Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-02-04

Know Wncre papa Is. lie salu IL
never saw him again must know
he had gone to mamma"
"Where were you when he tod
you this ~
"On the ship and oh, the fire
burned me so and papa held me
in his arms until strange man
took me and tied something under
my arms and threw me into the
water, and have not seen papa
since. o, sir, can you tell me-
where he is 2"
"No, dear child +; but perhaps we
may yet find him."
And this was all that Eva's new
friend could discover. It was plain
she had come from the ship which
had been burned few weeks be-
fore i; that she had been cast upon
the sea and foated TO the shore
but where was the father? Had he
been saved, and was he searching
for his child Every possible ef-
fort was now made to find him.
The circumstances Of the case, with
the statement Of the child, were
published in the newspapers Of the
neighboring cities, but the grief
stricken father, believing his child
to be lost, had sailed a week before
for Europe, and it soon became
settled in the minds Of Eva's pro-
tcctors, that hc had perished. But
the little one still prattled about
her papa" and said he would
come by and by, and those. who be-
licvcd differently would not pain
her by contradiction.
The square and composs that bad
been found upon her clothing was
regarded as a powerful appeal from
q Mason to his brethercn to care
for his child. So it came to pass
that Eva became rs It were { o
! special charge Of Hiram Lodge No.
90. Mr.. 4 + er would have g!andly
taken the entire care Of the little
waif, and the wealthy Senate +
, W requested to be allowed TO
; adopt her as lis daughter, but the
brcthercn in the Lodge assembled
! and declared by vote that Eva
should be reared, educated and
protected by the Lodge, and that
as Providence had placed her IN
Brother Turner's house, that should
be her home.
And so years went by, and Eva
became healthy, joyous Child, fit
ting here and there, and every
where meeting the warmest of well
comes. The Masonic Hall was but
few rods from Mr.. Turner'S resi-
dence, and Eva often went as far as
the door, and she returned alone,
always bidding the Tyler TO ."talze
good care of papa, Turner, and
send him home early"
CHAPTER III.
The six years that followed the
death of bis wife and the loss of
his child passed wearily away to
James Durant. He visited nearly
every country in the Old World,
seeking among scenes of natural
beauty and grandeur, as well as of
historic interest, for the mental rest
which could never be found. Once
more he turned his steps toward
America and sought his Masonic
friend, Wadsworth. Finding that
gentleman about setting ont with
his family on n journey to the At
lantic coast, Mr.. Durant accepted
the invitation to accompany them
to Saratoga aud Niagara, then to
New York, where leaving the Ia
dies, Mr.. Wadsworth and Mr.. Du-
rant wandered from town to town
along the coast, enjoying the beau
ty of the scenery and the quiet hos
pitality that greeted them, more
the crowded hotels and the fashion
able style Of the popular watering
places. Fancy, and the kind hand
of Providence at length led them
to the little town Of B, and the
second evening after their arrival
they visited the Masonci Lodge.
A warm welcome was extended
to these bretberen from such dis
tant homes, and both were invited
to address the lodge. NJ. Durant
said:
"Bretheren: l have Travelled
much and long. ] have found Ma
sonic sympathy in every part of
the globe, and everywhere is Ma
sonry substantially the same. l
can hardly tell where | reside. The
world seems to be my home, as i