Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-05
AVENGED AT LAST:
Or, a Worldwide Chase.
A STORY OF RETRIBUTION.
By WABASH"
COPYRIGHT, 1901

CHAPTER V1IL-CONTINUED.
Mr.. 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
eeessage announcing Emerick's 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 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
Npork out her fine.
Late that same evening young man
sat in the Office of cheap hotel near
Gbe Ferry, reading the evening paper,
%heH 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 dned for disorderly conduct the
4ight before. The report went on to
state that the poor crazy woman had fol-
2owed Mr.. limerick, prominent New
xoek merchant, claiming that he was
4er 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 few hundred dol
Ears, intending to embark in some kind
Of business in New York or Brooklyn.
After reading the account in the paper
Ae knew In q moment that his poor
9nOther had become the victim of the
0fficialism 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 oyerjoyed mother to the miserable
4arref she rented in the Eastern dis
trict As quickly as possible mother
Qnd son cleared out every thing worth
taking ami moved into chea p fiat in
@0re comfortable quarters. Next fol-
lowed explanations. Eugene told how
he had written to his mother from Col
onadO, but she declared that his let
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
Sith having given way to drink. She
3ried piteously, and said: ''How could 1
2elp it? Deserted by my husband and
then by my son, felt alone in the
ssorld, AID could no longer resist the
temptation to drown my sorrows. Like
xoany other unfortunate ones I gave
Say to strong temptation and sought
-selace in the dram. Now, that you
2ove returned to me. 1 will mend my
Gays and liqror shall never touch my
deps again"
Indeed, 1 hope it never will. mother"
Gas the response.
GAgene was fne-built, muscular
N0ung fellow, hale and hearty, deep
chested, and, withal, very steady in his
0Abits. He had mixed with some rough
0DOpanions out West, but somehow he
seemed to have escaped contamination,
9Rd now desired to return and ettle down
- On atmosphere Of civilization and re-
0nement-at least refinement as COM
Rared with the boisterous rudeness of q
Dining camp.
SPY the by, mother, what was that
scout your claiming . Mr.. limerick as
4onr iOng-lost husband?"
sAs 1 live, Eugene, that man was
-Four father. No matter how many