St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-29
A SIMPLE STORY.
A Waif Finds His Sisters and
Mother A frter MANY Years.

Mother After Many Years.
''Why, Jimmy! where did you get
your good clOthes?"
This query was put to the newsboy
who had been serving this bureau for
long time with the daily papers, says
Philadelphia penny Special to New
York Herald. The question was prompt
ed by the appearance of the boy we'll
dressed and in an entire new suit.
''Well. Mister, my name amt Jimmy
now, and as how [ have good clothes is
because l have found my mother. l
have been looking for her for thirteen
years in this city, and the other day l
found herr
well, if you won't tell, will. When
L was too young to know any thing I
was placed for Safe-keeping by nv
mother in the Southern home, at Twelfth
and FitZwater streets, down town. l
learned that at the home, when began
to feel ought to belong to somebody,
and asked about how got there-that |
was placed in the home by my mother
when she married for second time.
''She was then living on Lancaster
street, down town, between Reed and
Wharton streets, where / was born.
"When l was old enough the home
bound me out to learn brush-making.
l didn't like the place, and ran away and
began to sell papers on the street and
sleep wherever l could. After had
been doing this for some time kind
lady spoke to me one day and told me to
go to No. 251 South Sixth street that
night. l did, and found it the News
boys home. [ lived here for years, and
a nice place it is for boys that's got no
one to care for them.
HE FINDS SISTER MARY.
81 tried it over in New York, too, and
sold the Telegram and Herald, and
while there l hunted up my my sister,
who, was told, at the Southern Home,
lived somewhere on Third avenue. [
found her at No. 10S Third avenue. Her
name was Mary Smith. She is older
than l am, and remembered that she
had brother who had been placed in
the Home when our mother married a
Mr.. Brown. Sister Mary didn't know
where mother was, nor if she was alive.
"Mary told me l ought to stop knock
ing about the streets, SO she tried to get
me aboard the schoOlship in New York
harbor last November, but they found
my eyes were bad, and wouldn't take
me, SO | came back to Philadelphia.
"From what my sister told me 1 be-
lieved l might find my mother some
where down town. So l went to the
lieutenant Of the Twentieth District
station, and told him all knew about
myself, and asked him to help me find
mother.
"He promised he would do it and
would call in the help of all the down.
town officers. l never heard any more
about it until Christmas eve. l was
down at the Newsboys' home having
good time, when little girl [ didn't
know stopped there with letter for me.
HIS SISTER SALLIE TAKES HIM HOME.
The letter said for me to come at
once to No. 232 Federal street with the
little girl. On the wry she told me she
was my sister Sallie. l didn't know l
had sister Sallie till then. She said
she was taking me to my mother, who
had been looking for me for ten years,
and had just heard of me through po-
liceman who patrols her street.
81 tell you, mother and | were glad to
meet after thirteen years. She was
awful kind to me, and sent me to live
with an aunt, Mrs. French, of No. 539
Wharton street, l had never heard of
before, because mothers husband,
Brown. was queer.
''MOther and aunt gave me lots of
things and got me a good situation in
Clinton's brush factory, No. 93l Market
street, where | am going to work. That's
how I've got good clothes On!"