The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-27
|I(ISITUDEs OF LIFE.
~ Wife Reunited After
fhirty.fivc Years.
THE OTHER DEAD
yosthumous Son, Who
an Manhood They by
~. Became Reunited

.,s december 25.-A tall.
.,,o haired man. accompanied
4 Win silvered locks. none the less
"a handsome than the man.
.,,ention OF passengers at the
,oiay. The couple were Mr..
~, n slaiden. recently reunited
..,ration of nearly thirty-five
=. old gentleman and his wife
j, III. city short time waiting foT
! : afternoon train for the north
nired here on the belated Houston
Central train too late TO make
N with the Katy flyer
,,,s each Of whom has lived more
,eore and ten. were en- route to
4. s,,er having been reunited in a
.r,,c manner. a portion OF their
:. attained by the News reporter
/, as remarkably romantic as the
,.rsrlv constructed fiction.
/, when the first guns in the civil
!. fired, Mr.. slaiden, a Southern
.,,sr cast his fortunes with the
army, leaving his bride at the
Ma aged parents in small Mis-
IN taxing mp his muskct for what
WI TO be right. lie served till the
N the Confedcracy was furled,
- The var was over was informed
I. uife and parents were dead, and
4 A returning TO Missouri. went to
,ra oest his fortunes with the sons
voutezunies. one of his boyhood
t,Lns IL seerus. who had gone TO the
y amy with him, had returned to
f.anri home before the war was over,
..,med the wife that her husband
~ ,laIn on the field of battle. To
f.'s,nd the some man wrote that the
I Il; dead
n, Al communication were meager
1, mrmunication had reached the SOL
Isnr the wife In more than a twelve
\ me parents Of Slalden were dead,
|snfthc last news ever received from
M The letter bearing the news to
J. ti,t his wife was dead also, al
ItsAad the wreck that war. forced
4. ID the Louisiana swamps and pri-
q one Of them dying from the NJ
kttu1ds.
In hs last Of the scattering forces of
(S,odsracy surrendered, Slaidon, in
FL with two companions. set out for
a 10 start life over again, he believ-
4, and parents dead, and having no
y interest in what had once been his
[cmry. The three men Travelled TO
q rduring many hardships and pri-
!, oe Of them dying from the eff.
N the journey soon after reaching
Ienry. The two remaining. set about
Il for something to do. They en-
ID. silver mines and worked their
raiualy up till they became mine
i IN q small way. Finally by good
Hnsnt and pursuing good business
VI the two partners became owners
III the best paying mines in the piaz
Nc
j slalden had spent more than a
|. VI a century away from his ma
xa.ry and his people. lie had he
1 fixture in Mexico, spoke Spanish
h srsssor diaiCci like native. and
bed communication with any of his
t'ds In the old home, they all be-
I Mrs dad flfbA fYanrIrtan1 hnr
y dead, never having heard from
nj she believed the story that he
rishtd On the field of battle. She
= her permanent residence in st.
where she educated her son, an heir
riytd few months after the hus-
II for the South. The young man
lslaied IN the Atound city, and in
q years q his manhood became con-
IN responsible way with one Ct
20 manufacturing machinery COM
d the country, Ills firm, desiring
nuce some new kind of mining ma
INTO Mexico. sent the young man.
" Inc io'her'a name. to Mexico to
Y the situation and make arrange
i@ placing whatever machinery
disposed Of.
ay In the hotel at San Luis Potosi
nine owner asked:
ny your name is j. u. Slaiden?"
y Is spelled the same as mine?'
nmc."
le Is your homc?"
/ Louis"
y Is your family from originally"
'ooaNs man recitcd as much as he
DIS ancestry aud told Of his fathers
me Southern army. He told Of his
% some Incidents connected with
had heard it
'ue' man listened In the profoundcst
Al the conclusion Of the young |
'O,y he CHECKED down n lump in his ,
nd asked:
your mother, where is she?"
J now In San Antonio"
.s1er car guess the balance of the |
'siaen the elder was fhe lost father
y INC Younger. Explanations fol- |
4 meeting was planned for the wife
aef which look place II the home !
la In San Antonio, The past Was
= and when J, b ,Slaiden, ST.. set
10 on American soil after thirty
s'hc did 50 n clairl The wife that
'lurncd for dead. The reunion was
lnppy una.
~ you, young man " said the old
u as he started for the train. "l
= cheated out Of thirty years OF /