Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-07
MISS CLARK FOUND.
Been Absent From Home
For Over Four Months.
VERY REMARKABLE STORY.
She Voluntarily Entered a Reformatory
Institution.

Boston, June 7-When a girl of Is
years runs away from a good home for
the life of an inmate Of an institution.
there il excuse for wonder This Is what
young Agnes Clark of "a Lark street,
South Boston. did.
For four months she has been the cause
TO her family of no end of worriment, In
creased greatly by the fact that the girl
Is an orphan left in their care. Since her
strange disappearance last February her
uncle. Thomas Clark, and her aunt have
searched everywhere imaginable for
some clew TO her whereabouts. Dsreputa-
ble houses and all like places where
young girl might be hidden were visited
by the police, but not the slightest clew
was found until yesterday.
BY sheer luck the House of the Good
Shepherd at Brookline was visited, and
here the lonR-loat girl was found serenely
enjoying her life In the home, and not
desirous at all of leaving. but the en-
treaties of her uncle and aunt finally
changed her mind, and she returned To
the home she had deserted. The superior
and sisters OF the institution were amazed
when informed OF the facts of the case,
which they were wholly ignorant Of
orphan, being admitted aud treated as
the others.
The sisters spoke Of her conduct while
there in highly complimentary manner.
and were sorry that she was to leave.
She returned home with her uncle and
aunt last night but was little reticent
about giving any reason for her strange
conduct
The Girrs Story.
Feb. "a, she was working as errsnd girl
In Mrs Chase's store, where overgaiters
and CATERS were made. at 2S Essex street
That day a saleswomsn, in making mp
the days accounts. found that she was 80
cents short, which she accused Agnes of
taking. Agnes denied the charge, and
left the store in anger. not returning
again.
At supper she was moody, but gave no
explanation as to the cause, leaving the
house Immediately afterward. She had
made up her mind to leave home, work
and all then, and proceed over TO the city
and up to the South End, not caring
where she went.
On Appleton street she met a woman
whose sympathy was aroused by her
story, taking the girl home with her,
where she remained that night. The
next morning this woman, whose name
the girl does not know, consulted her
husband as to adopting Agnes, but they
concluded not to do so.
She left the house, and. remembering
that the House of the Good Shepherd took
In girls who were homeless, she went
there at once, and told the superior her
story, emitting to say that home was
left behind. At first the superior refused
to admit Agnes, but she told a pitiful
story, and. as the day was cold and
stormy. the superior relented. and al
lowed her to enter.
Agnes claims that the next day she
wrote to her uncle, tell'ug where she WAS,
and the superior bears her out in her
statement, saying that she took the letter
and mailed it, but it never arrived at her
uncle's house.
Although Agnes at first wanted to re-
main she afterwards said she was glad to
get home again and be with her mother
and sister.
She will not return to work again, but
go to school, although Mrs. Chase wants
her to return, she having assisted in the
search with the girls parents, thinking,
Of course, some harm had befallen her.