Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1889-12-27
0AKEs DICKEY COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY, DEC 1882
cured was employed, no publication was
made in the press.

cured was employed, no publication was
made in the press.
Six years had passed from the day the
boy was stolen when Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
rison entered the little mission school in
the Five Points. 1t was her own loss
that had made her so peculiarly anxious
to benefit poor children; but, though she
was forever searching for her own little
one. both she and her husband had al
most given up the hope of ever finding
him. While Mr.. Harrison was talking
with Mr.. Van Meter, however, her eager
eyes were scanning the faces of all the
boys in the room.
Suddenly. she turned pale. "Oh,
George!" she said, or gasped, rather, and
without another word she flew rather
than ran to the other end of the room,
Dropping on hers knees in front of the
poor little waif who had drifted in so
strangely, she seized him with both hands
and looked eagerly, almost wildly, into
his eyes.
"What is your name?" she said to the
startled child.
"George." he said.
| George WHAT"
II dunno" he answered. beginning to
cry. for he had developed Il sel,sitivenrss
about his lack of a proper compliment
of names, and. moreover. he WAS half
frightened by the now frantic wulnalls
strange behavior.
Suddenly she tore open his jacket and
the poor, ragged shirt he had on. and
looking on his breast found the birth
mark she sought. Then. quick as flash
the whole thing happened SO quickly
that it was over before her husband
reached her side-she gathered him into
her arms, dirt, rags and all, and kissed
him until it seemed as if she were trying
to devour him. Then, of course, she
tainted.
1t did not take long, though, for the
other ladies in the room to bring her
back to consciousness, and then such a
scene as is rarely witnessed in this world
put an end to anything like the usual
order of exercises. Mr.. Harrison was
naturally little slower than his wife to
recognize the child, but only 4 little, and
the bewildered boy was shortly en-
braced and kissed asfew children in this
world ever have been.
Such prayer as Mr.. Van Meter utter
ed, while the tears streaned down his
cheeks and every person in the room
dropped on his knees, has seldom been
heard even from his eloquent lips, and
in few more minutes Mr.. Harrison pro-
} posed to leave. 1t was obvious enough
} to him that he had to take his child
home, but the good missionary was too
} we'll acquainted with the neighborhood
; to let him go unattended.
"You would be mobbed before you had
gone block, if the people saw you car
: rying away the child lie said, and it
was presently arranged that policeman
should be summoned to escort the party
up to Broadway, and carriage should
be taken there.
This was done as quickly as possible,
, for there was real danger of trouble if
the news had been spread through the
neighborhood before they got away. AS
it happened, however, all passed of
) quietly, and little George had seen such q
Christmas as lie had never dreamed of.
"Aunt Sally" was found, and every
effort was made to induce her to reform
She consented to go home, but whether
she remained there or not I do moi
know.
Sensational as anything in fiction, is il
not: Yet, excepting in some few details
it is s. true story.