Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-02
TWO SHORT STORIES.
They Are From Real Life and They VIII
Interest You.


Here are two little stories from real
life that came TO light at that keyholc
of America. the Barge Office. Yesterday:
lima AguStofSky, Polish girl of Is,
came over from Hamburg on the steam
er Suevia Saturday to find her father.
lie came to New York two years ago and
found work AT his trade, tailoring, at A
Essex street, where he made enough To
support himself, to send a generous re-
mittance weekly 20 his wife and daugh-
ter IN the old country, and to lay by the
money that was TO bring them over TO
his new home. Zina and her mother
were happier than they had ever been
in their lives before and made all sorts
of little savings 20 hasten the day when
they might sail 10 Join their dear one.
Eight months ago the remittanccS
and cherry letters suddenly stopped,
aud, though the two women wrote let
ter after letter over here, not line of
answer or OF news did they get. SO,
three weeks ago, it was decided that
what was left of their little store should
be used by Zina in finding their father.
She had eighteen marks left in her
pOcketbOOk when she boarded the
steamer. but she either lost it or had it
stolen during the trip, and landed at
the Barge Office pcnuileSS. When she
told her story that excellent organiza-
tion, the United Hebrew Charities, in
tereStcd itself in the ease and sent TO
Essex street TO inquire for AuguStofSky.
They found that he had dropped dead
at his work, of heart disease. last Janu-
airy. and as he had always been a rcti-
cent and retiring sort of man, none of
his fellow-workmen knew of his people,
and therefore did not send on the news
of his death. NJ. Reinharz, of the char
titles, was deputed 10 tell the news TO
the girl yesterday, but could not bring
himself % do it when he caught sight
of her, sitting, wild-cyed and anxious,
behind the grating of the immigrant
pen. lie will bring lady down with him
this morning 10 break the SOrrOwlul
story Co her as only Il woman can.
Both of Carl Heiber's parents died in
Knowna, Germany, about year ago,
and. although his uncle took him in and
cared kindly for him, Carl was not COM
forted but pinned for his only brother,
Victor, who had gone to America six
years before. Carl is but twelve years
old. but he is a sturdy little chap and he
determined 10 60 TO America and find
his brother without troubling anybody
else. 80 he worked hard all summer
then put his small gains with the con-
tents of his savings box and found he
had just enough money to get to New
York. lie had no idea rs to the exact
part of the New World i'm which Victor
lived, and he did not dare ask his uncle
for fear of being thwarted in his ven
ture: but ne concluded 1.-The good Lord
would help out a little orphan boy like
him" and started ON his quest fort
night ago.
He came over on the Augusta Veto
ria that reached here from Bremen Fri
day night. and as he had no money and
could not tell where his brother lived
he was put in the detention pen for a
time. He was looking diSconSolately
about the place yesterday morning and
just beginning 10 entertain wish that
he had waited In Knownd till he had
grown larger. when his eyes lighted on
q familiar face and form. and his little
heart almost jumped ont of his throat.
Victor. mein Victor" he screamed
SD loudly that the hum Of the place
ceased. and "a tall, well-dresSed young
man. who had been making his way
through the crowd, stopped at the call
and turned his face increduouSly in its
direction. The next moment he had his
little brother i'm his arms and was laugh
ing and crying over him i'm a way that
made even the bias door-keeper feel
'choky-Hkc."
And this was the reason that Victor
happened 90 be- In the Barge Onicc yes
terjay. .the only time be- had visited
the Battery since me landed at Castle
Garden six years ago. \ friend, Elias
Workman by name, that he had made I'm
this country. had gone back TO the
Fathcrland for a visit. and had come
back Ou the same steamer with little
Carl He was going ON TO- Philadelphia.
and had autographed Victor 20 meet
him no the Barge Onice and say: "Ilow
are You" Victor had come to meet
| him. and had met his brother too.
CARTS belief Ia The Lords kindness 10
|littlc fellows is irmer than ever, and
I thc smile that divided his chubby face
when the crowd chcered him as he
/ started with his brother for his Brooklyn
/ home was % sight Co see.