West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-09-22
SURPRISE sOss A WIDOW.
An Ola fcrty-Nincr Rctmrus Homo
AFTER Thirty-Thrcc Ycars.

real scnsation has been created 1,
Cn'esgo ny the return OF a man named
Bartholomew Frederick Lloyd. who had
no. been heard fr I'm Cor thirty three years.
ard was supposed to have been Killed NV
'hr iHdians when on his way 10 California
ire vcrland route. His son Horace.
l. 10Y @ fourteen was In hls companv
. ''ne, aud he returned ragged and
'' starved. having been. "a he said. tho
'r" su'vv r Mrs. Lloyd, who was
mn . aud c.,rceiic when thrown upon
Ter own eXtrtloHs, s,tttee minmety s,ore
me, assisted W hn os,cS., = r,aae :,
pNpnlar' en- became the vorus 4n,cn- va
'aSaionah 81 Il ,ho West Side Juthc,o.s
0ef"nlstl'nS in rcai estate swell.l ' 6. orS.
perty rapidly, and she became ,dn END.
ent within few years. The os,'v,A op,Ls
OF separation from her husbar4 having
'ed without word from him, Sc no. ON
"iuows weeds and muurncd hir, us ,ad.
Alter seven years she Vas induced !, mar.
ny again, but the new husbind pr5yod %
DO a mere fortune hunter, aad finding
That she hal settled her wealth upon h,r
daughter, she was badly treated. and nh.
tanned release by divorce. II sum,,.
her name, Mira, Lloyd, sho ala, resumed
her business, and prosecuted it with dill
Gence, until very recently she found ber.
sell able TO retire with an easy comre.
tence. Oa last Sunday morning Mrs.
Lloyd answered a ring at the front door
bell. A tall. handsome man, with hair
white as the snow. wrinkled. but still erect
and wearing patch over his left eve.
asked to see Horace ii. Lloyd.
The widow asked his name. and be re
Piled Il am bartholomew Frederick Lloyd,
Almost fainting, abe tottered toward her
son ehe bade him spe VIII, Il was thu,
would speak with him. Don't Won know
your father, Frcd,rck?" the old man
asked. you are not my father" the son
re;oincd. Making motion as II 20 ,hrow
him oil the stoop, his mother stayed h,s
arm, and in a few minutes the fog was
cleared, the wife recognize her husband
ana son father. The sons Joy was ex-
travagant
Inc old man says his son ran away from
him because, In III of anger, he had
thrown sword at him. The father sur,
posed he must have persisted, and mourned
him as dead, and IN his grief took no steps
to relieve his wifc's anxiety. HIS hone
was that he would make lucky stroke At
the diggIngs, and take back money. even
II he failed to take back their boy. Twico
nc started homeward with enough money
for present needs, and twice he was robbed
lie tried the Australia dggings for q while
but illluck stuck TO him like burr. Ten
years ago he Transferred his eff ,rts 10 thu
diamond fields of South Africa, but WAS
again unsuccessful
lie has very heavy watch and chain.
which he says were presented him far
leading an extensive caravan from Ceutr,,
u Northern Africa. He was among the ref
ugees who, temporarily resident In Cairo.
were compelled to Zee TO the protection OF
the Bri ish feet of Alexandria when tbe
present unpleasantncss was ripening. He
was landcda at Matte, and made his WAY
thence to Baltimore, which he reached a
week ago. a Chicago directory contains
The name, Horace III Lloyd, and he i,ur,
neJed hither, hardly daring TO hope that !,
was his SOD, AID fully persuaded that b,s
wife had long since joined the mai ,rity.
Ills welcome from his children was unaf-
tectedIy joyful, and his wife hopes that
she may in time get used TO belyeing him
alive. iFI,s