The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-04-08
A UNIQUE CLAIM
FINALLY SETTLED
FLORIDA EAST COAST OFFICIALS
FIND VALUABLE PROPERTY
AFTER HARD SEARCH.

In the event of human life and its |
many walks men encounter various
and difficult tasks, and every once in
while, though within the confines of \
their duty, there arises an emergency
greatly out of the ordinary. and diff |
cult to handle. says the Mimai Ne
tropoiis. Transportation men meet
with sucn freak tasks more generally
than any others, while it is their duty
TO trace lost trunk, a broken or de-
layed box, or some other of the many
hundreds of articles daily migrating
from and to the four points of the
compass, it is. very seldom, if not
quite out of the ordinary thing for
railroad to be asked to look up a
lost wife.
This, however, occurred a few days
ago and to Agent c. H. Bradley and
his assistants of the F. E. c.. Ry., at
. this place, fell the unpleasant and
unsatisfactory task. and equal to the
emergency, they finally succeeded and
brought man and wife together.
!, The story is not a long one and not
as romantic as it might have been had
the separated pair been clippers or in
the early stages of married bliss, but
they were not; they were a dignifiei,
settled pair, couple of prominence,
strong financial standing and above
!. all blessed with that love for each
other that had stood the test of years
and the ups and down necessary 70
such combination.
/ The story began on the 21st of
March when the lady in the case pre-
coded her better-haf TO Miami from
{, Havana, where they had been visiting.
, he desiring TO remain there few
days longer and explicitly stating that
: ne would arrive in Miami from Havana
ones week afterward, .or on the 18th.
Reaching Miami. the lady decided not
to go to hotel but to take a room in
y a private family At, the same time
: tthe Judge-her husband decided that
Havana was too lonesome for him
! Mrs. -, and he proceeded TO take
the next steamer for Miami. landing
. mere On the. 18th and expecting to
! / find her at one of the hotels.
!, There is where the trouble began
: His wife was not at any of the hotels
: and he sought high and low for, her
! but to no avail. Four days ne kept
UP the search for the missing loved
ione. riding and driving about town il
mis- mad and excited efforts to discover
e that treasure that had apparently Civ
len him the "ha ha" and goodbye
One day, during this period a lady sit
: ting at window crocheting espied 1
l. team driving by. : Its occupant seem
ed known to her and she exclaimed
= Why, there is Judge -, but no
e it can't be, for ne is in Cuba," Tina
y is the nearest the Judge and his wifi,
y came to meeting in Miami.
- Despairing of ever finding her il
q Miami, the Judge. last Tuesday after
u noon at $40 O'Clock took the trail
" for Jacksonville, broken-hearted an,
"a sad, just one week after his wife ha
u landed from Havana and on the yer
e day that he had promised to meet ne
" in Miami. Half an hour later tn
"a steamer Miami, inbound from the CT
- ban Isle, moored at her dock Mr..
10 Judge was there to meet tn
III Judge 1t was the day he had toll
n her ne was coming. but, alas, her tim
I'd for disappointment had come, and sh
Is was even more dumbfounded than ha
u been the Judge. What did his absenc
o. mean,
IN Agent Bradley and his force wer
l. sought. They were familiar with tina
CT part Of the story the Judge had n
9, lated. The lady soon set them RICH
s. as to her part of it. The mystery ha
10 been solved; the lost found. The wiz
as did the rest and on the next day th
In Judge and his lost one were re-unite
once again, but not here; in Jackson
= vile, and eacn Gliding the other &c
=, being so foolish as to act so. she fo
" going TO a private family and he fo
10 not advising her of his coming befor
the previously arranged time.
ayr Thus did the F. e. c. transportatio
ny department of the F. E. C. Ry. ferrs
rs out and trace piece of priceless pro-
,ff erty that had been lost after trans
he and delivery at Miami.