Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-03
READS LIRE A Ro1I ANCE.
The sto-y Of Two Young Girls, Adopted
In Rabyhood and WAC Are Now Re.
turned to Their Friends. r.:

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The sto-y OF Two Young Girls, Adopted
IN Rabyhood, and Wac Are Now Ee.
turned to Their Triends.
From the st. Louis Republican
Ii walls have ears, as the adage as
serts, then pine boundaries Of the May
or's Office heard the details Of a most TO-
mantle story yesterday morning: A
gentleman occupying q high official pc
sition in the city government called at
the Mayors Office in q sad mood and
paid his adopted daughters fare from
ST. Louis to some point in Arizona,
where she was to join her own mother
of whose existence she only recently
became aware. The city official paid
the money with sigh. and as he
received the ticket which was to be the
instrument of transporting from him
one whom he had learned to love as 8
daughter, his eyes became moist and
his voice grew husky.
Commodore, the history Of that
girls vicissitudes is a strange one"
;'Conle inside" said Commodore
Smith, 'sand make Sergeant McGrow
and myself your conhdantes. We have
hearts softened by constant con-
tact with misery and can at least go ou1
toward you in the way of sympathy"
The gen tlcman addressed ran the back
Of his hand rapidly over his eyes and
followed the pair into the sanctum sane
torun, OF the Chief Executive of the
city. Then the following tale was told
In the year 1860 happy family lived
in Marvville. Cal, a husband. wife, and
two children. both girls, one 4 and the
other 2 years Of age. Suddenly it be-
came known that the father was becom-
ing addicted to drink, and it was not
long before ne was o hopeless drunlard
His wife got divorce from him, and
the Court gave her the custody Of the
two children. Shortly afterward, while
the latter were sick with the measles
the husband kidnapped them and took
them East, and wrote to the wife sta.
cling that both the children had
died. The mother, knowing the children
were sick when torn from her side, be
heved the false missive, and lno1lrned
them as dead. Subsequently the mar
came to st. Louis with the children
Finding that his health was failing him.
he made strenuous efforts to get his chill.
dren adopted by persons in good circuan'
stances. The younger child was adopt
ed by q family which moved to Erie
Pa, and the eldest girl became mem
Der of the family Of an employe Of ont
Of the city institutions. Since then ht
has become the head of an impoctan
department of the city government
The child was adopted ten years ago
The father afterward led an aimless life
doing chores for saloons and writing
bills of fare for restaurants, III return
for which he received in the first i'll
stance occasional drinks and in the sec
ond occasional meals. About q yeal
ago he obtained free transportation from
the Mayor to Olney, Ill. Before leav
ing for that place, however, he had al
interview with his oldest daughter, il
the course of which he contided to he
the story of her abduction, and the fac
! of her mothers existence.
He obtained from her solemn prom
Use not to repeat what he had told he
, till after his death. He babe his daugh
ter farewell, and left her forever. he
! died in April last, and the daughter
in st. Louis told her adopted parent
what she knew of her antecedents. (
rich bachelor uncle in Maryville, Cal.
was written to, and it was learned il
/ reply that the mother had married
wealthy judge in Arizona. A lette
was then dispatched to the mother, ant
y few days ago a reply was received
from the judge, her husband, inclosin!
! 800, and asking the adopted parents t.
send the girl at once to linn in Arizona
In the course of HIS letter the stepfath
ar sa VS.:
"You are coming, my dear daughter
to loving hearts who have many year
rnourned YOU as dead. On your journe
hither do not stint yourself. Take
sleeping car, and buy everything tina
will make your journey pleasant an
relieve it's tediousness.
The girl has always been treated rs
member Of the family by her adopte
parents, and she has received goo(
education. The youngest child la
not been as fortunate in the matter o
education, and she will be sent t
school in the East before returning t
her mothers house. The adopted faith
er OF the oldest girl has made her
present Of her ticket to Arizona, Al
the 500 which her stepfather sent vii
be used in the purchase Of clothes an
other necessaries for the journey. TIL
adopted parents, while 10th to part wit
the young girl, who had been so lon
their charge, say they have too niue
affection for her to stand in the way {
her social udvancem ent.