The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-18
A Broad, Splendid
IhOrOughfare.
SEEKING A LOST BROTHER.
Hts sinier Has a secret ri essnge for
Him.
New York Mall and Expressly

ST.
as Mrs. Kathie Jung, q German widow,
mas travelled six years and spent the
small fortune left her by her parents
\ ana husband in futile search for her
only brother. and has settled down in
\ gan francisco to earn her living as q
domestic. says the Chronicle" Of that
city. The brothers disappearance from
nome. the sisters vow to impart to him
& secret confined to her by their pa
rents the earnest devotion to her mis-
{ Sion her travels over the continent In
me wake of the lost one and her fail
nre to meet him, make as romatic q
story as is found in novels.
-, MIS-. Jung was born in Relchenbach,
gsdesae. Her maiden name was Kathie
Merz. She and her brother, Heinrich,
stnho was few years older than Kathie,
Were the only children of well-to-do
Deople For some cause which the sister
aces not divulge, Heinrich left the pa
ternal home one day. when quite a
Young man, without telling anybody
whittier he was going. Years passed
and nothing was heard Of him. The
parents grteved over the loss of their
Only son. and made every effort to dis
ssoyer him. but In vain. They died, and
s1ne neighbors said that grief over their
lost son had shortened their DAYS.
Kathie married, but continued the
search for her only brother. She wrote
10 the German Consuls in every port,
asking them TO institute search and ad-
sEertise for the missing one.
y one day she learned that her brother
n1o been seen in New York City. But
al inquiry failed to reveal anything
more about him except to confirm the
drst information Kathie, now Mrs.
Jung, had an only son. The boy was
prlght and Inherited his mothers desire
70 md her only brother. He was hardly
oiu enough to travel alone when his
parents sent him to New York to fol-
low 10y, ap the clew and to find his uncle.
me boy undertook the task and sue
cseded In finding a number of people
VINO mao known his uncle in New York.
he even obtained a photograph of him.
nut IN spite OF his efforts was unable
S.o locate his relative here. Jung died
! ~ germany little over six years ago,
is'ilg moderate fortune. Soon after
l: us ueath the widow, supplied with
fanaSie means for long journey, came
70 new York to join her son in the
Sss se;ich Tor their missing relative. She
5loiioWeu every clew and Travelled all
over the Union. only to learn in each
sp.aSe mat her brother had been there
ssnu nad gone to some other locality.
- -, last she learned that Henry Merz,
sMlose description tailed with the pic
ssl ,,n OF her brother, was living in San
lego, Cal. She crossed the continent
70 sun Diego, where she learned that
LEI prother he'd resided there. but had
s. ss IN the place. No one could tell her,
y lhongf. where he was at that time. In
iIne she obtained another clew and
ssMsnt 70 Pollasky, Fresno county. She
..as on the right track this time, for
't 9ls.ily Merz. who was known to every
,, ouy IN me town, was none other than
5tl ~, missing brother Heinrich.
~ he was a carpenter and all else tailed,
3 ~, ~. mere could be no mistake. She also
sttntrI,ed that her brother was married,
sSnIcn gave her additional hope Of find :
s s,.:. !, nm, Tor. as she figured, q man Of
j iatnlxa must have a home somewhere.
sss.aa was her disappointment when she
{ 49,. reg that her brothers dwelling had