Telegram-herald., 1890-12-12

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"as = ace ne - Alpkonss Bregy.
ny aasbaat. wh8 deserted ne uasay
years aE0-it aust Be t~snty -and
stl foilos htm"
''Yos'rs ersxy. w0nan." vas ths rough
reply.
by this sisse qsiss crowd hzd gath
cred ara lot Of Italian nsssboys were
hghtiag over the newspapers which they
h4d stolsa fron tas posr w0maR when
she DROPPED taeA-
TIE er0zd only laughed and ieered az
her. whieh 90 eRrsged the poor woman
thai she became aiEs0st frantic. and In
Wild. dsspsirfng Aocsats cried outs oh.
ny God, sish Nas dead-
With these villa words she rushed OF
towards Ehs waters edge as though TO
jump Ia. bat = naa la the crowd inter
ssplsd her and IN tie cad the policeman
arrested AsF oH = charge Of disoEderly
conduct
The Woman who caused all this dis
turbancs had sold newspapers in Brook
lyn % gain a livelihood for the past six
or seven years No one knew and few
cared 70 knoW where she came from or
any thing Of her history. Tho only
name she was called by was French
Emile. slough her speech only slight
ly indicated her nationality. She was.
or rather had been. = good-looking
woman. but her features showed signs
OF dissipation which was sometimes so
much intensified IS 20 make her APP
pearaRee horEible
Once she had grown communicative
and told some other woman who also
sold papers near 20 Fulton Ferry that
she w2s married In Kew York more than
twenty years aso Har husband, she
slid, had deserted her and her boy baby
soon after the birth Of the latter, and
she had never heard Of bin since. The
baby had grown into a fine fellow who
had found employment Ia a Now York
ofice, but growing tired Of city life had
gvne West 70 the mining districts Of
Colorado. since which time she had
never heard a word from him. This
was all that anybody knew about French
Emilie's history.
As the unfortunate creature was be-
ing locked up IN the police cell, the
"rrinidad" was stearniag out into the
East river and Mr.. limerick was fairly
on the way 10 South Americs-
Mr.. Beliew rode back TO Pearl street
wrapt in contemplative thought He
had always thought his snployer c
strange man, bat knew nothing OF his
history other than Mr. limerick himself
had related Mr.. Howe, the junior
= A..sl
tation by working his way In an In
credibly short space Of time from the
desk to the position OF manager in q
large shipping house. and hLving had
small legacy left him had resolved TO
60 into business for himself So he
chose the South American trade, with
which he was perfectly familiar.
His capital not being quite sufficient
10 purchase vessel fupon which be had
set his fancy and still leave q sufficient
smoant 20 work vita, be had advertised
in the columns OF a New Yo.k paper for a
partner. The result was Il as he formed
business agreement with Mr.. Emer-
lex, a gentleman who had Just returned
from abroad whore he said he had
amassed quite a large amount of money
in dispOSIng of American mining stocks
Mr.. Limerick had given as his reason
for embaFking in trade that, being tired
OF exciting speculation, he wished
TO settle down IN some Legitimate busi-
mesa
The partnership appeared TO be
pleasant one. for so far there had never
been any trouble. The Arm prospered.
and q few years after ii commenced
operations Ms. Howe went 20 Buenos
Ayrss 30 open ups branch Office and
had rsmAiaed there untn tae present
time.
Mr.. Hove's opinion Of his partner was
that he was a rather eccen sTic indi7id-
ual. which opinion woala doubtless be
confirmed upon his receipt Of the cable
message announcing Essriek's sudden
intention of coming 70 kasnos Ayres TO
exchange places with hike.
He was accustomed 90 Sudden and un-
expected actions from his partner, but
this was exceptional aas isexplicable.
The following morning French Emilie
was brought np before shs police rnagis-
trste and hRsd for dises1eriy conduct:
she wildly prosastsd her iAaosenee. but
it was Of no Hse. and sayiaC 10 money.
she was sent oas - ths wsrk-hsuse 70
work eat her ane.
Late that sane evening yosng nsh
sat in ne ofsee Of = ehssp hotel near
the Ferry. reading tAe evening paper,
when he suddenly slatehsd 10 rghtly
snd stared "a Il in sn inooun pre- hensfbls
manner He vas reading stss police
items aad bad iast Gene - a paragraph
stating thst EnIiis Bregy. better known
as French Smile bad been arrested
ssd 6ned ser disorderiy condsct the
night before. The reuors went on %
state thst tas peo< ersxy woman bad fol-
lowed Mr.. limerick. a promineat New
York merchant claiming that ne vas
her husband Who had lsfs her years ago
TIE young mas Who read the para.
graph vas nons osAsr thsn Eugene
Brezv. the son of the poor wou1sn He
had only jsst returned from ths West
where be lad saved fsE bsnarst dol
lars. Intending 90 embark IN some kiad
Of Business IN New York Or Brooklyn
After reading tss accoans IN the pspsr
be kaew IN moment thst his poov
mother had become tie vfetia of ths
oscisilsn en- bodied IN a hlus coat anf
silver butsons Ha - oaee sought the
police o1-.. bat ~ss teia he wo.1li havs
20 wait aata ske follc~iag morning
whsn be eoala psy bis notaer's sns ara
sha veaii - released