The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-15

uOStoi WIZ Adu TAKEN the Child Tr-a
itai to the orphans home. W., : Gga0,
dead, but the nurse and otbarS DOTH
family were living. They adrnitto5 The
ing spirited the child awav. ana nav.
gle line in the records of the q sln,
with the date, pieced out the ,,'l11,
the story Four years after tn q o
of the children, the father. l. ,uolfb
had returned 10 Rochester. ~ Cue
kidnapped the boy from his ~ mad
Mrs LIE Clerque, frantic win -'olner
had gone west 10 take up tn HElet
for her boy, and the relatives bsS arch
trace of her. At last accounts Sbo lost
in Chicago. was
Further than this the LAWYER
not get. He turned over to .Sy,ul5
documents signed by her relatives
ing the facts of her birth. excen+ sat
they left it to appear that the ma. .ilas
herself had been a party TO the scbo-5'
of placing the little girl in an or-I'Ile
asylum 1t was ascertained, too r5.l
the girls mother belonged In q -Iel
known and prominent family ,, Ty4
her father was in the engineer lie lie
of the army H
AT this stage of the story the N7,-
woods met reveTseS, losing a large ~
of their property. They moved fr-'
New York to Indiana little over IN
years ago. Uuanitai conceived a MY
of coming to Chicago to find Wort, 81 "a,
knew that she was an adopted cbT5
and this made her anxious 10 sIln-~I.
herself In addition she had a abiISf.,'
hope of in some way finding her n1otL.-
here. She was opposed by an ~
family. but finally had her wav. ~.
of the pin money which had been bs-.
in prosperous days she had saved s56s
Her father gave her letters to man
well known people in Chicago who bs5
been his friends for years-amoT-
them s. z. Gross
Now take these letters, my cbiI54
he cOunSeled, and as soon as Won D.
in Chicago you can present them N
my friends. If they don't tfld rorb
for you they viii watch over You
little, I hope"
But Uuanitai had ideas of her DUN
and these ideas were independent She
put the letters away in her trunk rent
ed a room at the Avon, a fiat buildirr
on Prairie avenue, near Cottage Grow
avenue, and set out to find work. Sbs
had conjectured that she might g4-
some sort. of clerical work among fbs
church papers or church publishing
houses.
No" they all said, eve have mon.
clerks than we can take care of. Wbsr
you had better do is to become a
deaconess. You know India and Won
would make a first-clasS woman mis-
sionary."
But Uuanitai had her own opinions
on missionaries and they were not very
orthodox. She decided that she would
not be a deacOness. She secured the
city for work, and as time went on she
began 10 get discouraged.
One of the women in the boarding
house noticed it, and the next Sundav
she said: Now, We have a club meet
ing this afternoon and l want YOU 20
20 along with me. I especially want
you TO meet my friend Mrs Smith and
her son. Mrs Smith is very fond n
girls, and although she has none Of her
own, she has brought up several
They are all gone now, and nothing
would please her better than 10 meet
you She might find you some work
YOU know" After several invitations
the girl decided one day TO 60 70 the
club meeting. Mrs. Smith was not
there.
It's too bad" said Mrs. Shaw. We
must go again next week, for The
meeting is at Mrs Smiths house On
Drexel boulevard. You will he de-
4l2nlEQ Will UEI SOuy " ll4lc IL
Cleraue." Uuanitai fell into a III o.;
trembling and grew white as paper.
much to her friends establishment Ths
girl said nothing, although she was all
eagerness during the week for the day
of the club meeting to come. She went
and instantly recognized Mrs. Smith
as her mother by an old picture taken
when her mother was years yOunger-
Willie lie ClerQue was not in the city.
and the girl was able to keep the dis
covery to herself. At once Mrs. Smith
took a fancy to Uuanitai. and soon IN
vited her TO her house TO spend few
days. The girl agreed to 60, resolved
in her own mind 10 find out why her
mother had deserted her. as she BE-
lieved. in her infancy.
do you know" said the mother one
day, -'Pd like so to have you stay here
and be my daughter, if you only could.
/ have my boy, and d fine fellow he IS
but I have always wanted daughter
My own mother thought differently,
said the girl, with great seIf-contro-
she deserted me, and gave me away
when 1 was a tiny baby" And then she
told her mother the whole story, only
emitting names
'I can't understand it," sighed the
mother, when the girls story Was
ended. TT seems incredible that any
woman should give up her own child
And here are the papers that prove
it ALL said, Uuanitai, as she brought
out the packet of documents.
As the mother read, the truth OF he
strange story became apparent 10 her:
She cried for JOY, and the girl cried
with her
Uuanitai'S foster parents were recon
ciled in a measure 10 the girls reunion
with her mother, for they expect her
back soon as the wife of Fred. her
foster brother. a young business man
in New York City.
Willie lie ClerCue is as devoted 70
his Sister as though they had not been
SweetheartS.
The story Of the finding Of the be!
by his mother. after he had been KID
naped from her by the father. IS an
other side of the romance. Mrs. L=
Clerque came to Chicago in search =
her husband and her boy. She found I'D
one here of that name. but heard lhl-
in COnnOrSville, Ind, there was a man
called lie Clerque. She went there anu
put up at the only hotel in the place
Did YOU ever hear Of any one IL
this town named lie CleTQue2' she ASK
O0 liz 4Gsu4AdQs dlLEI ulullEL-
lie Clerque? Yes, a man and his boy
They board here regularly. Their room
is the one adjoining yours, said l-5
landlady.
Mrs. lie Clerque contrived to catch Z
glimpse of the father and boy nsA-
morning without being seen. and rec'5-
niZed them as her husband and sol.
She went to the village school ina,
morning, took the child away anu
boarded a train for Chicago with MN
Afterward an arrangement was n-a --5
by which the boy remained a time Win
one parent and them with the o-A5-i;
Mrs LIE Clerque was divorced an
married Mr.. Smith. UU2nlLa- y
ClerQue is now living with her mo-Ls,-
and steDfather in an apartment 'o-.-
ing on Cottage Grove avenue. OPP -
Washington park, near Fl-lE---,--
street. The resemblance between ----