The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18


tlcman for whom he was inquiriny was
in foreign land: SO he took the risk in
order to get look round the ONCE and
try to learn something OF bis where
aboutS
1t CHANGED that tho clerk to whom
Eugene addressed his inquiry was
Gooch, and it also happened that Mr.
Dellew had forgotten to tell that indi-
vidual no. to inform any one whore Mr..
limerick had gone Consequently when
Eugene asked: rs MI. Limerick in?"
Gooch replied: No. sir. he is not lie
Is at Bucnos Ayres by this time"
'How soon will he return" asked
Eugcna
1T may be next month. may be
next year and may be never,' was
the reply.
Poor chance OF seeing this father OF
mine" thought Eugene.
Then. after . moments pause. no
turned to the clerk AMI merely said:
Thank you. good-day," and turned on
his heel.
The door Of the office was fitted with
q patent air spring and as tho door was
closing quietly Eugene heard voice
call out inside:
''Goocll. you fool. why did you tell
that fellow that Mr.. limerick was in
Bucnos Ayres?"
Tho closing Of the door shut of the
reply. but the remark set Eugene to
! wondering. and when he reached homo
he told his mother what he had heard.
'Eugcnc,' said his mother, Il am as
sure IS nm living that the man who
went aboard that steamer is your father
and II had the money to do it would
follow him to Buenos Ayres or any
other place until I forced him to ac-
| knowledge u.s."
Tho only thing that we can do,
mother, is to wait until we can make
enough money to afford to travel SO far.
In the meantime he may como back to
New York: know where his rooms are
and l am going to keep sharp lookout
for him. But" continued Eugene after
q pause: "fle may nersr come back.
| That is what the clerk said
Then all We can do is to wait and
hope that he will come across our path, y
said his mother.
The new kind of life had very much
improved Mrs Eregy's appearance.
| Her face wore its natural color again
and in her new clothes she looked very
different from the poor castawaY who
used to sell the evening papers at the
Brooklyn ferries
Eugcne's business prospercd. He was
making money IN his store and by the
end OF December he had bought him
self horse and wagon. This brough,
him still more trade and consequently
he found his mothers assistance OF
great value to him. He hired boy but
usually delivered the groceries himself.
for he found it such . hard task to get a
boy whom he could trust to collect
small accounts that this plan was quite
necessary.
One day, shortly after New Years. Eu-
gene had gone out on q rather long
round with big load and did not return
| By the time his mother expected him.
| She was nervous woman and his pro-
| lonaed absence made her anxious.
| Every now and again she would 30 to
the door and peer up and down the
street to see ii he was coming; but no,
| he came not. She endcayored to quiet
herself by thinking of the heavy load
he had and supposed that he was de-
| layed delivering it, but when evening
came and it commenced TO get dark she
was unaisguisedly alarmed and openly
expressed her fears that some harm had
happened to him.
Some Of the people from the neigh
Il hn-hnn1 r-a,lI 50 "a lyn
chases, yet somehow she could get NO
one to sympathize with her; everybody
had suggestion or theory to advance,
but nobody believed any harm had hap.
pened Eugene. One old woman who
came In said: "AIebbe he's orr on q
| bust"
To this remark Mrs. Breezy gave such
an indignant denial that q noisy war.
fare Of words at once ensued in which
Mrs. Breyy came out second best Hel
combatant was evidently more expcri
maintained an even temper while thu
French woman lost hers altogether.
This yirago had not been gone from
the store many minutes when 4 respect
able Irish woman. came in to make a few
purchases.
When she had what she wanted sh,
inquired: And where's yez bye to
night?'
That is more than I can tell, Mrs
Dennis have been expecting him
back every minute, for moro than tw,
hours lie went out to deliver som,
groceries with the horse and wagon ant
l fear some harm has happened him."
''Shure and l hope no harrum has hap
TGncd him at all. It's q foine youn,
man that he is and I'd be sorry to hea
it,"
Something must have happened o.
he would be here by this time
Mrs. Dennis belonged to class o.
people who, when they wish to comfor
any one. think it is best done by relat
ing their own grievances. These latter
day disciples of Bildad the Shuttle ant
his friends cherish the idea that miser,
loves company, and act accordingly
otherwise it must be that they hare n,
thought. AMI raise improbable questions
which sink like knives into tho heart!
Of their listeners. Any person who ha
ever had comforter OF this kind cal
form an idea what Mrs. Bregy's feeling
were when her customer sat down on
soap box and said:
at was just about. this tonne o'nigh
last WHITTIER when they brought m
world that me oull man was lying owe
to t'hospital began. tho Sixth avano
wild his leg broke. Shure it was grea
blow to me. and there he LAP cussir
ana groanin' all that blessed cowld wi,
) thcr."
Don't talk like that" said Mr..
Breezy. If any harm has come I
Eugene, shall die"
: But the old Irish woman had to relat
, few more such incidents before SD
went away, and after she had gon,
Mrs. Ercgy sat down and thought ths
| the old woman was probably right az
something dreadful must have hal
, pened. Then she decided it was no Us