The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-05
A room BOY,s DISAPPOINTMENT.
Meeting with hts supposed Mother-The Old
Mui-A Singular History.

Dummy, the uraf mute VINO Soils papers
on the Long Island trains. is back at his work.
One week ago. Dummy's friends thought they
had found his home and parents. and, having
provided him with letter that explained his
case and asked free passage for him. they scnt
him 10y boat and rail to Fitchburg Mass They
were all gricvcd at parting with him. for he had
been for many years ON the railroad. and hal
become "A favor,tc 10y reason Of his kindly dis
position and reliability.
Three wcrks ago. a man from the East mp
piled to the Long Island Railroad Company for
employment H. fireman. He mingled with
the railroad employees and thus fell in with
Dummy. He asked about the young man.
ana said thai he know OF family in Fitchburg
Mass. who lost deaf mute son fourteen years
ago. and had never since heard from him.
Dummy has been on the Long Island Run-
road nearly fourteen venrs and this WIS deemed
cnuugh of u coin 'idenrc by Conductor rol-
hurst to cnns" him To- write To Postmaster
George T.. Goodri"h of TT hburs, Mass, about
Postmaster Gonlrlrh found that a family
nunl'd Hurley in fitrlli 'urs had l'st u boy four
id'utn.I 10y a large cross prirN"d in his lrlt
arm IN India ink and hy MS memory OF having
worked IN a MN. IT, WAS about tWeniy-six
yours uf age. and of li.ht NunplcNion. ami bee
had = M IN b . fnro and another on his right
hand. Postmaster Goodrich wrVts that he hoped
Dummy would prove ~ ho the nm --ing son.
Tor he had given the h'roaV'i parcuis cam. t.
hope. and even the tuwn-iolk of EItcLburg had
tbs i1ft.r ,as road to dummy hv traualo
ton int, the si.n lnngunge. Ne was rlrt II
60 what he believed to be- an account OF hun
no re.,. III r,. a. l,,i' Dn- ni his I.utlinouI
lived ina tie,, win fr . .ts WIS "A mill ' no
notion. 4 "anu when I grew uu TO isn GOOD
sis.d Un, I went o. work tnrre. lwusuhlliun-
,nN Int ntaru.ll they mad - llrt. iuui-
To- moan '..,... '.ll.los ii.nl.
TN.u lunn!y sir.up.d h- irit arm and
- ,w Il 10 ross ~ iu la INK. and ~ "NhHht.d
hurst wrote {, ro.tmn-i.r GpuIrrI that ho
W uI li.rto know IS. go ..nl o. IL mill u Is That
!. 'l.,., To- the iiur. s. Itnl,,ie,. thft hnfstr,I
uG .iOn,.ns. .n-tald ui bun. iieht conn l.N-
,.' Na7- rI,.,,,'n, p '.ln ' n, 90,
4 l.lIurr r.nl.I Satisfactorily tIpt TIE I'M n
wIrr,tle ii1r.., iny .ad worked is c1tt n
d.r, comp ,Nlnnnl II I'D easily b., that the
Of 'hiIrsn G'i H. $ ~ 49, thy grow w. VIZ 1904
,i,.' ''', ,.' NJ, ,.. v n,.r.t.j INV
coDs.l"red ti,. id,n,in ntioH almost mrlr :
- ' "i nni.a h va ome. AMI was ANXIOUS to
tion C.nlnatnr Toll,urst 6ad pnmn.ys d.
t,' % L g., IA 49,, .,',i,,-r' nrt i,
v'- e'nt +, r"stsl,stnr tn,ir'.h In n i,,y
NE. - i.S,''."S,' 'in,,.,,,, -" "".,TNW
Ill., WITH .''i'.,, 'r" On, NJ nin..r s'ii.'
VI" i,r' t.n'"'1; "'' IT, ~, - ~ u,
u, ,nr 81 'nr .t'',t .n' IL, III - .,
T., ''rr "s beyond ia su'n likeness o' IN lost
-. on, Tu ,sday week e.;o. Dummy was
N'N 10 ~ ""uFS ,NtM nus VT !" lI.' ,'.H
,u tyf~ "i ~ tonds ne "n9'd trVri On Ar "a;
Nv n's nn ll.',,- ,', H., i !,
maslars srs.ici. end p''one n.i INN, Bui a;.
l-i"nl"h ai .vr hii'r ~. me- nl lu II : way
'' a j." MI w., , ,, a. - ~ T. , ~,
tni ti'v took ann nj once 10 tAe nome oil Tie
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a.. gs ~ W. o, t'H' ,Sno T''r shN