The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-08
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" HOlSsdiN NfVOtIE HIIu AIquOIU'
Ill. 113. 115 Bay street. west.

ly recently, after he had won his way
TO place of sufficient prominence TO in
terest the public and the newspapers, that
he learned, accidentally who he was and
why he had always been Obliged to con-
slider that he had come up like Topsy,
who Just grew"
When he was something like four years
old his mother took him from their home
in small town not far from the border
line between Ohio and Kentucky, up to
Cincinnati to make a visit and some pur-
chases. When ready to go home they had
10 wait in railroad station for a train
that was late. AS the train was long
time delayed the mother bethought her
self that she wished to buy something
more, and she babe the boy remain in
the seat where she placed him until she
came back. And then she left the sta
ton. How long the boy stayed where he
was put. the man does nos know. Doubt
less he stayed until he was tired or until
something outside attracted his attention,
and hen he too, went out of the sta
ton. When he sought his mother he
couldn't find her. Nobody knew who he
was. He hardly knew himself. He knew
his name and that was about all. He
knew that he was not al home, but he
did not know where his home was The
man only remembers that as a boy he
ScCAllth ~ DciOiiS " Aut Streets VI ClHtiil-
natl, that however he may have been TAX
en- care of during his helpless days, his
boyhood was spent for the most part in
the streets of the city, where he ran
around until he came to intelligence
enough to realize the necessity of an ed
ucation, and set about gettingsOne.
He succeeded in this and took up the
law He succeeded in the law, and be-
came what he is now, counsel of an i'm
meEse corporation. the name of which is
as familiar in Wall street as it is in the
Western territory of its home. He went
among men of family and men who didn't
talk about their families but he did not
know even who his family was or where
he came from, except Cincinnati. With
the persistence which had enabled him to
educate himself and TO rise in his profess
sion, he undertook the task of finding his
relatives. But for a long time every move
was futile He had no facts to start on.
Once he told friend among the news
paper reporters Of the quest that was balk-
ing him and what he knew of his life.
The newspaper man seized upon the in
teresting fact that one of the successful
men of the town did not know who he
was or whence he came, and wrote for
his paper an account of the lawyers ca
reer. The romantic element of the story
caused 1t to be copied in the newspapers
of other places. One day the lawyer re-
ceived a letter bearing the postmark OF
a town in Western New Y ork. The writ
er said that she was undoubtedly his aunt,
his mothers sister, and that the news
that he was alive was like tale from
the dead. She went on to tell him the
story Of his mothers death, of how he
was lost and OF how hope of ever hear
ing of him again was given up after vain
search in Cincinnati years ago.
IL was in the early days of the civil war
that his mother took him on the visit to
Cincinnati. His father had gone to the
war The three made up the family
They had not long lived In the small town
which was their home at that time. They
were not well known there. When the
mother went out Of the railroad station
i'm Cincinnati and left her child to wait
there for her return she was knocked
down IN the street by wagon, and was
so badly injured that she lost conscious
ness She was taken 70 a hospital but
died without regaiuing command of her
faculties None around her knew Of the
II was possible 10 communicate with her
relatives. but when they tried to find the
child there was no trace Of him TO be dis
covered child had been seen about the
railway station. but nobody knew anything
about him. The search was abandoned and
the incident was closed, those concerned
thought. forever. The husband and father
came home ct the close Of the war. learn
al that his wife was dead failed 20 get
any clew 20 his child and went away and
lost himself IN the Western country, where
home Ties were nOt wanted. He cut him
self or from communication with his rel
atlyes or his wife's and buried his hen-
thy IN the new. Wild lands.
The lawyer. when be had read this let
ter. vent 90 see fbe writer. and found his
relatives and toe history Of his family and
INC records o. hi unfortunate mothers
death.
Henry FUNK VINO lives near corydon.