The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-17
4 SNALL BOYS ADVENTURE.
o,untJKr AND BLAND STORY HE
5hN TrtLy ON REI CHINO HOME

..,heru Gnnc Has that the it"" ""h
60 IIirn-Mc hns N"s Read Dime Novels
c..rl,o Dufrcne. brown-helred, blue-eyed,
I'm ~, q vsnrs of age is the Oldest OF the
" ,budrcn Of George Dufrcne OF $50 West
n| s,r,at On Thursday morning. Oct. %.
lou' tshrnolrist and started for the school.
~ related Inst evening what happened:
e,iry IN school | met Joe Adlcr. n bank
~ walked with me- To the corner
,ws,srley place and Eleventh street There
cameup. He was dark. not So black as
''-'~ . t,,, blu..nr than an Italian. He had
u.s.. ,Io..t hoir moustache. and goatee He
'io., clothes and white straw hat with a
w.. ,n,hon. We ran He chased Joe. but did
-, c,,.h him. and then he chased me. STUN
"a o,,,- the cnr truck He caught me by the
..o' ussa m, ND. and said Come along with
~, tsali No. sir; don't want TO- he sdd.
'you must; come clong.' He dragged me
...-,y n block down Eleventh street to stable.
tf.,,n.A me 10. and saw there horse har-
ncs,,d ,o "A coach. He said Get in there L
.i,t.d him and YELLED. mil he tumbled me In.
tnf1,d down the W ndOw curtains ma smut the
aors tight Then hp rlimisd on tne Don ana
wv. .- -, =, N, river We went down some
siops stsps TO a boHt. He ,rowed into little
b,i,a.. on the other sidi. We went up some
Ispssa, saw ihp name Eric Railway on the
ILL., W % ri re- WIS ~ one Else in tho car be-
go ourselves. H. gave me- this bag;
Tnc 10y showed q sporting bag made OF deer
hgfsIi Ia. vas full Of bread. cake and sand.
wlchs Tnc truin started about IL O'clock.
saw tie wofkmen going home He offered me
some caniy. | saw HIM tut some green stun
on tanl woult NJ take II. Ne put H. back In
his 70 81 i9ld MIN t.at Il he hadn't ppt
nie In the cars all thut night. slept In the top
Sr,h IN he slept In the bottom one. The next
day he GOT 4 beskct Of sandwiches and gave me
come. WeIode on that day and night. and al
saulay. On Monday morning we reached
Minneapolis. The man went out from the car
Nhen the train stopped. We had been alone In
nsn went away / cried 40 loud that the con-
ductor came AMI asked me what was the matter.
iold him that the man bad taken me away
iron bone. The conductor went away from
;hrcar and got some other men. and they ran
odand hooked for the mnn. and said they would
kans bin. They did not get him. Before TIE
'Tage this la!' l said. don't want it, He
put 4 over M shoulder and walked on.
The eS2ndnc'2I took me 70 a saloon N and gave
station ! told him had an Aunt Goff in st.
Paul He took me with him on the next train.
and pu, ne in the ladies' car, where the ladies
icok car Of me. l remembered then that
tdnt have an cunt ept an uncle, Charles w:
afternoon: Inf conductor gave me TO red,
lnd gave me something to eat. A man. Charles
pa'rene. came TO see me. but he was not the
right one. Then policeman came and took
ne 70 the station house. where l stayed al
alshL'
Tle story at ihi. point may well be taken from
an article In the ~. Paul Globe. II says:
The little fellow was up bright and early. re.
freshed from his nights rest. In casual waJ
arSmGrkanie story was drawn from him, Che
Sl: DSIns sf as W SsuS roS lSaho to ih
pclce station and confronted with tho boy. ThI
LITE fellow io2sed up slyly and said. Yes. h'
eoriasel and after ali didn't know. Mr.. Du
,rsns gas ostonished aud foE some time e9ul'
nS realize the situation. He half recognized tn
child and then again failed to plnce him. Tn
elry made statements which compelled Mr.
