The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-05-07
SQUAW'S SEARCH.
SHE FOUND THE REcREANr HUSBAND.
How n Half-Breed Nebraska Sought for
and Discovered Mr.. Thomas In
Chicago-Some Amusing Incl
dents of the Search.
[Chieago Tribune.l

street. Her complexion was brown, her
cheeks were high and projecting, and her
hair was jet black. She was plainly
dressed, and probably the most expensive
article of attire she wore was her brown
vanished straw-hat surrounded by pur-
pie feather. AS she looked around thest
tion wonderingly, and her little boy her
side clung half-frightened TO her dress, 1t
was easy to see she was stranger to Chi.
cago. Approaching one Of the men about
the depot, sho asked several questions,
shook her head gravely once or twice, and
then with downward head, as IL she were
in tears, led her boy slowly up the stairway
to Canal street, where she stood for few
minutes gazing alternately to oil points of
the compass.
"That seems to DO kind Of hard case"
said the depot-hand whom she had been
questioning. "She has come with her boy
all the way from Pawnee City, Neb., and If
1t hadn't been for the kindness of the other
passengers on the cars she would have been
dropped somewhere on the road long before
she reached Chicago, because she started
without money or ticket, and, l dare say
for that matter, the pair hadn't morsel Of
grub between them. You see, this is how
it is. She is q half-breed Indian, and
married white mana laborer on the
railroad. When the mans job was finished
he deserted her and her child and left her
penniless. She learned from some Of the
other laborors that he had gone of to Chi
cago, and without knowing anything about
Chicago, except that it was pretty big
village somewhere in the East, she silently
went homo, dressed herself and her boy,
and boarded the first train to this city.
"The conductor was telling me all about
her. When he asked her for her ticket she
looked scared and said she hadn't any, but
If he wouldn't take her along to Chicago
she and she and the boy would just
stop cut and walk-walk, mind you, to
Chicago from Nebraska. Wcll, This kind
of staggered the conductor, who began to
| question her. She said she was going 10
find her husband, whose name was
Thomas, and that she didn't expect
there would be any difficulty in finding
him, as he would probably be working
among the other laborers on the new
| track at Chicago. You see, she thought
Chicago was some village where the rail-
road was going to be laid for the lrst
| time. Well, the conductor, akind-hearted
fellow, didn't like to turn her of the cars,
and he went. among the other passen.
gers and told them how the squaw, as he
called her, was going to take walk to
the village of Chicago to find her hus.
band, who had skipped out and left her
alone with q boy. The word was passed
around and in half an hour Mrs. Thomas
had not only her fare paid, but few dol
lars over to get her food on the trip and
still leave her with some money TO get
along with in Chicago for day or so
anyhow. For two days she sat in tho car
speaking to nobody and staring blank in
front of her, and It wasn't until the third
that she ventured 10 ask tho conductor
II she wasn't going out Of ber way, and
mightn't have passed Mr. Thomas on the
road. There goes the 'squaw' and her
'papoose' now, alongside the fence up
there" concluded the depot-man, "and l
expect they'll have time of 1t before
they chance upon Mr.. Thomas in the
streets OF Chicago.
The same night the guests Of small
hotel on South Canal street were thrown
into CONSERVATION by singular awaken.
ings, and at breakfast next morning they
exchanged stories about their experiences
towards the witchlng hour Of midnight.
One said that he was sound asleep in bed
when he found himself grabbed by the
feet. by the dim light he thought he be.
held gantess tugging at the bed clothes
and heard n sepulchral voice saying, "You
are my husband; you come with me-"
Another said that In his room there were
three fellows sleeping, when all Of sud-
den they were awakened by being pushed
and hauled about. The sat up simultane-
ously and asked, "What in thunder is the
matterW and n voice replied, (which oi
you Is my husbandp All in turn con.
demned tho spectre roundly for its intru.
sion, and it glided away with kind oi
grunt; but few seconds afterwards they
heard series of yells, and the clerk Of the
hotel camo tearing down the corridor with
a wild.lool,ing woman at his heels. HC
was in his night.clothes. She caught hin
by the hair and he yelled again. ShG
pulled him under the kerosene light. HC
begged wildly for mercy. Gazing steadily
into his face for few minutes she pushed
him away from her with gesture Of dis
gust and said, "You alnt no tue man
want" BY this time the whole hotel haC
been aroused, and crowd Of half-dressed
people came out OF their rooms into thu
halls to see what the matter was. The tai
woman with the phenomenal strides swep
past them all until she came opposite 1
stout-built middle-sizad man with shaggy
black whiskers and pair OF Canton cottoI
drawers, who was standing In ono OF th'
doorways. Clutching him franticallJ
around the neck, and then sliding down h
the ground until she caught him by th'
knees, she called out, 10 Thomas, 60
you! / knowed pd get you, Thomasl
Thomas, don't never leave your poor wifi
and baby no more-your poor baby
Thomas--your poor little bsby. Thomas =
In the meantime tho man addressed a
Mr.. Thomas recovered from his first as
tonishment, gave whistle, and thon sal,
IN tone OF the most ineifable disgust
, "Wal, I'll be doggoned darnedl Shoot m
: II faint the squawp
Noxt day Mr. Thomas and his wife an
child took tickets back TO Pawnee City.
appears that after leaving the Union d.