The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-13
VAnt to know the rest of your name-yoai
fathers namelr (A H I.
Eva Durant Nj. Dqrsnt q mypapa;'
rYes want you y ten me all ca,

Iva 94IAAA 1E+ DHI1nt A-ff
"Tes T; I want you 10 tkr me all ron cai:
remember about your father and motherS
Eya's eyes filed with tears "oh, SIR.
my mamma died and went to live with tbs
angels. He said IL ] never saw him again
I must knog he had gone TO mammn-~
"where were you when he told you
this?"
ION the ship; and oh. the fire burned
!, mo n. and papa held me IN his arms INIT
a strange man took me and tied something
under- my arms and threw me into ths
water. and have not seen papa since. Oh,
sir, can you tell me where he Is 2" -
"No, dear child; but perhaps We may
yet find Him.
And this was all that Eva's new friend
could discover. Ii was plain she had como
from h ship which had burned n few
weeks before that she had bean cast upon
the sea, and fioated to the shore but
where was her father Had he been saved.
and was he searching for his child Every
possible efforf was now made to find him.
The circumstances of the case, with the
statement of the child, were published
fully in the newspapers Il the neighboring
cities. but the grief stricken father, believ-
ing his child 10 be lost, had sailed q week
before for Europe and 10 soon became set
tied in the minds Of Eya's protectors thai
he had perishoi. But the little one still
pla.u sud nv md tbo.e Who believed
S.1i"Is ~ ,ro,id not main nor NV contra.
diction-
o.rJ mon nor cIotb;nr w.s res,ricd asn
powerful appeal from n Mason TO his broth.
ren TO care for his child. So II came to pass
that Eva became. ms it were, the special
charge Of Hiram Lodge No. 90. Mr., Turner
would gladly have taken the entire care of
W. r.ar.s,sS ~ ~ sir,-sei IL aJo,t
~ !. his tamaf,t.r - Ar h~4h,ar II
49, 80 hrss 49,. III A. ~ .hat
rr-t te.,s ~ -sr 1s -, -
1900 ~ sha io.ira "a shat ~ p,aridanc.
~ ...ss ~ aa.hr- as hnrsa
~. $500 ~ L. heSn ~
A. - $3.50 r.. no,
$500 wrtSnnss 49, - -
- =, SsySs -en~ ..rnast ~
welcomes. The Masonic Hall was but q few
rods from Mr.. Turner's residence Ind Eva
often went with him as far as the door, and
then returned alone, always bidding tho
Tyler take good care of Pa Turner and
send him home early
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The six years that followed the death Of
his wife and the loss OF his child, passed
wearily TO James Durant. He visited
nearly cvctv country In tho Old World
seeking amony scenes Of natural beautv md
grandeur ns well as OF historic interest,
for the mental rest which could never bs
found Once more he turned his steps to
wards America. and sought his Masonic
friend Wadsworth. Finding that gentle
man nbout setting out with his family on {
sccented tbc invitatio, 10 accomnanv tbeu
10 SARATOGA and Niagara. then IA New york
where. leaving the Iadies. Mr.. Wadswortb
and Mr.. Durapt wandered from town Ia
town along the coast. enjoying the beauty
of the scenery md the ouict bosnitality
TINT greeted them more tban the crowded
hotels md the fashionable stvle ~ tbo
ponnlor wnter;py pl,cea Fancy and tbo
tind hand ~ frnvidanco NJ iarg,h Ied
Thorn 70 the little town ~ a and ~
second evening after their arriyal they
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iaited the Masonic odr. warm wei.
;ome was extended TO these brethren from
such distant homcA. aud 18th were invited
to address the lodgc.jMr. Durnnt said
Brethren l i've travelled much md
long. have found Masonic sympathy In
every part Of tho globe, and everywhere |,
Masonry substantially the Same car
hardly tell where l reside, The world
socns to be my home, as l remain but a
short time in any town or country, but my
name is recorded in an English lodge. ]
love my English brethren, for thoy first
brought me from darkness to light and
1 love English soil, for with 1t sleeps the
wife OF my youth. But | love American
soil, also, Tor hare have l found the warm
est OF welcomes, the kndest Of brethren.
And, too, my W child is sleeping in
American wnters even benentn the very