Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-26


 CHILDREN AWAY.
 tiful girl no longer Ruth, but Mrs. William Ipher, while Charles was a full grown man and wealthy farmer of Harrods Creek.
 Mrs. O'Byrne was happy young wife 25 years ago in the little town of Memphis, Ind. She was the wife of Thomas Treasure. proud in the posses sion of two beautiful children, Charles Thomas, four years old, and Ruth, two years old. One day there was quar- rel, and in fit of rage the husband seized the two children while his wife was visiting neighbor and carried them away. He brought them to this city, and placed them in an Episcopal orphans home, while he disappeared and was never heard of again. When | Mrs. Treasure returned, she found her children gone, and for 25 years they were as completely lost to her as If the earth had swallowed them-@sT,fs js%r,'1 t" 'e
 She sought everywhere in the coun- ty, but could find no trace of her chill l dren. Personals were placed in every newspaper in this part of the country without success. and the police were asked to look for them, but 1t was of no avail.
 She came to Louisville after getting . decree of divorce. and continued her search. The children meanwhile, were | received by the home and reared. The { girl was called Amanda Jane. while ! the boy was rechristened Sol. They were brought up as all the rest with { out any idea of their parents. ex When the girl was IS years old. she displayed such aptitude for the needle that she was sent out by the home as a seamstress and eventually obtained a position with the Ballard family as a family seamstress. Her beauty at- tracted the attention of young Ipher. a stalwart farmer of the neighborhood at Glenview. and they were soon be- trothed. They came to this city on January 8. 1905. and were married.
 Tn the interim Mrs. Treasure had be- come Mrs. Thomas 0'Byrne. Sudden ly one day Mir. O'Byrne was glancing at bit of torn newspaper that caught his eye as 1t lay on the ground. and he saw the marriage notice of Ruth Treasure and William Ipher. Hurried ly he took 1t to his wife.
 She knew that the only family with that peculiar nasle was her former husbands. She looked through the di rectory. but not one trace was there of the names of Ipher or Treasure At the suggestion of her husband they went to the office of the county clerk but he did not know the people or any thing about them. They started tC leave the ofice when . sudden idea oc cured to Mrs. oByrne. The wit nesses!" she exclaimed; they vii know" At last she found that the, lived in Glenview and Mir. o'Byrn' teiephoned to them. Mir. 0Byrn' spoke to Mrs. rpher and in tremblin. tones asked her who her parents were She had no parents. she said.
 They went to see Mrs. Ipher and h c rOucnlns sCent tnt uaubnter huf mother were reunited. They talke' of old times and it was discovered tha parent and child had seen each othe several times q week for years with out knowing it. while ali the time the. . were seeking each other all over tn country. Mrs. Ipher had been em ployed in a millinery store where Mrs o'Byrne had been in the hahi; of deal ing. They had passed each other ol the street and for half year had live within a s,one's throw of each othe without knowing it.
 The son had left the home at th age of 1f and had worked on a farr ] near Frankfort For several years h had corresponded with his sister. bu she vas sent ont from the home. som of the records were lost and they ger separated He began to seek bis sii : ter. but without avail One day sh case to the home to le<rn soneshln cf her brother a-d incIisntally lei ] Ter address. Ia the co1rsc Of fe months hs found cut her address sn the sister and brother were unite
 Then came the nevs of his mother an 1 I< &.1 !.