The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-04

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&.JlE J .Ssi MET WITH AN, kCCiDENT,.,n al :
which disabled him Hom following that
business. On hisreeoyery theilefs his FAM
fily, which nSW consisted 81 hf wife and
two children, in Robinson, and went toAt:
la1tie land found emp oymeAtt as Id clerk.
This was in February 1879 ;s !H: remained
in Robinson He freqttently wrote to them
and stuffed that he wished they would re-
main where they were until he settled in
At last he wrote fortheh,t5 COME, Bat im;;
mediately afterwards sent. a letter telling,
Mrs. Angstead that he Would come after her
and the children himself and not Ito start be-
fore his arrival! lThe'first was dulyreceived
and ,Mrss, Angstead pack up h her house :
hold effects and hurried to, 4 Gin, ,,as sshe
| thought she was going TO, f;hnsband orBy
doing this she never received her husband 8
second letter. At the time she left Robin
son her husband left Atlantic to go to that
place for her. .
She started for Atlantic, but failed to find
any trace of her husband, and entirely Host
track of him, until last Tuesday. When
she failed to discover him she settled down
in the Bluffs to await the course OF time,
possessed with an abiding faith that she was
not deserted wife. While :laboring hero
ically for .
THE SUPPORT OF HER CHILDREN g
she continued to write TO every accessible
point, in hope some Of the letters would
fall into his way. But her letters were re-.
turned to her, and she-almost abandoned
hope. During all this time her husband
was making every effort to find her. He
went to their old Kansas home. and found
she was gone, and lie returned to Atlantic,
7 thinking he would find her. But no, she
never had been there. Heitthen returned
to the Bluffs, examined the freight receipt
books at the different depots to see il any
goods in his or her name had been received
at any time, but could find nothing. The
distressed husband next came to Omaha
and searched the icity, but received no
tidings of the missing wife. From here he
| went to her brother-in- law, Mr. H. B., Kel-
ley, in Sarpy county, but he had heard no.
thing about her. This was before she had
an opportunity to write to them. His fail
llre 20 s.f<- or .'F-.iE..::s s~.&srE,7
ASCERTAIN HER WHEREABOUTS
completely bewildered him, and'he knew
not which way to go: He finally secured an
agency for patent 'treadle sewing-machine
attachment, by the selling Of which he hoped
to be able to travel and continue his search.
He travelled through; Illinois, Ohio, and
Pennsylvania, wherever he OF she had rela-
tives or friends that he knew anything
about. But strange fatality followed him.
He kept in his travels ahead Of all letters
that were written from here by his wife to
any Of them. Last fall he came to the Bluffs
and Made an additional search, but though
his wife was there all avenues OF in
formation seemed closed against him.
and he left to continue his wan
behring's, which he closely followed. Las
Saturday the disconsolate husband returned
again to Omaha and made another thorough
Investigation in all the avenues whence in
formation is derived, but, as before, learned
4 not tiding from her. He learned while
4 here that the mother OF the lost wife wa
4 again living in Sarpy county, and he found
her living with another daughter, Mrs. KEEL
lev. They were overjoyed to see him. The,
had settled down to the firm conviction tina
he had absconded, or had
MET SOME SECRET DEATH.
OF course he inquired Immediately for hi
wife, and then learned for the first time
4 since year ago last July where she was
! Without an hours delay he returned t.
I Council Bluffs, in company with the mo
LucT-lu-LAH, iilu aoUss uL ou9 elO houSc NoSA
she had lived; and with hope and iea
struggling for the mastery in his bosom, hi
expectant heart aglow with love intensified
by absence, he approached the house to fnt
! the doors locked, the, window-blinds tori
down, and the house silent and deserted
The mother-in-law could give no explana
l'tion to the desolate husband, who was well
nigh crazed with disappointment. srfi
The neighbors told him that she hat
moved ont about half an hour before, bu
Eswhere to they did not know. 'Phis caused
Thin to redouble his efforts. Was it posi-
BILE for him to miss finding her? Only {
half an hour late! Only that brief space o.
time separating them after SO many long
weary months OF waiting watching, and
continued search. He must find her now
and on he went, looking here and there, in
quiring of this and that one, untilat last he
arrived alta little part brick andpart frame
cottage in another portion Of the city, anc
there she was with the little boy and glr
who used to call him papa.
Here we drop the curtain and shut Out
the gaze OF the world upon happy and
joyful relnion of a long and strangely sepa'
rated family.