The morning call., 1893-06-13
A MOTHERS LOVE,
Mrs. Carey's Search for
Her Son.
lie Ran Away Seven Years Ago, but
the Maternal Heart Has Never
Given Up Hope.

A mothers memory for her boy never
fades and a mothers indulgence of his
shortcomings seems inexhaustibe.
ut is seven years the Goth of next No
vember since l set eyes on my Tom" sa id
Mrs. James a. Carey of 430 Twenty-sev-
enth street yesterday. wipiug her eyes fur
lively.
"Where can he be-my boy. my boy! If
he would only write or come home,
know l could keep him here; and he my
only son.
'Why did he goP I dou't know. May
be | was bit strict with him. not giving
him spending money, or maybe it was the
horses. I ou see be was then 10 years and
months old, and an active lad, afraid If
nothing. That makes him nearly 90 now.
''He often used to talk of roaming about
the country, and was crazy to he cowboy.
Whenever he could get horse round
home he would gallop about areback
everywhere.
He used to work down at Hammond's.
the carbuilder, not far from HoIbrook,
Merrill & Stetson's, where his father
worked for nearly twenty years.
"Well. one day-it was little before
| Thanksgiv was cold and as he left
for work asked him If lie wouldn't like a
red 'kerchief for his neck. He said he
would and took it. That was the last word
he spoke to me. That same day his father
asked him downtown to eat at the same
restaurant as himself, and Tom replied
that he would after tomorrow.
That night he didn't return and l kept
the lamp burning all night thinking he
might be delayed. And he has never come
since.
Have we looked for him? Will | ever
give up looking for him? My Tom! he
Was never wild lad, never played hockey
at schoOl-ihere's his diploma framed on
the parlor wall-never went to theaters,
and if he smoked cigarettes l never knew
it. He wasn't a reader of those dime
novels, but Just wanted to rove around.
HE had cousin in Benicia who brea ks
| horses, and Mr.. Carey went up there in d
few DAYS. He heard Tom had been there.
! but was advised not to start on the tramp
at that time of the year, so he had come
back to town.
'Since then we have heard of his being
in Stockton. Sacramento, El Paso Lath-
rop, Los Angeles aud other places. bu,
never very definitely. TrampS sometimes
come and tell me they have seen my Tom,
but when | write and 90 to seek him he
has gone.
Zone man told US he had travelled six
weeks with Tom and that he had last seen
him at Lathrop, when be was going to
beat his way TO Sacramento to get work in
laundry.
~ went up to Sacramento, but he had
not been there. Oh, yes, whenever / hear
of his being anywhere / go there.
This tramp told me that Tom had been
working on gravel train and had made
$500, but had lost 1t going to some mines in
Mexico. Tom told him as soon as he made
another strike be would come rome.
TON is proud. He doesn't want to
come home broke, as he went off On, yes,
he is smart. Not many boys make pile
| nowadays, but Tom may do so auv dav.
The neghbors say why won't leave
him alone and nell come back. But |
can't. l want him home, and there he Is
roaming about somewhere and no one to
look out for him. Sometimes think he
would come-if he were alive. But | won't
believe he is dead, my boy!" and the
mother fairly broke down at the thought
1t looks as If Tom would get hearty
welcome at home if he should make mp his
prond mind to return, and any authentic
news of him will also be welcomed at $50
Twenty-seventh street. There are many
Careys, but the missing man is Thomas p.
j. Carey, % years of age.