Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-10-18

kation by working his way in an tn- credibly short space of time from the desk to the position of manager in . large shipping house, and having hal small legacy left him had resolved to go into business for himself So he chose the South American trade, with which he was perfectly familiar. 1 His capital not being quite sufficient to purchase a vessel (upon which he had set his fancyl and still leave sufficient nmount to work with, he had advertised | In the columns of a New York paper for a partner. The result was that he formed | business agreement with Mir. Emer- ick, gentleman who had just returned from abroad where he said he had amassed quite large amount of money 1 in disposlng of American mining stocks. Mir. Emerick had given as his reason for embarlxing in trade that, being tired | of exciting speculation, he wished to settle down in some legitimate busi- ness.
 The partnership appeared to be pleasant one for so far there had never been any trouble. The firm prospered, and few years after it commenced operations NJ" Howe went to Buenos Ayres to open up branch office and had remained there until the present time.
 Mr. Howe's opinion of his partner was that he was rather eccentric indiTid- ual, which opinion would doubtless be confirmed upon his receipt of the cable message announcing Emericks sudden intention of coming to Buenos Ayres to exchange places with him.
 He was accustomed to sudden and un- expected actions from his partner, but this was exceptional and ineXplicable.
 The following morning French Emilio was brought up before tho police magis- trate and fined for disorderly conduct; she wildly protested her innocence, but it was of no use, and having no money, she was sent out to tho worl1-housc 10 work out her fine.
 Late that same evening a young man sat in the office of cheap hotel near the Ferry, reading the evening paper, } when he suddenly clutched it tightly and stared at it in an incomprehensiblc manner. He was reading othe police items and had just come to paragraph stating that Emile Bregy, better known as "Fronch Emilie," had been arrested and fined for disordc;ly conduct the night before. Tho report went on to state that tho D ;or crazy woman had fol- lowed Mir. Emt rick, . prominent New York merchant, claiming that hH was her husband w'i3 had left her years ago.
 The young man who read tho para graph was nom oGhcr than E1gonc
 Brcgy, tho son O. tho poor woman. He
 had only just returned from the West.
 where ho had saved q flow hundred tS Spl-
 lars, intending to embark in some kind
 of business ia Now York or Brooklyn.
 After reading the account in tho N3 He:
 he knew in q moment that his rCoI
 mother had become the victim oi the
 officialism embodied in blue ccat and
 silver buttons. uo at once sought the
 police office, but was told he would havo
 to wait until thc following morning
 when he could pay his mother fine and she would be released.
 He lost no time doing so when the
 next morning came, and he soon took his overioycd mother to tho miserable
 garret sho rented in the Eastern dis trict. As quickly as possible mothe, and son cleared out every thiny wortt taking an1 moved into chelp n,t il moro comfortable quarters. NoXt fol lowed explanations Eugeno told how he had written to his mother from Col orado but she declared that his let l related the story of his adventures il the mining regions, and after he had
 told all he had to say, he quietly re preached his mothor, and charged he
 with having given way to drink. Sh cried piteously, and said: "How could
 help it? Deserted by my husband ant then by my son, felt alone in tn, world, and could no longer resist the
 temptation to drown my sorrows. Like
 many other unfortunate ones l gav
 way to strong temptation and sough s solace in the dram. Now that vol | have returned to me, l will mend m.
 ways and liquor shall never touch m
 lips again."
 Indeed, l hope it never will, mother, :. was tho response.
 , Eugene was a fine-built, muscula ! young fellow, halo and hearty, deer . chested, and, withal, very steady in hi habits. He had mixed with some roug
 companions out West, but somehow b
 seemed to have escaped contamination and nowdesired to return and settle dow y in an atmosphere of civilization and re II fnement-at least refinement as com
 pared with the boisterous rudeness of .V mining camp.
 Il By the by, mother, what was ths Il about your claiming n MT. Emerick 8 l. your long-lost husband?"
 . "As I live, Eugene, that man wa