Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-02-02
AVENGED AT LAST;
Or, a Worldwide Chase.
A STORY OF RErRlBUTloN.
BY "wABASH."
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BY "wABASE1."
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.,ls osp. ", moe 0eing quipe sumcient
20 purchase vessel upon which he had
set his fancy and still leave sufficient
amount TO work with, no had advertised
In the columns of Now York paper for q
partner. The result was that no formed
q business agreement with Mr.. Emer-
ick, q gentleman who had just returned
from abroad where he said he had
amassed quito large amount Of money
In disposing Of American mining stocks
Mr.. limerick had given rs his reason
for embarling in trade that being tired
Of exciting speculation, no wished
TO settle down in some Legitimate bust.
ness
The partnership appeared to DO .
pleasant one, for SO far there had never
been any trouble. Tho arm prospered,
and few years after II commenced
operations Mr.. Howe went TO Buenos
Ayres to open upa branch Office and
had remained there until the present
time.
Mr.. Howe's opinion Of his partner was
that he was rather eccentric indi7id.
ual, which opinion would doubtless DO
confirmed upon his receipt OF the cable
message announcing Emerick's sudden
intention Of coming to Buenos Ayres to
exchange places with him.
He was accustomed TO sudden and un-
expected actions from his partner, but
this was exceptional and incxplicable.
The following morning French Emilio
was brought up before the police magis-
trate and fined for disordcrly conduct;
she wildly protested her innocence, but
1t was OF no use, and having no money,
she was sent out to the work-house to
work out her fine.
Late that same evening young man
sat in the Office Of cheap hotel near
the Ferry. reading the evening paper.
when he suddenly clutchcd 1t tightly
and stared at 1t In an incomprehensible
manner. lilo was reading uthe police
items and had just como to q paragraph
stating that Emile Breezy, better known
rs 'French Emilie," had been arrested
and fined for disordcrly conduct the
night before. The report went on to
state that tho poor crazy woman had fol-
lowed Mr.. Emcrick, prominent New
York merchant claiming that no was
her husband who had left her years ago.
The young man who read the para
graph was mono other than Eugene
Breezy, the son Of tho poor woman. He
had only just returned from the West,
where he had saved few hundred dol
lars, intending to embark in some kind
OF business in New York or Brooklyn.
After reading the account In the paper
he knew in moment that his poor
mother had become the victim OF tho
officialism embodied In blue coat and
silver buttons lie Mt once sought tho
police Office. but was told he would have
to wait until the following morning
when he could pay his mothers fine and
she would be released.
He lost no time doing SO when the
next morning came, and no soon took
his ovcrjoyed mother to tho miserable
garrett she rented in tho Eastern dis
trict As quickly as possible mother
and son cleared out evory thing worth
taking AMI moved into cheap fat In
moro comfortable quarters Next fol-
lowed explanations. Eugene told how
no had written TO his mother from Col.
orado, but sho declared that his let
tor had never reached her. Then hc
related the story OF his adventures In
tho mining regions, and after he had
told all BIO had to say, he quietly re-
preached his mother, and charged her
with having given way to drink. She
cried pitconsly, and said: "How could l
help 1t? Deserted by my husband and
then by my son, felt alone In the
world, aad could no longer resist the
temptation TO drown my sorrows. Like
many other unfortunate ones l gave
way to strong temptation and sou tht
solacc In the dram. Now, that you
have returned to me, will mend my
ways and liquor shall never touch my
lips again"
Indeed, hope 1t never will, mother"
was the response.
Eugene was q flne-built, muscular
young fellow, hale and hearty, deep
chested, and, withal, very steady In his
habits. He had mixed with some rough
COMPANIONS out West, but somehow he
seemed to have escaped contamination
and now desired to return and sottle down
in an atmosphere Of civilization and re-
finement-at least refinement as COM
pared with the bolsterous rudeness Of o
mining camp.
by the BY, mother, what was that
about your claiming Mr.. Emcrick as
your long-lost husbaad?"
"As / live, Eugene, that man was
your father. No mattor how many
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