The evening world., 1889-10-05
Little Lydia MuSCh Hasn't Been Seen
for Two Days AMI Nights.
Her Father and Mother Fear She
Went Away with Bad Girls.
She Went to School Thursday'Noon and
Disappeared on Her Way Home.

There was not a little excitement and worry in
the cosy little apartments Of Mr.. and Mrs. q.
A. Musch, in the Minerva Flats at ISL East
Iwenty-sixth street this morning, when an
Evening WORLD reporter called there.
For two long nights and q day and n half their
little daughter had not been home and they
feared that she had met with some harm.
Thursday noon, the little girl whose name is
Lydia, left home as usual, about IL. AZ to go to
school. She should have returned about 3 o'clock
but as she did not, her mother quite naturally
supposed that she had loitered a little on the way
wit some playmates. and was not at all
alarmed.
But when it grew dark she became a little
anxions.. aud when her husband cam home al
$50 o'clock and, Lydia WAS not with him her
anxiety was much Increased.
len oclock came, but no Lydia. AnXiously
both parents awaited her coming, but the little
wanderer failed to put in an appearance all night
While Mr.. Musch was at his work yesterday
Mrs. Musch kept up the weary vigil. The result
from the missing girl. The mother waited until
10 o'clocl; at night and then hurried to the Mul.
An alarm was at once sent out. but no traces
OF the missing girl have yet beer found.
MuseS GA to t l%Iaf Tepor TsSro shS can ~a De- ;,eI said aN Mr;
so long before, and I'm afraid she's got in with
some bad girls.
III inpatient broken English, aud her coal-blacL
eyes flushed as she poke.
have told her father many time that he
was too good Tor her. When she wouldn't mind
me told him, and he would say to her, 'YOr
better do this, or you better do that, or / will.
GO or you, but d at al he did.
She il not afraid to come home, for hcI
father never whips her, although he tells her ht
will"
Here the father interposed, in German, some
emphatic remarks that were just az cmphat
icalry returned, and then the conversation
DIR. ted back into English again.
I'VE have visited no relatives or friends yet.
said Mr.'Mnseh; Our only relative here Is my
s;Ster-ln-law, who lives at $50 We I 5 ixty-ninth
street. and / don't believe she has seen her be.
cause she was here late Thurs lay afternoon and
didn't say anything about it. Anyway. il
Lydia went there she would send her home OF
let us know"
Lydia has friends OH the west side. but they
have very careful parent, who would send her
home or let US know II she was there. My wife
il going to see my sister-in-law this afternoon
and see il she can Md her there or any other
place.
" thought may be she had stolen something
AMI been arrested. for we caught her %rtealine
fruit from a stand once. But if she was arrested
we would probably. be not fed. and the father
excused himself an went on shaving, in which
occupation he had been interrupted.
- funny thing about il, " he added, lis that
she told her school teacher that her mother
wanted her to come home at = O'Clock Thursday
afternoon. Her mother never said so. and the
teacher wouldn't let her 30 unless she had q
note"
Lydia is nine years old and was born in Ger
many. but speaks good English. She in mall
of her age. slim. has dark complexion and
brown hair and eyes. She wore u red dress and
a lght-blue apron.