Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-02-19

DOOcn. anu 1t also happened LnaO NlT.
Bellew had forgotten to tell that indi-
vidual not to inform any one where Mr..
limerick had gone Consequently when
Eugene asked: SIS Mr.. limerick in?"
Gooch replied: mo. sir. he is not. He
is at Buenos Ayres by this time"
How soon will he return?" asked
Eugene.
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, he
turned to the clerk and merely said:
THANK you, good-day," and turned on
his heel.
The door of the office was fitted with
patent air spring and as the door was
closing quietly Eugene heard a voice
call out inside:
''Gooch, you fool, why did you tell
that fellow that Mr.. limerick was in
Buenos Ayres?"
The closing of the door shut off the
reply, but the remark set Eugene to
wondering, and when he reached home
he told his mother what he had heard.
sure as / am living that the man who
went aboard that steamer is your father
and if l had the money to do it 1 would
follow him to Buenos Ayres or any
other place until I forced him to ac-
knowledge u.s."
1.-THE 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 come back to
New York; l know where his rooms are
and am going to keep a sharp lookout
for him. But" continued Eugene after
pause: HE may nerer 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
said his mother.
The new kind of life had very much
improved Mrs. Bregy'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.
Eugene's business prospered. He was
making money in his store and by the
end of December he had bought him
self a horse and wagon. This brought
him still more trade and consequently
| he found his mothers assistance of
| great value to him. He hired a boy but
usually delivered the groceries himself,
| for he found it such a 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-
! ho1 rat
round with big load and did not return
by the time his mother expected him.
She was nervous woman and his pro-
longed absence made her anxious.
Every now and again she would go to
the door and peer up and down the
street to see if he was coming; but no,
he came not. She endeavored to quiet
herself by thinking of the heavy load
he had and supposed that he was de-
| layed delivering it, but when evening
came aud it commenced to get dark she
was undisguisedly alarmed and openly
expressed Ter fears thai some harm had
happened to him.
Some of the people from the neigh
| borhood would drop in to make pur-
chases, yet somehow she could get no
one to sympathize with her; every body
had a suggestion or theory to advance,
but nobody believed any harm had hap
pened Eugene. One old woman who
came In said: s'Mebbe he's orr on a
bust"
To this remark Mrs. Breezy gave such
an indignant denial that noisy war
fare of words at once ensued in which
Mrs. Breezy came out second best. Her
hot lv owl
enced in this kind of skirmishing and
maintained an even temper while the
French woman lost hers altogether.
This virago had not been gone from
the store many minutes when a respect
able Irish woman came in to make few
purchases.
When she had what she wanted she
inquired: "And where's yez bye to-
night?'
That is more than l can tell, Mrs.
Dennis. 1 have been expecting him
back every minute, for more than two
hours. He went out to deliver some
groceries with the horse and wagon and
L fear some harm has happened him"
''Shure and l hope no harrum has hap
pened him at all. It's foine young
man that he is and I'd be sorry to hear
it,
Something must have happened or
he would be here by this time"
Mrs. Dennis belonged to a class of
people who, when they wish to comfort
any one, think it is best done by relat-
ing their own grievances. These latter
day disciples of Bildad the Shuttle and
his friends cherish the idea that misery
loves company, and act accordingly;
otherwise it must be that they have no
thought, and raise improbable questions
which sink like knives into the hearts
of their listeners. Any person who has
ever had comforter of this kind can
form an idea what Mrs. Bregy's feelings
were when her customer sat down on
soap box and said:
at was just about this tonne o'night
last winther when they brought me
worud that me ould man was lying over
to t'hospital beyant the Sixth avenoo
wild his leg broke. Shure it was a great
blow to me. and there he lay cussin'
and groanin' all that blessed cowld win
ther."
Don't talk like that" said Mrs.
Breezy. eff any harm has come to
Eugene, shall die
But the old Irish woman had to relate
a few more such incidents before she
went away, and after she had gone.
Mrs. Breezy sat down and thought that
the old woman was probably right ard
dreadful must have hap
pened. Then she decided it was no use
to sit and wonder. She would close
the store and go out to make inquiries