Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-21

am IN serious trouble. very serious. and
| Manl your help He p;,liscd for :.
'ioinoni and Cheney merely said Yes
Ne always allowed his client 10 do Tho
taking that is. until something TAN
sihlc WAS shown. I'arnell hurnmcd and
htWei and seemed II loss Tor words
N.th which To express himself. Cheney
a"W ne wanted - quoting influence.
"No". Mr.. i'arwoll. just pull yourself
together. You're nervous and Voi
wrought. hui if You want my help YOU
must give ~" All The facts ia the case.
ono row. what is it, What help
do Nol want"
This seemed TO have the desired of-
fee'. and Fsinell looked cheney squarc
in TN" yes and said:
Colonel NhcrrS. | want you To find
~" Il name. | lavc timing else in
this world. money, position. friends. the
rove OF a Gooi woman. but / haven't
a nalnD.'
You navent-a-namc," sasped
What is this one" he said. reading
Charles q. t%'arwclI' neatly engraved
GA The care.
"Tha,'s The one I've had so far in
me, but IT'S not mine That's just it,.
| don't know what min" is. | don't
khow that | am entitled To one. l
want You t" find out for me-. Wait,
i''''''' ti' j lHi.P IlIlI~t1tU. am
III business in Duluth. and am com
fortahly liked so far as this worlds
goods &c. but my birth is clouded i'm
mystery. AS ncar as | can make out
am about 20 years old In my child
hood days I was known as Basket
Charley. because | was found ON "A
doorstep of a mans house near Ex-
moor. Ontario. in a basket. His name
was FtrWeTI n he gave me the name
Charley and hrOiUht me- nm 'rhe IL
in my name | put in for forln's sake.
old man t'arwell was poor ard had
hard work providing for his own fam
lily and me. but he was generous to a
and did the best h" could. When
! was about 10 years old he died and
since then I'VE shifted for myself.
Pinned I" my clothing when l was
found was this note" Here Farwell
stopped and handed Cheney Il slip of
paper. 1t was old and yellow. but the
words thereon written in a delicate
hand read as follows:
MI. Farwell: This baby boy comes
of respectable parents who are too
poor to bring him up. We are leaving
for the west To try and make Our for
tunes When we do we shall send for
him. Here is two dollars and Il half
and Il similar mnu will be sent ev-
cry week. BE good to him and Gods
blessings rest on our head"
Signed "A broker mother" Che
ney read it carefully. laid it on his
desk and said. Well. go on please.
Mr.. t'arwcll."
MIR. l'arweli moistened his lips from
Il glass of water near by and con-
tiuued: After Mi. f'arwell found me
but one more remittance was received.
Some three weeks after came an en-
velope postmarked Detroit and di-
rected In h same handwriting. In
IL 49, -
After that there was nothing but 81
lence Subsequent to Mr.. Farwells
l did various jobs on farms
Excelsior. l lived like IA beg
gar. but getting at odd times what
could. The boys and girls
of my age knew my history and de-
risivcly called me Basket Charley 1t
became ~unbearable and struck out
for myself. The only link I had be-
tween myself and my birth was that
note on your table Again Farwell
paused. Cheney was all attention.
Il first went to Detroit. sold papers.
BACKED boots, worked in hotels. any
thing To make q living. and IL short
later l landed in Chicago. l
worked in a real estate office. then the
p~ostofhce IL finally became a rail-
way mail service man. | studied dur
ing my spare moments and thus ac-
quired = fair education. | saved my
money. invested it carefully, and grad
ually it grew until l had II competence.
l moved to Duluth. engaged in
real estate operations. was more than
fortunate. and today l am worth the
greater part of three-uuarters OF IA
several clubs and societies and am
well thought Of generally" All this
told with "A sincerity and
which forba.e any idea
of vanity. Colonel Cheney waited for
the crux of the story. He knew it was
yet to come. Farwell again continued:
"!Ali these years 1 nave had a desire
to know who and what l am: who and
where my parents are, and their rea-
sons for DESERVING me and leaving me
to the tender mercieS of strangers. But
now that desire has become the para
mount object of my entire life. l have
placed my business affairs in such
shape that. II necessary. l can devote
all my time and income to the solu-
had 0 come: Farwell was holding
something back. Cheney looked at
him keenly. and said:
MIR. Farwell. why is this desire SD
paramount now; what is the real rea-
SON."
Farwcil hes..ated. conghAd slightly.
colored up and tidgetcd in his chair.
"Well-you see colonel. I-er-damn 1t.
colonel. l want to get married. This
declaration seemed to relieve him
greatly. Some time ago l met Miss
Blanche Davis. daughter of a very
prOninen. man of Duluth. l love her;
she loves me; we are engaged. But
this frightful mystery of my birth so
haunts me l canno allow her to link
herself to me until hat is cleared up.
The postmaster here In Chicago is a
warm friend of mine. l have success
fully invested money for him, and
anne here to see MIN. Last night
told him my story. and he 3-ged me to
see you, and said if you would person
ally take the case he thought the solu-
tion could be made. That's the reason
of my visit. and you won't refuse IL.
will you, colonel?" There was a world
of w~istfu!ness. of pleading. of en-