The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-10
A4W0MANS ODD CAPRICE
unAccoUNTAeLE, YET 1T MADE HER
suPREMELY HAPPY.

suPREMELY HAPPY.
A Sudden wbin seizes Her and She
Started Visit to New York by a
Circuitous Route-She Meets "A Long
Lost Brother.
MY aunt, Mrs. o. P. Smith, of st.
Louis, started east to visit relatives of her
husband in Dutchess county," said one
of those relatives, a well known railroad
man. 'sHer direct route was by the
New York Centrals system to Fishkill.
and that was the way the trip had been
laid ont. Half an hour before starting,
however. Mrs. Smith surprised her hus-
band by saying that she intended to go
by the Erie route. G4- .e
That would necessitate a roundabout
way by New York city or by Newburg
and across the Hudson, and her husband
tried to argue her out of her sudden and
unreasonable determination. She stoutly
insisted, however, that she must go by
the Erie.
.ssI can't tell you why ! have such an
inclination to go that way, she said:
but have that feeling, and do not be-
lieve / could bring myself TO go any
other way
'.Of course her husband gave in to her
! whim and put it down to woman's ca
l price. My aunt is a native of Rich
mond. Va, and during the war, being
4 about sixteen. her only sister died, and
! her brother was killed in the defense of
Richmond This left her without
J known relative, unless the oldest one of
the family. ii brother. who had gone to
California in 1855. was living.
s'She found home, however, with
/ a Richmond family, who moved west
after the war. where the orphan girl.
| whose name was Allison, subsequently
met and married my Uncle Smith. She
was ten ye.us old when her brother
went to California. and he was then
i twenty-five. She had never heard any
thing from him since the war broke out.
Although her father died when she was
1 but eight, she retained vivid remem-
brance of his face and manner.
STRANGE MEETING.
SAT Meadville. Pa. the next morning
after leaving St. Louis, my aunt kept
her berth. While she was making her
toilet the porter had made up the sec
ton. When she returned and sat down
a sprightly but elderly man sat down in
the other seat of her section and said:
-EACuSC ulOs .ludidlu. UuI IL JUST
drop down here while the porter fixes up
things in my section. I'm only going to
! the next station anyway
my aunt opened her mouth to reply.
but she didn't speak. She simply fast
ened her eyes on the old man opposite
He was tall and bright eyed, with a sill
ver gray mustache and goatee, the latter
, long and pointed He wore wide
brimined felt hat. Ny aunt's manner
seemed to nettle him. and he exclaimed
! rising:
; 'N IF L annoy you, madam. | will go to
some other seat
: -r.tMyi aunt managed to loosen hel
: tongue then, and putting out her hand
begged him to be seated. He sat down
again. and my aunt looked out of the
window. or at least she says she tried
} to, but she felt herself drawn irresistibly
to look covertly at the gray bearded
stranger. When the porter had arranged
the strangers section, and he arose ant
} went to it, my aunt's eye followed him
r She tried to speak to him as he wen
from her seat, but she didn't seem to b'
. able to get out the words she wanted Il
: say.
r The next station was Union City. Il
t was only half an hours ride from Mead
vile. and as the train drew nearer to i
my aunt says she could hardly breath
3 her heart beat so. and she felt as if sh
r must speak to the old man or die. Blu
Y somehow she could not. AT last tn
: train whistled for Union City The gra
g bearded man took his valise and pre-
) pared to leave his seat. The train be
: gan to slow up. The old man walke'
toward the front end of the car. He wa
5 passing my aunt's section.
: THE RECOGNITION.
Il ''She pressed one hand on her thumpin
! heart and, almost choking, she touche
, the strangers arm and gasped:
!. '':Sir, isn't your name. Allison?
t 1.-The man looked surprised and said
a why. yes: my names Allison.
0 ".Charles Jasper AllisonY
: Yes said the stranger, looking still
$ more surprised.
Sc Didn't your sister Carrie used t
b call you Jass?:
u :. She didp he exclaimed. Blu
a why
: '' 'Oh, Jass! I'm your sister Carrie
e exclaimed my aunt, and her arms wer
v around the old mans neck and he wa
y holding her to his breast, while both c
e them sobbed like couple of children.
y 1.-The long lost brother did not get o.
e at Union City. He was the very imag
v of her father when he died, my aun
t said, and that is why she felt from th
very first that he was her brother Jas.
o The brother is still Californian, an e,
If tensive ,.vineyardist, and while in Ch
st cago he suddenly remembered that a
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