The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-06-17
HAVE A SON IN PRIESTHOOD.
sand We Don't Want Any Notoriety,'
Said an Elderly Couple as They
Returned $3.50 Lost by
a Sick Widow,
CNew York Sun May 81


An elderly, well dressed couple rang
the bell at 81 South Sixth street, Will
iamsburg, yesterday afternoon and
asked to see Mrs. Mary SlaVin The
young woman who came to the door
told them that Mrs. Slavin could not
he seen; she had been Frustrated since
Friday, when she lost $3.50 in cur
rency after leaving the Dime Savings
bank at Broadway and Wythe avenue.
That is what we have come about. .
said the man. We have important
news for her
The couple looked like anything but
cranks or curiosity seekers. so i'm a
minute they were admitted to the room
where Mrs. Slavin lay i'll.
Il think we have your lost money"
said the man.
If Mrs Slavin's physician had been
on hand he probably wouldn't have all
lowed such news to be broken so sud
denly. Mrs. Slavin gasped and almost
tainted. for the lost money was all she
he'd in the world. She could not speak.
viii you please describe the
money!" said the woman visitor.
Mrs. Slavin told them, as soon as she
could pull herself together. that thsre
were eight $1,000 bills. one $500 bill
three 500 bills and one $50 bill OF this
she had taken $3.50 from the Nassau
way Williamsburg. 1t was the pro-
oe5ds Of the sale of some property she
recently inherited, and she was with
drawing it in order to place it in banks
paying a higher rate of interest.
She put the bills in the bosom of her
dress and walked TO the Dime Savings
bank al Broadway and Wythe avenue,
where she withdrew her savings of 500
and put ii with the larger amount. She
n 4. oft
the money in other banks the next day,
but on reaching the house, found that
her fortune was gone.
The description of the money and the
route she took satisfied her visitors
The man drew an envelope from his
Voclet and handed it to the sick widow.
There was the $500.
My wife found the money" said he.
"She viii tell you about it"
Il was waiting for a car in front of
the Dime Savings bank" said the wife.
and while walking up and down, my
foot struck the envelope. l picked it
up and saw that it contained money.
just then my car came along. and as
did not know what else to do. l went
home. L supposed that some business
man had lost the money and we looked
9H the lost advertisements, but found
no call for the money.
This morning saw in the news coll |
umns Of one of the papers the story OF |
Your misfortune, and we have come as |
quickly as we could from our home |
i'm Madison avenue, Brooklyn, TO see |
whether it was your property
Mrs. Slavin began to thank the eou-
pie
Pm only glad that we got here in |
Time" the woman broke in. Il should |
have felt like a murderess if you had
died from the shock
II want 10 give you $500" said Mrs.
Slavin, although that doesn't come
near expressing how grateful 1 am TO
you"
We don't want any reward for being
honest" said the woman, smiling. I'VE
shan't take cent of your money"
She and hEr husband turned to go.
Don't leave without telling me your
name. at least" said Mrs Slavin.
we don't dare TO do that" said the
woman. because we don't want our
Iames i'm the papers. We should not
enjoy notOriety. nor would our rela-
lives. We have a son in the priest
hood
And beyond learning that the couple
the Roman Catholic Church
&c ST. John the Baptist at Lewis and
avenues, Brooklyn, Mrs.
S'aviu could get nothing more about
the two most welcome callers she had !
ever seen. The man, her daughter said ,
Yesterday, was upward Of 60 and had
a white moustache His wife appeared ,
somewhat younger.
Mrs Slavin had another fainting
spell after the good fairies went away, t
and the doctor was still in attendance {
last night. He said that she was in no j
great danger. but that the second t
dock had been almost as great as the I
fist. s