The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-25


Eres = - -o-AH1es * he pas sEss and
novels Of Tie present hare for =. E1s.
striking AID prominent figure person
Elo Lad b@sn noE-aed for q dead, and
whose memory, though cherished and
entxined with mary fond recollections,
though seldom spoken. get often pre-
sensed 10 the minds Of he fond relatives,
had become IN the deep vista Of the past
years reality lost forever to the vision
Of the eye IN this life, and only to be
hoped for in the great hereafter.
Such was the case in private family
who hare resided for several years in the
First Ward Of this city. a young man,
gifted with many talents, resided with
his widowed aunt and her younger sister,
and was looked upon as a son, his moth
er having died in his infancy, and his
father, Freedman BY birth, Mons.
L. Tor, whose profession required coz
slant absence from home, having been
reported - dead in distant part Of Eu-
rope some twenty year. ago. TIE sants
then we're residing IN the city Of Loldon-
and having friends il the United States
came 10 this country, where they hare
since resided. firmly believing that their
nephew ~ss really II orphan, in which
belief he Of course partook l. vas lzse-
~ announced in this city that Mons.
L. Tor, an accomplished prestidigisa-
seur. would. On : certain eTenEng, make
his appearance a. one Of or. theaters- The
ANNOUNCEMENT. full Of many attractions
and extraordinary teats in bis ait,
! brought. OF course, large audience, and
| among the res. our friend rouag Nj
i Greene fEho i known BY his agns's
name. He had, however. been III for
some tine. snd his aunt ende4vored TO
/ persuade him rot 10 venture out, fearing
relapse, but he had determined 10 20,
AID re did He witnessed the perform
ance. snf be Vas drawn By some unac-
count2ble feeling u consider the per
| for1er as person that Was not q
/. stranger 10 him, but oae in whom re had
/ 2sdeeD interest. somewhat akin to per
scn ne had met before in long past years,
/ on seen IN a dream. He looked again
and again to the name appearing in the
| programme that was somewhat similar
TO the name Of his parent. The age,
/ TOO. was about the same, and the profes-
! sion identical With these thoughts in
/ bis mind be returned TO bis home and
communicated them TO his relations,
Who partook soon Of his inte-est, and il
was resolved 10 seek the stranger
on the next day and ask for an
interview 10 satisfy their anxiety. The
anxiously -looked-for morning at leng
came. and the parties sought Mons
T. a. his hotel, but he had gone to The
rehearsal. At the tneater they present
ed themselves, and after some hesita
ton on the part Of Monsieur be con scented
TO an interview, which he had declined a;
first, on the ground tia. be had no &C
| quaintances in Washington Immediate
7 on seeing him the young mans sunss
at once recognized-their long lost broth.
er-in-law and the father of their nephew
/ and he them, when mutual explanations
followed They had heard positively ot
bis death in Europe, and afterward. when
he returned to London, he was informed
that they had all gone 10 America; tina,
on arriving in New Orleans they were
struck down by yellow fever and all per
ished together; 50 he wandered over and
over Europe for years lonely and sad
man, though always in the midst Of com
pany and the attraction of the CAV multi.
tude. At length he would visit the New
World, and of course should see the cap
isal in lis gayest season Here the de.
nouement: A father finds his long-los,
son; that son father, and the aunts q
brother, dear to them as the loving hus.
band Of dear sister, to whose memory
he has ever been true, for he never re.
married. Mons. lie Tort will return
here in few weeks to rejoin his rela-
tives and make arrangements for having
his son near him, who cannot. however
think of leaving his aunts, who have
| been 50 fond Of him.
Verify, one may say with HamIe,
There are more things in heaven and
on earth than are dreamt of in thy phi
losophy, Horatio. Washington Repu5l;
can