The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-23
ADVERTISEMENTS 0DD RESULT.
Matrimonial Paper Leads to the Re-
uniting OF Brother and Sister.

4 DECIDEDLY romantic tale comes
"A from near the quaint old Michigan
town OF Monroe. q few miles from
Toledo. o.
Years ago David Renaud. who at that
tine lived Just over the state line. ana his
young Wife luarrelad SO continuously that
they determined TO separate. Their re-
iigi9us convictions and ideas nrecindsd the
idea Of divorce. but ono took the little
daughter. while the other. the father. took
the 5-year-old son. for whom the mother
never had appeared To have much love, all
her affection having been lavished upon
their 2-year-olj daughter Honore. Ths
mother went TO live with relatives In the
city OF Quebec for time. while Renaud
drifted about the country. making living
as best he could. until one day the man
fell from a scaffold while at work in a
Michigan town and was SO badly injured
that he dice a short tine afterward The
hoy was then about years of age. and a
bright. winning little fellow
The mother had shut her husband and
son out Of her mind altogether and as
none OF the mans friends knew where she
was she was not informed Of the mars
death, The boy. meantime. had been taken
by family named Whit SAIL who gave him
q good education AMI brought him up as
their own son. The boy had been taught,
when little fellow. by hls father that his
mother and a little sister had died. and SO
he grew up To believe he was alone IN the
world. so far as relatives 20.
The family whc took young Delos Remand
TO raise were In ignorance of his early his
tory, and believed what the father sad on
Ills dying couch that the child was without
relatives or friends.
The girl grew up with many Of the
usual romantic notions young girls are heir
10, and a few days ago, Ia a spirit OF fun.
advertised In 4 matrimonial paper publish
&C in tbs city. A copy Of this paper fell
into young Renaud's hands: he was the
guest Of a young friend one evening and
they were looking over the advertisements
In the matrimonial paper. laughing ard
toaEag a the various descriptions young
men CT yuung women had given OF them
selves, when. IL a spirit OF Jest, Ranauas
friend proposed that each select couple
OF descriptions ard write FOR the names
They did 50, and II was NOT an unnatural
Incident that tire clerk In charge ef the
letters should take J. more than passing
interest In the fart that young Remand
had asked for the advert ssSusnt of
young woman who here the same name
pGt the information was forwarded to ms,
young 3sn Remand wrote to Miss
HonoTe Remand In = little town cafleg TIL
eonAurg, Ont, ana n dGe time received
az answer which attracted him very ns1lch
The girls curiosity had been aroused. and
she finaGy cautiously approached her
mother sroa the subject. The mother was
az hTs; tncsinet - eh3fe her daughter for
such f5Qisshness. ags she betrayed such sn
unusual Interest that she girls suspicious
we're aroused and the parent a. Isss bake
Gown ara told her daughter that she was
satisfied tbs young nan with when she
hal struck up schoolgirl correspondence
was nans other than her own o-oshsr. The
girl. delighted at sae thought % a brother,
eoaxed TIE whole story OUT q, he. mother.
and WIKI j; permission 70 tell her brother
and ask him to come on and see them at
ogca.
Thursday nlght Telos Remand was made
happier than ever before ~ his life by lei-
ter from Ais sister. and. hastily telling a
few OF his close fFtsrSs. tessS o late train
fGr I~gssa.f, ara s. rev with his mother ana
s,sier asaeug the Canadian bills a6ouf.T4l-
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