The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-03-23
Three Real Life ROmances.

There sailed in steamship for Havre,
Saturday, a boy sixteen years old, who
goes from the Paurer Home for Children
in Tarrytown to be educated in France.
The name he is known by is Gilbert
Lewis. His story is as follows: In 1860
there lived luxuriously in the lower part
of Westminster County French family,
with an infant son. Two weeks after his
birth the mother WENT to Charleston, S. c.,
on business expecting to return soon.
She was detained there until after the
breaking out of the rebellion, and she
was unable to send for her child. After
several months she succeeded in re urning
to this city, and on inquiry learned that
her husband had given her child out to
nurse, and, notwithstanding every effort,
she failed to find any trace Of it. The
despairing mother sailed for Europe, hav-
ing almost abandoned every hope of again
seeing her offspring. She then prosecut-
ed a search for her husband, which re-
suited in the discovery that he had COM
mitted suicide. Soon afterward she went
to Russia, where she married nobleman.
Meanwhile, Matilda Weber, of Westches-
ter, the nurse, had cared for the child a
year, but as no word came from the
parents, she, being poor woman, gave
him up TO the PoOrmaster. Last September
the Consult General received letter from
Mrs. Caroline Deiner, dated from st.
Petersburg, inquiring after her child,
which was soon followed by a communi-
cation from the Minister at Washington
Detectives at last found out the boy, who
was working on a farm, whittier he had
gone from the pauper home. He knew
nothing of where he was going except in
general way; was perfect stranger to
his parents, and would have been con-
tented to 60 back to the farm.
A singular story was brought out in a
case in Justice Delmar's Court, in Brook
Ign, last week. Patrick Cahill and his
wife Margaret married in Ireland in 1910.
He lived with her for about eighteen
months, and then disappeared. She sup
posed him to be dead until, finally, she
heard that he had come to this country.
She collected all her money and turned
her property into cash, and came here
with her daughter. For twenty years
she prosecuted an unceasing search, but
without success, until about two weeks
ago, when she learned that he lived at
Henry and Nelson streets, Brooklyn, and
was carrying on a lucrative milk bust
ness. She sent her daughter over to see
him, but he refused to have anything to
do with either his wife or daughter. See
ing that she could secure no redress ex-
cept through the court, she applied for q
warrant to Justice Delmar. Yesterday,
for the first time in nearly thirty five
years, the man and wife met. Justice
Delmar found Cahill guilty of abandon
ment, and held him in $500 bonds to pay
his wife weekly stipend of six dollars.
A third story Of reunited family comes
from New Jersey. Capt. George Bell, q
well-known citizen of Jersey City Heights,
while. visiting Bayville, Ocean County,
N. j., on Wednesday of last week, met
his sister, whom he had mourned as dead
for the last twenty seven years. She is
married to William Hulshart, mer-
chant. Mrs. .Hulshart wandered away
from home when a little girl.-N. Y.
Tribune.