Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-05

| The man Hou believe to be your father. will
Along c1me the object of the young mans
search, and as he neared the well-known detective
"A moment Mr. Blank. :" said the officer.
Rl.ne me M introduce my young friend hr. James
me me &tlttsourg man with start and suppressed
oath stepped back several PAGES and looked in
| tenlly al the Young man before him.
A DRAMATIC INTERVIEW.
The last time those two had met was when that
splendid young fellow was babe throwing daddy
a Kiss with his chubby little fists.
| Half minute passed without a word from the
sstonished man, and then James spoke:
"Iou appear surprised sir"
; Yes" stammered the elder man. '1t is the
same name as my own.'
''Do your feelings at the sight of me lead you to
believe that we are related, sr?',
what should make you think so?'' coldly.
Curiosity, sill; perhaps stronger reasons.
| Were you not married in ireland before you left
there?''
81 was forced into kind of marriage with a
woman from whom / have been divorced, sup
posem
Forced, sir; and what motive was there for
compelling you to marry the lady?''
''0h, the usual way, w1,n a man is in trouble
over woman who wants name Tor child
and-n
''Stopi Don't say one word more, sir, about
father and You are brutal liar and sianderer!''
big words, young man. ~
Twill back them up with bigger deeds, unless
You retract the slander you have circulated
against nv mother and your lawful wife. Are
you man 10 assaI an honorable woman's name,
and that woman the mother Of your children?n
kearns off his guard.
''My brother was born few DAYS or weeks after
you basely deserted my mother"
'Ahw
"Father, don't come here to appeal on my
own behalf, but my mothers. For . years she
provide the daily bread which it was your duty to
provide. And now, getting along in years. aged
more by hard work than time, she needs rest for
some provision ssond m.de for ef 1re sa
You are apparently In good circumstances. Will
you be just? lfthere is a good spot in your heart
olt of generosity or honor left in you, let II
plead with me for my mother"
For moment there appeared to be q struggle
between the good and the bad nature of the man:
icily and measurediy: 81 have no knowledge Of
what you tell me. If your mother has suffered
am sorry. but do not see how l am accountable
tor il nor do see what can be expected Of me. III
the person you call mother is the same person to
whom was married many years ago, she has de
serted me in not trying to discover my where
was it not your place to seek her, sir, and
undo your wrongy'
II wrote letter to Providence, and never re-
ceived any answer
Then you knew she was there?
''Father, could you not have come TO find out
for yourself?''
THEIR STRIKING RESEMBLANCE.
''You are adopting me as your parent on your
own responsibility, young man.
''Sir, you know an your son. Your heart tells
you so, and the likeness we bear to each other is
another proof. VIII you assist my mother?n
''Why does she not come to me herself!'
''Give me the money to pay her fare and she
shall be here in three days. VIII you not restore
her to her rights?''
What" shouted the Pittsburger, as though
aghast at the thought of introducing his Irishborn
wife to his American wife. ''Young man, you are
going too far. There are no rights which am
keeping from your mother. have been divorced
from her. obtained proof OF her death before
applied for the divorce.''
What. how could you get divorce from dead
The man saw he had made another blunder and
hastily ended the interview. 81 am too busy to be
bothered any more. If you have any complaint 70
Mayor office. Perhaps YOU like to prefer a |
charge of bigamy against me-
would rather be the son of the meanest man In |
Providence than be yours. But you shall do JUS |
tce to my mother, If her sons live to make you do
it. You may have other sons here in this city, |
and IL you have they and the lady you have de- |
ceived shall know what rascal you are. am |
going back TO my mother, and if she cannot come |
here you shall come to her and along with an Off
Ger, foo.
The next morning, says Inspector McAleese,
the father was down to the Office very early
and greatly agitated, but told him that we
would 90 nothing against him unless proceed
i1gs that might be Instituted made it neces-
sary
The young man left the city, and has not
since informed the officers what course he pro-
poses to take. He said he had understood that
his father told the officers it was true he had
married in Ireland before he left that country,
but it was marriage with person old enough
to be his mother, he being but boy of IA and
she matured woman. Furthermore that the
marriage had been forced upon him.