Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11


We had been two days on our home
ward journey, and | had become in
tensely absorbed in the mental expert
ment which l was making. The same
gentle docility which had characterized
the lads father during his intercourse
with me at Boomville was manifest in
my follow-traveler. | was trying to dis
cover the path to the hidden intelligence
of Moses, and to lead him with me.
We stopped for noon rest by the bank
of little stream, and the boy lay at my
feet as child might have done, and it
was then and there that l found the cov-
eted clew.
needed to sleep, but was wakeful. To
facilitate the matter l began idly to re-
peat Latin conjugation-the old famil-
lar jingle: Amo, an'0S, Gn'0t,' Gna0mNS,
aH'dtiS, dnlaIlt."
There was strange sound from the
lad as of suddenly catching his breath,
then his hand clutched mine, and the
longsilent voice took up the refrain: ::
"Amub1, Gmab0S, amQbat;; am0bdnt,tS,
dnabatiS, dm06aRt"
Had a thunderbolt fallen at my feet
could not have heen more startled. Had
! the thunderbolt brought me Il fortune /
could not have been so glad.
When we came within sight of Boom
vile another period of days had elapsed,
and the random beginning had led to
blessed results. could scarcely restrain
my impatience to find poor "Pop," and
was sanguine even of his future. All
things seemed now possible / had not
only 'seen Noses" but | had brought
him back sound in body and hourly
gaining in mind Fortunately the pas
sage of swift-riding cowboy, who halted
and fed with us, enabled me to send
message to the landlady of the Eureka"
concerning my happy "find" and its re-
suits. wished the Getty" to be prepared,
that no untoward shock might undo the
work which had already been accom-
plishcd for "Mose-s."
But was destined to a surprise. That
kindly soul 'from round Contoocook"
welcomed her compatriot with more
than granite force; she literally fell upon
my neck and wept.
Corson, the veterinary, in fact the only
physic dealer of any sort in the place,
took immediate possession of the returned
Moses, and, after profuse promises that
the newly awakened brain should not be
overtaXed, carried the lad away in tri-
umph. The landlady then ushered me
into her little parlor, and into the pres
ence of a gracious, sweet-faced woman
with soft gray hair and a general air of
culture and refinement that could only
have been acquired at either "Cawncord"
or "Bawston."
"This is him !" my friend explained,
by way of introduction, and with total
disregard of her early advantages, which
was barely excusable on the ground of
superintendent Western emotion-"This
is him-himselfw
Mrs. Dow has forgotten to tell you
who | am" said the sweet faced woman,
coming toward me with extended hands
and smile upon her griefmarked fea-
lures.
"There is no need, l think, dear
madam" answered, grasping the slen-
eyes and eternally beholden to Moses
savior"
''But that was a mere chance-a happy
one, grant you. Your husband"
"Lies on the bed in the room yonder.
! Will you believe that the days of miracles
are past when tell you, as I do, that he
also is restored to comprehension of
much that has befallen him? Not all, of
course; but the rest will come-must
come. Do you, who have done so much,
care to hear our whole, simple story"
81 do care to hear it-greatly."
"NIy husband had not the advantage
of the education we desired to give our
son, and we both erred, as many ambi-
tious parents have done, in urging brain
which too late we saw was not as strong
great that Just before our dear boy was to
have been graduated he broke down
utterly. The best physicians said that
his only hope lay in a complete change OF
life and surroundings; so his father
brought him West, and, hoping for his
restoration sheltered the lads pride by
Withholding his name,
"Everything was going well until the
passage of that cyclone. You know tho
rest. But you do not know how long has
been my search for my dear ones.
knew that Mr.. Penniman intended tC
change his residence from time to time
) as he saw Moses wearying of any; and
never heard when he came here"
r There was feeble call from the bed
, room, and the weet-faced woman wen
c to answer it.
"And, indeed, it was the Lord guided
- her to this very door" exclaimed tn
/ landlady, wiping away her ready tears
r and continuing the tale; "The stag
A drove up and out she stepped. Ther
! sat Pop and when he clapped eyes o.
= her he sprung up wild like and pushe,
< his hair off his forward, as if that woul
! help him to remember. Then he CAV
t an awful cry and fell down in faint
p When he had come to again she was wit
t him, and he's been getting clearer an,
clearer ever sence. It's stranger than
story out of book but Corson, he allow
f that it was the shock of seeing her 81
sudden that brought Mr.. Penniman to hi
senses But I'm kind of dreading t,
have her and Moses meet. The poo
woman has gone through trouble enough
Lord knows, and if he shouldn't happer
-n
There was noise outside the door
and we looked toward it to see Jim Cor
son enter from the street leading his
temporary charge, who had been in.
trusted to his care in accordance with
the landladys urgent advice that his
longing mother should be duly "pre-
pared"
There was a stir, also, from the bed
room way, and a rustic of woman's gar
ments. The landlady hid her face upon
my shoulder, and l turned away my
eyes.