The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-14
An Heirs Return.

Nearly twenty years ago yOuLn Vi
rowing turn of mind and decidedly fond
of adventure took his departure from his
parental residence in Sligo, on the South
Side, and pushed out on his own account
into the broad and untrled world to seek
his fate and fortune. He had been raised
most tenderly; being an only son of
were gratified, and neither effort nor
means was spared to properly educate
him for the better walks of life, but still he
was not happy or contented. Without
making any preparation for a distant and
prolong ed journey, or informing either
friends or relations of his intentions, he
quietly left his home, somewhat uninten-
tionally performing mysterious disap-
pearance. Days rolled away into weeks,
weeks into months, and months into years,
and the crushed hearts of the parents were
not relieved by any Gladstone tidings from
their boy. They early gave way to de-
spondency, and, while settling down to the
belief that he was dead and never moro
would return, stub, hoping against hose,
they used all exertions To learn something
of him and his whereabouts, but all TO no
avail. No word, no news, no letter, no
answer to their addressed inquiries to all
parts of the world came to solve the mys-
terry which so burdened their hearts. A
few years ago the father passed away in
death, and the recollection of his hayward
son was with him 10 the anal moment Of
Departure Something inwarlly ioid tie
good old man that his boy Mas,yet In the
world Z and tho price1ess legacy of 81
fathers blessing he left for him. The
mother, likewise hopeful, survived the
partner of her joys and sorrows only few
years, and with her last breath bequeathed
to Alexander the precious gift of her
maternal benson. And thus they passed
away. t.s5 i.uF LIMA
During the long and fretfal suspense Of
the loving and distressed parents ne SON
was living the life of sWanderer, far or
among the rugged gold hills of Australia,
making his livelihood in the wilderness Of
a new humanity to him. He had not for
gotten his old home, and his heart often
returned to the dear old couple whose roof
and protection he had 80 singularly aban-
doned. He was not long permanently
back to his parents, explaining his absence
trials and thrilling experiences in his
journey to lands SO far away from the old
That letter never came
back to check the doubts and misgivings.
of his friends or assuage the hallowed
grief of the father and mother. He await
ed in vain for an answering echo to his
message of undated love and filial duty.
No word reached HIM, and again he wrote
home, and fearing the reliability of the
mail he intrusted the missive to comrade
who was coming hither. That letter was
never received; the courier never was
heard from. After this Alexander mag
niied his offense into grave proportions,
and felt that he was unforgiven the trans
erosion and wantonly forgotten. He
wrote no more, and in his dreams the old
folks ever appeared, but no good guar
dian angel ever whispered through them
how two old gray heads, bowed in grief,
implored the blessings of God upon him,
Or how two loving hearts beat in prayer
fill anxiety and suspense in his
behalf He married, and soon three
rosy checked children clambered upon
his knee, and in them and his
wife he found objects to divert his
mind away from the old home and incen-
tives to make new and happy one for
himself His wife sickened and died, and
his grief was made all the greater on re-
ceiving by post the cold, legal announce
ment that he was left the heir to large
estate by the death of both his parents.
The lawyers had discovered his address,