Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-22

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thursda y Evening, November e, N
WICKED MAN1OH.
s"Tross sssl Scene &" "a ~. Isuis Police STA.
ti"" A" Errt"k Daughter Ileni~.
Ser Parenss, Little Bro.
ther, and sister.
st. Louis, Nov. l8-TO-night . girl call
ing herself Amelia Larmer. an inmate Of the
fashionable bagnio Of Vic Debar, was n.
rested and taken to the police station, where
she was confronted by J. q. Stanley, Of
Philadelphia, who clsimed her ~ his lost
daughter. She was also identified by Z boy
Of Mr.. Stanley, Of II or IL years, who was
more positive in the recognition than the
father had been. The boy took hold Of the
left hand, and there, sure enough, wa the
scar which he we'll remembered: had been
received years ago, when his sister was max.
ing baskets. He called her attention to it,
and cndeavored to remind h.r Of how he
had cried when the accident occurred, and
she had kissed him and said il did not hurt
much. He gave a full history Of the whole
accident. He told her how and where they
were seated, and even what they were talk
ing about. In his childish sympathy the
sight ofth blood streaming from his sisters
hand had made a deep impression upon his
but declared herself unable to comprehend
the matter. She insisted there was some
mistake, as she never had laid her eyes on
either Of them before. She .aid she could
bring a women to prove that her father was
living in Hillsboro, ILL.,, from which place
she had been away but a short time. Her
father was not a one-eyed man, like Stanley,
but had two good eyes, which were of the
same color as her own-jet black; and fur
the'more, instead Of being an Englishman,
he was a Frencbman, as her name, Larmer.
would indicate. She also declared that If
the matter waspushed she would send for
her father. though che admitted that she
would regret very much to be forced to &C
cept such an alternative, as she heartily de-.
tested every bone in his body. She said
that her fas.her had treated her very badly,
and that she had stood the tyrany of one
stepmother, and finally had been driven
from her home by the combined brutality Of
her father and q second %stepmo,her, the first
having been divorced and succeeded by
another even more Objectionable. When
the chances for a speedy release seemed
against her she wanted a telegram sent to a
prominent man by the name of Moore, at
Nashville, near Hillsboro, ILL.,, whom she
claimed was her father. Stanley had
brought his wife and younger daughter here,
believing he had a trace of the lost one.
They we're brought to the station, and a
strange ecene ensued. The mother was the
first to recognize her, and, after observing
her carefully for a moment, looking at her
from head 10 foot, her face bearing an ex-
preston Of mingled joy and pain, che spr.ng
forward with arms extended, exclaiming:
"My Mary, on, my long, lost child" SHE
was unaffected, and recoiled from the lem
brace, remarking coldly: "You are mis-.
taken, madam; my name is not Mary, nei-
ther am l your child"
mo, l am not mistaken said the other
II know you, Mary: you are dressed up now
and your conscience may have changed, bul
when look upon you l see the same face
that once made me proud ash fondled you
in my arms when a babe. On, the trouble
you have given me inthese six long years q
your absense. never would have though,
it Eof you. How could you treat me 80
when you know hew it would pain me? Oh
no wonder you did not recognize me. j
know l am changed, and broked, aud it j.
only strange that l have:.survived the shock
The tears that I have shed would have
wasted any form, and the wakeful nights ]
have spent are enough to have wrinkled
brow Of stone. And now you have the fac
to stand here and look me squarely in tn,
eyes and tell me you do not know me-"
II repeat, madam, what have I to do Will
daughter, you have a right to look for her
L cnp,oea. hut t1s. <1sv,- :. oo<to- ~a-.k.
nous. 1t is late, and l do not want to spenc
the night in talking to you" the girl said.
ooh, Mary" persisted the woman,
~ tell you once for ALL" said the girl
thoroughly enraged, II am none of you
to the word "Mary."
ooh, Mary, be ashamed Of YOURSELF" ex
claimed the girl who was standing near by
"And what in the devil have you got /,
say about it, you b-h?" asked the suppose
Mary, turning toward the last speaker.
These last words produced a decided
change in the scene. Both the father an,
the mother were much surprised at her pro
family, and the latter burst into tears, Will
the former said, in a firm voice, waving hi
hand in adecided manner: "Take her dow
~staira." The Stanleys are already to swea
the girl belongs to them. She disappeared
when q child, from their home in TER
Haute, Ind. Previous to and on the occas
ion Of the great fire Stanley had a baske
mandatory in Chicago. and lost $4,000 ii
the flames. He now lives in Philadelphia
He says he was in St. Louis several week
ago, and, stopping at one Of the hotels,
girl anne to wait upon him, but r~etreate,
precipitatelv. He has only one eye, md j
aooned IN him the 0ir1 wao h;s danohto,
not. and when he tried to find her she ha,
left the house. Stanley then brought hi
family here, and devoted his time to til
search for his daughter. She was take,
from the bagnio on his description.