The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-10
bOOk-keeper Of the Scottish Commercial
Insurance Company lin the Chamber Of
Commerce bnilding) which position he
CHAPTER III.-rHE DISCOVERY.

CHAPTER fTT.-THE DISCOVERY.
During his boyhood young Clarkson
had several times made inquiries Of hi,
iather concerning his mother, but wa,
always met with complete rebuff. Being
ot somewhat afiecti0nate disposition he
desired TO know the circumstances Of thq
death ot the mother he could not remem.
Der, her maiden name and the wherea.
bouts OF her relatives, The complete re.
iusal Of his father 10 tell him anything al
all made him suspicious. He pondered
Tue matter Tor many months, and finally
last December wrote TO his adopted father
and entreated and demanded particulars
and threatened 10 use all the money al
his command to discover his mothers
relatives. He received then the informa.
tion that Mr.. Clarkson was not his own
father, that hlS real name was McMill an
but that Mr.. Clarkson had never seen
Mrs. Mcmillan and knew nothing Of her
whereabouts, or her maiden name: also
that his real father had been prominent
Chicago Freemason. On this slender clue
alone (Ol Mcmillan and Masonry Young
Clarkson went TO Chicago in January and
spen: many days trying to get In.
formation Of himself In Masonic records
and meeting, Of course, with many re.
butis. The parties TO his adoption seem.
ed to have all died or moved away, and
the records were destroyed in the great
lire. One otthese parties, MIR. Hurd, he
eventually traced to Michigan and in.
duced him 10 come down 10 Chicago and
join him in the search for his relatives,
Thus accompanied partly by luck and
partly by perseverance, he at length met
Mr.. Thomas Shirley, the old particular
friend Of the departed Mcmillan, and
the very man for whom the orphaned
boy .omis Shirley McMillan) had been
named. From Mr.. Shirley he learned
that his mother was indeed dead; that his
sister had married and gone TO Cali.
iornia, and that for further particulars
be must go to Peoria, Ills. lie went to
I'Peoria and found numerous relatives:
found that his mother still lived in New.
port, KY, aud that his sister was with
her. He hastened to Newport. Before
he had chance 10 introduce himself to
his mother (Mrs. Montfort) size rCcog.
hi2ed him "a her long.lost son, from his
resemblance to his father. There was OF
course the greatest mutual Joy, and the
third chapter closed in the State Of Dan.
lei Boone with colors flying and calcium
lights.
MIR. ClaIkSon has since returned to st.
Louis, and expects soon to bring his
mother and sister (of whom he is very
pronD here TO live. He has also discoy.
cred two own cousins in St. Louis, Mrs.
Belle Hatcher and Miss Nellie Gregg,
Having also found himself, he has re.
sumed his original name, and Is now
Louis Shirley Mcmillan.
Having a large circle OF acquaintance
in the city, Mr.. Mcmillan has found it
an almost impossible task to relate to
everybody the cause and story Of his sud.
den transition from Clarkson to McNIiI.
Ian. On this account he was induced to
surrender the above particulars to the
Republican for publication. Be 1t remem-
bered, therefore, that the Scottish Com.
mercial Insurance company has discharg.
ed its old book.keeper, Louis n. Clark
son, and hired new one, Louis s. McMil-
Ian. The story is told. After all it is a
comfortable thing to know Just who you
are, and it is sweeter TO be yourself than
to he anybody else by mistake.