The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-29

found that | was not to be talked over
he said: Ask mother not to tell any
one where am. Tell her that I'll write
to her right away
That night wrote to his mother, and
several days afterward received her
answer. It was the most incoherent
letter / have ever read. She begged to
hear from him. I took the letter to him
and he read it and cried like a baby
again.
Harry" I said, "go over to the tele-
graph Office with me and send tele-
gram to your mother. Tell her that
you will write to her.
No, he couldn't do that, either. He.
would write to her at once, instead
Harry" I exclaimed, remember
she's your mother, man. You've been
dead for seven years and now your
alive. Telegraph to her Think how
she must feel"
If you won't wire her, will said.
at last. you'd better come over to the
Office and see what I have to say.
l started off and he came with me,
begging me not to telegraph all the
way over When we got to the office b
wrote out the telegram: Letter re-
ceived. He has read it and will an
swer.'
Then he became fearfully afraid that
II would write to his wife. I assured
MN that would not for she was doing
nicely. It was the mother that want
ed to help, the woman who had been
such a good friend to me and who was
nsarly heartbroken. 1 told him that he
would either have to send for his moth
er or send her a certain sum of money
| each month. I did not care which he
/ did. That was the only compromise
that I would make with him. Finally
he promised solemnly that he would
write to his mother and send her some
money. @
/ One afternoon he called around to see
me at my place of business and pro-
! posed drive into the country to see
piece of property that he said he.
owned. aG
/ I consented to take the drive with
him and we were to start about z
o'clock, but Harry fooled around, So
that it was almost when we did fin
ally get started. He drove handsome
pair of horses to light buggy and we
went slowly out of town to the piece
of property that he wanted to show
to me. 1888
1t was long, lonesome drive. On
the way out we talked over his leay-
ing home and once or twice he made
the remark that I was the only per-
son that knew where he was. His
} mother, he said, had not heard from
him. She only had my letter to show
for it. He asked me about his wife, if
she was pretty still and how she was
} getting along.
"She's prettier than ever, Harry" Z
told him. And she has fine position
and a. responsible one. She has saved
: up considera BILE money, too
That seemed to interest him greatly
do you think she'd come out to me ~
he asked.
Well, don't know. Harry" said
We drove on out to the property. 1t
had grown late by the time we had
started home. We arrived at an adobe
{ cabin on the way back. Two Mexicans
!, came out of it followed by an immense
dog Harry got out of the buggy and
/. standing at distance Of fifty feet
t from me talked Spanish to them. OF
course couldn't understand them. But
l as it got later I grew impatient
' Harry I called, Were going home,
i now" "In moment" he answered.
0 mo, we're going now" He knew by
e nv voice that meant it and he came
' over to the buggy and got in. We
: drove slowly away. It was then quite
+ dark.
: Harry never wrote to his mother. as
/. I found out afterward. She told his
S wife and the boys where he was, bus
it went no further. Finally Mrs Evans
n raised money enough to send her sec
a ond son to Los Angeles. When he ar
e rived Harry would do nothing for him
It 1 got him place in an elevator and
y later on in real estate office. He saved
e every penny he earned and after max.
ing lucky sale or two sent for his
: mother. She came out and brought
d the other children with her.
Is They bought little cottage in Sa1
!. Diego. All this time Harry had no
/ helped his mother to my knowledg.
II to the extent of one cent. He had writ
ten to his wife, but she had declined Il
g come to him. She said that the tril
le was long and tiresome one and easier
st for man to take than woman. I
= he wanted to see. her she would NEE
g him on his arrival, but she would no
a, go to him.
= A few months afterward he disap
"a peared again as completely as he hal
Sc seven years before, and he has neve
= been heard from since. The myster,
IS will probably never be solved. Yet
q murder will out" some day we vii
y know why Harry Evans acted as h,
y did.-From the San Francisco Chron
y icle.
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