Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-31
THREE BROTHERS.
The Story of the Wanderings of Two and
the Final ReIAion.

the flnal keIeNiOn.
A few nights ago Times reporter wit
messed scene that brought tears to the eyes
of strong men. 1t was the meeting of three
brothers, two of whom had been separated
from the other for fifteen years. SO intensely
interesting was the event that the reporter
approached the happy trio and obtained
short account of their lives
The eldest of the three acted as spokesman,
and it was with great emotion that he thus
replied to the reporter:
I'VE three are brothers. The two eldest of
us were born Oh the Rock of Gibraltar where
my parents lived for number of years. Our
home on Gibraltar was afterward exchanged
for one in Alexandria, Egypt, and there it
was the youngest in this group first opened
his eyes to the light of heaven. In Alexan-
dria we spent the golden hours of our youth
Father was captain of Spanish bark, and
seldom did he have an opportunity of being
at home. At an early agewe began to mani
fest some desire to go to sea, and well can L
remember how poor mother demonstrated
and pleaded with us that we should Danish
such inclinations from our minds.
"Ah too well do l remember how she urged
us to follow some other avocation, saying at
the time: Since your father began his life as
a sailor l have had no pleasure save in my
boys, and now it seems that they too must
go' Soon after this my father returned from
voyage of nearly eighteen months, and
when mother told him that we were thinking
of going to sea- he, too, attempted to diSsuade
us from the undertaking. He depicted in the
most thrilling manner the dangers and perils
attending life at sea; he Reminded us of the
tolls and hardships incumbent on a sailor.
Finding all this of no avail, he forbade our
leaving home, at the same time threatening
US with the severest punishment in case we
disobeyed him. At the time Of which speak
WIS but Is, while the next eldest was ID.
He and i, in spite of all that had been
said, determined to carry out our original
designs. We kept quiet, however, until IA
Their was called away again. One night after
father had been away for a little more than
a week, brother and stole npiselessly out Of
the hou,e and hurried down to the harbor.
Arrangements had already been made with
the captain of a Norwegian bark and we went
aboard content to do whatever the captain
might demand. At an early hour IL the
morning the bark set sail, and as we looked
back into the direction OF the old home where
a mother and a younger brother were sweet
" slumbering, unconscious OF the step we had
taken, tears bedimmed our eyes and vain
would we have recalled the past few hours;
but the step had been taken; the bark was
now swiftly speeding before the wind, and
the only contentment we found was In work.
We soon grew fond Of our employment, and
by our careful attention to duty won the eS-
TEEN and confidence of the captain. As we
grew older we were appointed TO better posi-
tions. Five long years we spent aboard tbs
bark.
Brother and I accumulated some money
and We were contemplating a return home,
when a circumstance occurred that changed
our plan Our captain was suddenly taken
very i'll and despite all thatcould be done for
him, he grew rapidly worse, aud within
week from the beginning OF the attack, be
/ breathed out his existence. Just before dying,
however, he made his will heaaesthing to me
and my brother the bark, together with
vast amount Of money. After buryins the
dead BODY OF the iamented captain, l assunl-
/ Ell command OF the vessel, then on the way 10
Panama. We reached that place in the
! course Of three weeks, and having deposited
our cargo again set sail. This time, however,
we were on a different voyage from any here
+ tofore made. Brother and had not seen any
member of our family for six years, and we
were now on our way to Alexandria Itwas
some weeks before We reached our deStina-
tion On arrival, brother and | fastened TO
the old home, but our loved ones were not to
! be found
a nei.hbor informed Us that they had not
been ID Alexandria for st least three years
With heavy hearts we returned 70 our vessel
and on the following day babe adiea 10 the
! spot q our youth. During the nine years
that followed nothing was heard OF our pa
rents or the younger brother, and we had oe-
gun 70 think that they were no more.
Through the kindness Of the Creator, how
ever, we have been permitted 70 looN on our
long lost brother to-uighs, f1ffeea years
have elapsed since lass we SAN him, then
boy q :, and although this meeting makes
our hearts happy. yet with this feeling Of
happiness comes one OF awful sadness Ihls
hrsthe- tells rs that the father and mother
have been dead for more than eigat years
Here the speaker was 80 hlled MIC emotion
tha. be could say 20 more, and as TIE three
broScers locked arms ard walked away the
reporter could not suppress the tears that
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