American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-05

from the support of his children he de
voted to advertising for Nilhelmina.
Time and again he heard of women alive
and dead who were supposed to be vii
helmina, and time after time he hunted
them up to find ''no Wilhelmina." He
saved an extra penny to keep a light ut
the window for Wilhelmina, and he was
up with the lark to pray-after he had
looked down the street to see if there
came his poor Wilhclmina.
Sometimes his fellow workmen would
say to him: "Well, Charlie, your wife
must he dead, or you would hear from
her." and he would shake his head and
say: May be, but | don't believe it"
Sometimes they would say: "Charlic,
your wife has gone off with another man.
You will see her no more" and he would
slap his hands earnestly together and
fairly shout: "No, stree. She never don't
do dot Poys, | know dot woman, dot
Wilhelmina. | knows her nit mine
heart"
After two years of faithful, unavailing
search Meyers gave up in despair, and,
not being able to withstand the grief
which his surroundings in Syracuse con
stantly called up afresh he took his chill
drcn and went to Rondout
-Four years ago this fall a woman was
brought to the County House at Rome
partially insane with the burden of Il
great grief. She was perfectly harmless,
but hopelessly confused. She could give
no account of herself She did not know
who she was or where she came from,
and only remembered that she once had
a husband and that she had lost him.
Under kind care she slowly grew better,
and as she felt more familiar with
her surroundings her mind slowly re
sumed its sway. She remembered more
about her husband and about her two
children, but how she lost them she
could not tell. She was gentle and in
dustrious, and became in time rather a
favorite not only with the inmates but
with the matron and her assistants as
well.
Last winter a young tramp, one of the
numerous females that represent SYRIA
cuse through the State, stopped at the
County House as transient" To her
was told the story of the German woman
who had lost her husband, and she re-
membered that German living on Sa-
lima street, Syracuse, had lost his wife,
but she could not tell his name. She
thought if Mr.. Cheney (who questioned
herr would write to one Mr. Waters, a
tinsmith, that gentleman could tell him
all about the case. With this clew Mr..
Cheney traced the case until he became
satisfied that the man Meyers, who had
gone to Rondout. was the husband of the
confused German woman under his care.
Then trouble was experienced in getting
Meyers from RonGout. He had gone in
search of so many Wilhelminas, and he
had been so unsuccessful; but finally
friend in whom he had confidence wrote
him such an account as to convince
him that Wilhelmina had been
found. Then he packed up all his furni
ture, everything he had owned
when Wilhelmina left him, and he
shipped all back to Syracuse, and he
passed through Rome last Tuesday ght
with his two children, and he got his old
place in Syracuse with his old employer,
and bright and early last Wednesday
he was en- route for Rome-and Wilhelm
ina.
Cheney took him into the reception
room, and Mrs. Cheney brought in Will
helmina. At first she looked vaguely,
and then more sharply at Meyers, and
then-well, we cannot tell you what hap
pcned then. There was the happiest
German in this broad universe, hugging
the happiest of all women, until he made
her corsets crack, if she had any on. She
knew who she was then; she knew all
about it. And that Dutchman who knew
dot Wilhelmina in his heart" had his re-
ward
And Cheney was just as much pleased
about it as any one-bless his big heart
and if he stood on one leg and shouted,
50 Hosannah in the highest, and on earth
peace, good will toward menu why, it is
nobody's business. There was gay
party in that County House reception
az. " Sentinel.