The Osceola times., 1882-08-19
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"My Long Lost Broiher''- Boarding House
Guests Who Miss Adventurous

"My Long Lost Brother''- Boarding House
Guests Who Miss an Adventurous
Couple.
A very romantic scene took place on
Tuesday last at clearinghouse situated
on West Thirty Fifth street, between
Eighth and Ninth avenues, y. Y. city.
IN the early part Of last month Mrs
Crane, a boarding house keeper. was in
need of extra female help TO wait at ia.
bic. She went TO an intelligence Cilice
on Sixth avenue and there saw very
handsome blonde, girl about eighteen
ycars OF age. Her appearance was 50
quiet and modest that she made most
favorable impression upon Mrs. G. After
few preliminaries, the new servant who
gave her name as Gertie, was engaged.
The girl gave her employer every salts
faction. unlike the average run of ser
want girls, Miss Gertie never wished to
90 out at night. As soon as her davis
work was over she would repair to her
own private room and never associate
with her fellow servants. For the frst
few days her actions caused much com
ment among her fellow orkers, but al.
ter week or 80 the girl'sactions seemed
so natural to her that no further notice
was taken OF her Teiioenoe. Time and
again, however. the mistress sought to
obtain the confidence of the servant, and
each time that Mrs. Crane would saw !:
Come Gertie, tell me about your past
life" the girl would cry, and beg her en-
ployer not to broach q subject which
could neither give pleasure nor informa
ton to either party. Last Tuesday night,
when the boarders assembled in the din.
ing room for supper it was stated that "a
new chum" had come among them. Ger.
tie, as usual, was at her waiting place
She advanced unconscious ofthe surprise
in store for her. Only The wodrs, "what
will you" had passed her lips when with
a shrek, she exclaimed: Good God, lis
Willie ~ and before an arm could catch
her she had swooned. While the women
were striving to revive the girl the men
formed a circle around the new boarder.
or Mr.. Smith, es he was called, and ask ed
for an explanation of the scene which
had Just occurred. Atfirst Mr.. Smith re-
fused to speak, but promised that as soon
as the prostrated girl had recovered from
her shock he would give every satisfac
ton. When Gertie was revived she
beckoned Willie to her and whispered
something in his ear. Then turning te
the astonished boarders she, in a falter-
ing voice, said: This man is my broth
er. was born in Ballarat, Australia. ]
am now eighteen years cid. Four years
since | ran away from my fathers roof
and got married. did not live with MY
husband long, he was 80 jealous of me. !
made up my mind to leave him. Where
to 60 was the question which troubled
me most. My parents had not spoken to
me since my marriage. | saw an adver.
tisement in the Melbourne Argus that a
widowed lady who was travelling to
Europe would give companion her pas
sage in exchange for her company. | ap'
piled for ard got the position. ] left
Europe seven months ago, and since
landing here have been employed as a
bookkeeper in a downtown store, which
position | was forced to leave through no
fault Of my own. My next situation was
as waitress that was in this house. You
know all that has happened since | have
been here TO the meeting with my broth
er." Mrs. Crane accepted this explana-
nation and requested the girl to remain
with her. Gertie, however, refused. She
insisted on leaving, as she said that she
could not look the boarders in the face
again--she would be ashamed" Late
on Tuesday night the girl and her broth
er left the house and all inquiries about
them have been fruitless. With the 10.
mantle couple, whoit is now thought are
man and wife, departed great quantity
Of clothing and iewelry belonging to the
boarders of the house. who are anxious to
again see the handsome Australian
blonde who SO successfully feeced them.