pufrsae 70 e!a,ulate; Yes. he must be m
himself 70 the belief. for. as he had explained
be he'd received q letter only ten days ago fror
hisoro'her In Which the good health .happine
spd presence Of MI his famlly were mentioned
Mr.. Du.rene, convinced that Il Was his nephew
lsp-rt ii with him 10 his boarding house o
Minnesota street The little fellow was cieanl
clNR roundabout. neat -ho9s. and a straw ha
hy had game Dag. which the man had give
Nv, In y Tere dramibI Pic H , eniaisn treae
gf@sd. a Irvine string two stones, knife.
hrsss chAin. two bits OF candle. II piece Of rut
eei hose. u marble. three or four railroad tim
circulars. aud other odds and ends-wealth
BUS u.nd. Mr.. puirene ut once telegraphed
New York. but. at late hour no answer ha
Charles says. In resumption OF the nsrraty,
The morning after slept IL the police static
my uncle took me TO the 81. Germain livery 81
him and stayed hree days. Mrs, 1t. dermal
snw NE and said she knew gentleman. Mr.. A
;Tgd Duir-ne, VINO would like TO take me-"
The following letter from the editor OF u
In'iy Globe explains in regard 10 this Mr.. d.
irene:
G..., bsre< E.s, Nee RO-k en-.
pa e as w i uS Sou yoST sas
ouf tScsi aS eon s 4 lin IN as care Ssn
a. H.i D9ysnS pTspsSHsn wsS Los, ,oP RI!
.tn1inl in III city. aud is good business man.
NAnis - adupt your 80 II you are willing He Is
Asnl. All !. we'll ouisns cIsr,riE
Charlie further says: Mrs. Alfred Dufrer
fern near the woods. and ! had a nice tim
There were four girls-Ida, 10 years old StelL
Law. Siand Virginia. z little baby. Patsy W,
black d9g, and ! rode out on his back 10 see II
cows. played all dag; ! called them papa an
PANT nsmPa ana they eslle9 me their lttls boy.
az. tue Chief Of Police came and said IN
,hh.r mad sent ticket. and that must {
,Snt home They all began 10 CRY. And dldn
solg basket with apples md oranges. pies an
sSd We al csei FL S'e CHE o. Police sG put N
morning"
q, Charlie did you ever read q novel;" asks
he t-p2rter
". never rad one" he replied.
.heveJ0u ever studied geography"
40, I'm In the fourth class"
.Rd you know where St Paul wasp"
"pi you 90 on TO fight Indiansi"
Aans QUESTION was beyond his comprehensio
AVER Chsre st.r.ed for school. on the NOR
lhg q M 25th Of October, Mrs. Dufrene expeC
su nm bacs 70 lunch. and when he did not r
urn Size SUPP SEED he mad been kept I'm for pu
tNW'LL NQ' turn ng up by evening. tn
thpyt Do lad gone over 10 his grAndnlOther
X !-f7~y CIV. On Saturday Mr.. Dufre
Vltrl Tor HIM, anu reported his loss TO Cal
Hslt74y who sent him to the Police Cent?
Yn'r lie wrpt there on Sunday. but tho y
Etr tlo much bGsled with the Manhatu
DAB burglary 70 pay much attention to hi
~ " monday Mr.. and Mrs. Dutrene began
frsIhll AMI thought their boy had be-
EgWhed. MI Duirene searched the Nor
SNt llers 10 vain. Their hopes were slnkil
10y loW.f when they received the followil
".sFAm IRON 81. Paul. dated Oct 80;
psS y'' n by o, a'rs ,9ys h' yosr soa name en-
ar Du'rne Immediately forwarded a q
s,nsHou o. his boy. On Nov. came this To-
"'Ay'ar sn In s@od banda Further BY mail!
NJ Duirene then entered into negotiati
- w rHNroad company 10 forward on
III lie coull III AFFORD the expense and II "
,' y, great oil m sulty that he put together sls
@Wlvlsh ticket. Mrs. Dutr-ne positively
49, 70 give up her child Tor adoption. Char
H. ~ Yesterday morning at 7:lO o'clock