Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-05

1t CHANGED that the clerk TO whom
Eugene addressed his inquiry was
Gooch, and it also happened that Mr..
Bellew had forgotten to tell that indi-
vidual not to inform any one whore Mr..
limerick had gone Consequently whom
Eugene asked: SIS Mr.. limerick in?''
Gooch replied: mo. sir, he is not He
is at Buenos Ayres by this time"
show soon will he return?" asked
Eugene.
cit may be next month. may be
next year and may be never" was
the reply.
'sPoor chance of seeing this father Of
mine," thought Eugene.
Then, after q 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
a patent air spring and as the door was
closing quietly Eugene heard a voice
call out inside:
s'Gooch, you fool, why did you tell
that fellow that Mr.. limerick was in
Buenos Ayres?"
The closing of the door shut of the
reply, but the remark set Eugene to
wondering, and when he reached home
he told his mother what he had heard.
''Eugene," said his mother, II am as
sure as l am living that the man who
went aboard that steamer is your father
| and if had the money to do it would
| follow him to Buenos Ayres or any
| other place until I forced him to &C
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; I know where his rooms are
and I am going to keep sharp lookout
for him. But" continued Eugene after
a pause: ''He may neUer como 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 it's 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 iElf, ~ eEsf
Eugene's business prospered. He was
making money in his store and by the
| end of December he had bought him
self horse and wagon. This brought
him still more trade and consequently
he found his mothers assistance of
great value to him. He hired 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-
| gene had gone out on rather long
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 and it commenced to get dark she
was undisguisedly alarmed and openly
expressed her fears that 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 nc
one to sympathize with her; everybody
had suggestion or theory to advance
pened Eugene. One old woman who
came In said: "Mebbe he's orr on Z
bust"
To this remark Mrs. Breezy gave such
an indignant denial that a noisy war
fare of words at once ensued in which
Mrs. Breezy came out second best. Hel
com Blatant was evidently more expert
enced in this kind of skirmishing anG
maintained an even temper while the
French woman lost hers altogether.
This virago had not been gone from
the store many minutes when 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?' e=zz
''That is more than I 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 anl
fear some harm has happened him."
'Shure and I hope no harrum has hap
pened him at all. It's foine youns
man that he is and I'd be sorry to hea
it."
Something must have happened o.
he would be here by this time"
Mrs. Dennis belonged to class Of
people who, when they wish to comfor
any one. think it is best done by relat
ing their own grievances. These latter
day disciples of Bildad the Shuttle anG
his friends cherish the idea that miser.
loves company, and act accordingly
otherwise it must be that they have N,
thought, and raise improbable question:
which sink like knives into the heart
OF their listeners. Any person who ha
} ever had a comforter of this kind cal
form an idea what Mrs. Bregy's feeling
were when her customer sat down on
soap box and said:
: ''It was just about this tonne o'nigh
last WHITTIER when they brought M
world that me ould man was lying Owe
to t'hospital began. the Sixth aveno
wild his leg broke. Shure it was grea
blow to me, and there he lay cussir
, and groanin' all that blessed cow1d win
7 | ther."
"Don't talk like that" said Mrs
Breezy. 'If any harm has come t
2 Eugene, shall de-
> But the old Irish woman had to relat
4 = few more such incidents before sh