The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-07

Denver, Leaving the Babies at Home
After Weeks Time the Little Girl Be
comes Alarmed. Packs Up the Chatteis
and Takes Her Brother and Moves to
Denver and Begins Search of the
Town-Wasn't Frightened q Bit Though
Deserted by Their Best Friend.
Denver, Colo, Nov. 6.-An interesting
story Of the adventures of small boy
and girl in search Of their mother and a
home developed yesterday at police
headquarters. About 10 O'Clock tiny
maiden in short skirts. accompanied by
| a still smaller boy wearing knickeT-
bockers, walked into the central station.
BE you the chief of police, Mister?" in
ouired the girl. addressing herself to the
| first officer she met. He said that he
was not and piloted the pair Of travellers
| into Chief Gouldings Office. ''Mister
! Chief" said the girl, I'm Myra LRom-
! madieu. and this is my brother Iorford.
The lady at the railroad depot said you
was to give US something TO eat and a
| bed. until you could find our mamma.
She's somewhere's IN Denver, most
/ likely at Jim's coffee house"
| Not a little astonished at the readi-
ness with which the hoy and girl took
| it for granted that he would adopt them
and hunt up their vague mamma, :"
| Chief Goulding blurted out: But where
did you come from, my girl, and how did
| you lose your mammal"
| These questions drew from the waits
what they could tell of the singular
family history. Myra, who is pretty
sure to never get lost while she is
awake and can use her tongue, did the
talking. She is not quite 13 years old
while her brother has his 18th birthday
yet to celebrate.
Miss L'Hommadieu said that herself
| and Morford and their 4-year-old sister
| Eugenia were all born on a ranch half
| a mile from Pined. Colo, a town on the
| Burlington and Missouri railroad 100
miles from Denver. She was most exact
| in giving names. distances and locations
all of which she had on the tip of her
| tongue.
LEFT WITH THE CATTLE.
Four years ago the head of the
LHommadieu family died OF Bright's
disease, according to Myra,and then
Mrs. L'Hommadieu ran the ranch. A
few weeks ago she decided to sell out,
the labor of ranching being too great
and the profits too small to suit her. She
disposed of all the stock except three
cows. two horses and one heifer. Last
Monday she left these animals on the
farm with Myra and Morford. and TAX
ing Baby Eugenia along with her she
started for Denver on the train. AS
soon as she got here she was to write to
Myra, instructing her to come on here
with Morford. Then she would look
for a cottage and piece of ground in the
1 4 g. a.
Were to obtain their livelihood by SELL
ing the milk of the cows and raising
garden truck for market Myra and
Morfard were left money sufficient for
their needs and the girl at once INSTALL
ed herself as housekeeper of the ranch
| house.
She Is evidently a young lady with a
mind of her own, for when she did not
hear from her mother toward the close
of the week she concluded that there
was hitch somewhere. Her fear that
something was wrong with her mother
overcame all her other scruples and she
decided to at once set out on the ma
/ ternal trail to Denver. Locking up the
house and leaving the furniture in 1t
| undisturbed. Myra took Morford's hand
| in hers and visited a neighbor ranch
man. Him she asked to help her ship
the three COWS. two horses and one
heifer to Rogden. another Burlington
and Missouri station, forty-seven miles
distant from Denver, where an acquain-
lance of her mothers named J. J. Cain
resides.
The cattle were duly put on board a
freight train for Roggen, and by the
grace of the conductor, their youthful
owners were allowed to ride with them.
On arriving at Roggen, last Friday.
Myra L.Hommadieu drove her stock
into a corral near the depot and left
charges for keeps.
NO THOUGHT OF FEAR.
She and Morford L'Hommadieu. after
the cattle were safely housed, called on
J. J. Cain. with whom they made their
home until yesterday morning, when
Myra, to use her own words. though
it was time to hunt up mamma" She
bought tickets with the little cash she
had left and rode to Denver on the train
with her brother.
At the union depot yesterday after
noon she told her story TO the matron,
who advised her 10 repeat IL to the
chief of police. Not a whit discoura ged
Myra took Morfords hand again and
together they rtrudged to police head
quarters, inquiring they way as they
went. Miss L'Hommadieu' only clue
to the possible whereabouts of her moth
err was the remembrance that when Mr.
L'Hommadieu was alive he and Mrs
L'Hommadieu used to take their meals
at ''Jim's coffee house" on Lawrence
street whenever they visited Denver.
AS this restaurant has TO longer a Wis
ible existence. Myra's pointer did not
help the police officials I'm their quest for
widow Stella L'Hommadieu.
Weren't you afraid to travel so far
alone?" was asked Of the girl.
Me afraid?" Well, indeed was notv
she answered. He was, though"
pointing to her brother Lands sakes.
he amt got the nerve OF cat Nor
ford did not demur to the accuse ton
and only answered ii by smiling feebly.
The children will be cared for in the po-
lice matron's quarters until their moth