Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-02-19
AVENGED At LAST:
Or, a Worldwide Chase.
A STORY OF RETRIBUTION.
BY ""ABASH."
COPYRIGHT, 1901


MIR. Howe's opinion of his partner was
that he was rather eccentric indi7id-
ual, which opinion would doubtless be
confirmed upon his receipt of the cable
message announcing Emerick's sudden
intention of coming to Buenos Ayres to
exchange places with him.
He was accustomed to sudden and I'M
expected actions from his partner, but
this was exceptional and inexplica BILE.
The following morning French Emile
was brought up before the 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 the work-house to
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 incomprehensible
manner. He was reading othe police
items and had just come to paragraph
stating that Emile Breezy, better known
as French Emilie," had been arrested
and fined for disorderly conduct the
night before. The report went on to
state that the poor crazy woman had fol-
lowed Mr.. limerick, a prominent New
York merchant, claiming that he was
her husband who had left her years ago.
The young man who read the para
graph was none other than Eugene
Breezy, the son of the poor woman. He
had only just returned from the West,
| where he had saved a few hundred dol
lars, intending to embark in some kind
of business in New York or Brooklyn.
After reading the account in the paper
he knew in a moment that his poor
mother had become the victim of the
off1cialism embodied in blue coat and
silver buttons. He at once sought the
police Office, but was told he would have
to wait until the following morning
when he could pay his mothers fine and
she would be released.
He lost no time doing so when the
next morning came, and he soon took
his overjoyed mother to the miserable
garnet she rented in the Eastern dis
trict. AS quickly as possible mother
and son cleared out every thing worth
taking ami moved into a chea p fiat in
more comfortab BILE quarters. Next fol-
! lowed explanations. Eugene told how
| he had written to his mother from Col
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ter had never reached her Then he
related the story of his adventures in
the mining regions, and after he had
told all he had to say, he quietly re-
preached his mother, and charged her
with having given way to drink. She
! cried piteously, and said: How could l
help it? Deserted by my husband and
then by my son, l felt alone in the
world, and could no longer resist the
! temptation to drown my sorrows. Like
many other unfortunate ones | gave
way to strong temptation and sought
solace in the dram. Now, that you
have returned to me, 1 will mend my
ways and liquor shall never touch my
lips again"
Indeed, hope it never will, mother IS
was the response.
Eugene was fine-built, muscular
young fellow, hale and hearty, deep
chested, and, withal, very steady in his
! habits. He had mixed with some rough
, companions out West, but somehow he
seemed to have escaped contamination,
and now desired to return and settle down
in an atmosphere of civilization and re-
finement-at least refinement as COM
pared with the boisterous rudeness Of a
mining camp.
by the by, mother, what was that
about your claiming Mr.. limerick as
your long-lost husband?"
"As l live, Eugene, that man was
your father. No matter how many