The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-01-02
FROM THE WORLDS END.
a Missing chicago manufacturer Returns.
A Surprise for wife and Children.

CHICAGO, ILL, Jan. l.-John W.
Dunn, the missing brick manufacturer
who disappeared from his home septem'
Der 8, is once more in the bosom OF his
family. He returned to his home Christ
mas Eye, and made by fer the best
Christmas present wife and babies had
ever received Il Was IS II he had come
back from the grave, as many OF his
friends believed him dead.
It was about $3.50 o'clock in the even
ing, when all the children in Christen-
dom were hanging up their stockings for
Santa Claus to fill, when the front door
bell of the Dunn mansion, at No. 900
West Monroe street, rang loudly. Mr..
Dunn's little daughter, Mabel, pretty
child OF ten, answered the summons.
Opening the door, she saw q great big
familiar figure before her.
"It's pape! it's papa! papa's come
back |" she screamed. She turned back
in an instant and dashed into the
library, where her mother sat b.ooding
over her absent husband. The wife
leaped to her feet, rushed into the hall,
and fell half taintiug from sheer JOY into
the pair Of strong arms extended TO
clasp her.
There was Joy in the Dunn mansion
that night and the children adjusted
their little stockings rightclose to the big
open fireplace that had no fire in it in
order that old Santa Claus could come
down without getting warmed up, and
the next morning the stockings were
crammed iull OF pretty things, and cur
ious things, too; for the giver had
brought some Of them from iar.of Aus,
tralia, whittier hs fled in the darkest
hours OF his troubles and where he
sought and found not contentnent from
his aoTroWs.
1t was true Mr.. Dunn had been to
Australia, and ne related the sad story
to his attorney, Henry Helm, yesterday
in his ciiice in the Calumet building.
He left Chicago while partially insane
over the business troubles that were
pressing harder and harder day BY day,
and went he scarcely knew or cared
wither. He landed in San Francisco aud
determined to 60 to Australia and there,
il possible, seek fortune. and il lie found
il return once more to Chicago snd face
his creditors.
Fortune he found not, but he soon
discovered that the antipodes was no
place for him, and he also discovered
that he made m error in not remsiniDg
in Chicago and beside of his wife and
children. A lew weeks in Australia
sickened him, and without attempting
to locate he took steamer for San
Francisco aud came back.
Mr.. Dunn had large number OF cred.
itors to face, but he found them none
too severe, and all were prepared to
overlook his first mistakes and bridge
him over as far as lay in their power.
So kind have been his friends that yes.
terday Mr.. Dunn closed deal with q
party OF friends whereby he is TO receive
$4,000 in cash 10 begin anew and re.
sumo his business once more and pay Oh
his debts.
When MIR. Dunn left Chicago be had
an Indebtedness OF over $50, 600 standing
sgainst him, over $500 OF which he
owed his aged father, who was exceed
ingly bitter against his son and declared
he would never look upon his face again
or own him as his son. Mr.. Dunn has
succeeded in a measure in appeasing his
fathers wrath and easing the former
bitterness.
His old.time friend, Pat sheedy, the
"high.rolling SPORT with whom Mr..
Dunn lost q large cum in horse.roCing
ventures, has forever been barred from
Mr.. Dunn's further acquaintance.