. Any info. nation lief
at tits Office rs to his whereabouts viii bs
thankfully received by his afflicted wife.
Tn all my life l never heard of anything
quite so extraordinary-a husband anu
wife lost in city, and each advertising the
other could hear my heart beat with
joy as realized that, at last, there was q
clue to my home. Not a mouthful oi
break fast had been eaten. l was feasting
on the joy of my discovery. contcmpla
ted for few minutes, in an cpicurean way
this dcjeunc of discovery, then started
for the Office of tha. excellent morning pa.
per, that valuable journal whose circulation
was limited only by undiscovered aud un.
explored lauds, etc. That editor was an
angel, seen through my eyes just then,
and his assistants, printers and all of them,
we're cherubs of mammoth development
Glory I'd have my wifc and baby within
an hour, sure.
I was walking briskly, my eyes fixed on
the pavement, my thoughts hours ahead
anticipating. when suddenly some one
caught my arm roughly, excaiming :
"Iicre, you. Can't you stop? A lady
has been running after you for halfa block.
You're worse than horse-car to stop
and then without waiting, he passed ahead.
As | looked at him with angry astonish-
ntent, little hand grasped my arm there
was the rustic Of dress and quickly drawn
| brcaths.
"Tim, whats is the matter ?" said the
figure, aud she followed the question right
on the street by a kiss.
OF course it was my wife.
What's the matter ?" she asked again.
"Why haven't you come home? Where
do you live? Oh, shame to desert poor
Toddler and me" laughing hysterically
aud clutching my arm firmly. l felt like
taking her In my arms, so great was my
delight, but due regard for the public
restrained that excess of emotion. AS it
was, looked at her with my hungry eyes
and my heart humping into my throat, and
my tongue tangled with a confusion Of
words | wanted to utter all at once. |
presented statue of glad surprise, notion
less as if in stone.
"Why don't you speak, Tim, to your
poor wife? Tell her what has kept you
away so long. Let us not stand still here
with people staring so.
81 am happy now, wife, to begin with.
Put that down as credit mark-as long
as from here to the North Pole. l didn't
go home, because didn't know where to
60"
"Didnt know where to go" she
echoed
"No. lost the location out of my
pocket, and | had to wait until you found
meas you have, thank you. Why didn't
you 90 to the store ~
$50 did-the old one. No one was
there, and not an animate thing to say
where the new store was and you never
informed me-"
$50 1 didn't. 1 forgot it. Why didn't
you 60 to the police ?"
81 forgot it-never entered my head.
You see | am not used to missing hus-
band. Oh I've been so miserable. Tim,
there's gentleman beckoning to you"
1t was Mr.. Armlcss in his carriage.
Z" Seen the morning papers, DOray!" he
asked as came up.
eyes, sir. This is my wife, Mr.. Arm
less. We've just found each other by
accident"
"I am very glad to know this, and
yourself, madam" he said, bowiug; g
was just on my way to the newspaper office
to give my testimony" lie bowed, touched
up his horses, and then stopped them.
"By the way, Doray," he began as we
cameup, "take a couple of days leave.
You are entitled to it. It'll be all right at
the store :" and with that he was away,
without waiting to hear my thanks.
After that We walked homeward like
flowers. The distance seemed very short
I looked at the street as we came before
|
"Letty, Lefty" cried in self reproach
"this house is only FIVE blocks from ou'
new store"
at has been thousand miles away fol
two days." she replied softly.
looked into the yard Of the mansion
Bless his dear little heart, there was Tod
der, sliding down the cellar door. under the
superiutendence of miss of about SIX
summers.
"IIillo Tod !" cried.
"Oh, papa" he yelled, running toward
me- Ise glad you come, cos mamma
won't ky any more" aud we all went into
the house and shut the front door upon the
world.
"A San Francisco letter SAYS: The
Rev. Hora,io Stebbins, the successor O.
Starr King in the pulpit of the Unitarian
church, has recently received call to nj
an Eastern pulpit. with the salary OF $40,