The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-18
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be without pointing TO the actual oc-
currence.
Matthew Tuttle was a good man. n
good father and a good husband. He
was comfortably of in this worlds
goods, happy and contented. This
statement is made with the reserya-
ton that SO Mr. Tuttle appeared. That
he had means is certain. That he was
contented and happy is assumed be-
cause he showed no sign to the con
trary.
One afternoon after business hours
Mr.. Tuttle did not come home as usual
His wife waited dinner an hour; .. 10
o'clock came. and still he did not come.
Mrs. TuttIe supposed he had been IN
avoidably detained. but why had he
not telephoned as usual? At IL o'clock
she called up the police headquarters.
requesting that they send to certain
! places where her husband might possi-
| bly, be found. These places were Wis
/ tied. but Mr.. futile was not at any OF
i them.
The next morning the city was ran
sacked for the missing man-that is.
after the usual hour for his appear
ance at his office That hour came
and the next and there were no signs
of Mr.. futile The day passed with
out the slightest trace of him. His
wife soon fell into a condition border
ing on nervous prostration.
Weeks, months, years passed and Mr..
Tuttle was not heard from The police
gave him up, considering his case ono
of the many in which the subject is
murdered and the body successfully
got away with. This they at last told
Mrs. Tuttle, and as soon as she became
convinced of II herself, accepting the
inevitable. she became resigned and
regained her health. Her husbands
estate was administered, and widow
and children were found 10 have In
herited such an income as they needed.
Five years after Mr.. Tuttles disap-
pearance man of forlorn mien went
up to the Tuttles' front door and rang
the bell OF the servant who answered
the summons he asked if Mrs. futile
lived there. He was informed that she
owned the house, but had rented it
and gone to Europe with her children.
The man turned away
It was Sunday morning, and he
strolled aimlessly for awhile till, pass
ing church, lie entered it and took
back seat
whats that handsome marble be-
side the chancelT' he asked in a whis-
per of one next him.
That's the futile font" was the re-
ply. 1T was PLACID there in memory
of Matthew Tuttle. who disappeared
and never was heard from"
The forlorn man made no reply and
when the congregation was dismissed
went out with the others and stood OH
the church steps as If not knowing
where to go. Presently he went down
into the streee and boarded a trolley
car. After half an hours ride he got
out at a cemetery and, entering the
gate, followed a walk till he came to
lot wherein was a handsome monu-
ment. He read the inscription, Tn
Memory of Matthew Tuttle" The man
looked at the other graves In the lot,
taking in each separately, then went
away.
One morning In Geneva. Switzerland,
where Mrs. futile had gone to put her
children at school. she was walking
over the bridge leading to an island
In the Rhone, now and then stopping
to lean over the stone guard and look
into the crystal waters. After one Of
these pauses she raised her head TO
proceed. Suddenly she clutched at the
stone beside her and was sinking down
| when a man caught her in his arms.
1t was her husband.
Some time passed before the aston
. ished woman could speak. and then
the idea that filed her brain was that
she had been deserted.
"Where have you been?" she asked,
drawing away.
Il remember" he said. placing his
hand on bis forehead. "a long while
ago boarding a train Where l was
. going 1 don't know. After that I re-
: membered nothing till three weeks
ago. when l suddenly seemed to come
to myself. I was in Philadelphia. |
: took a train for home and found you
had come over here. / had no trouble
! in identifying myself and getting
| money to follow you. l have just ar
rived. At your apartments they told
/ me you walked here mornings while
> the children are at school"
The wife looked at her husband for
confirmation and saw 1t IN his forlorn.
half dazed expression. Then. though
3 not entirely unobserved, she threw her
b arms about him At that moment a
4 clock near by struck u, and soon
D after three children came running to
9 the bridge. 4 man none Of them re-
q membered who stood by their mother
a took them one after another in his
t, arms and kissed them. Then the re
). united family went away.
]. Later. when the children's school
term was finished, the family went in
to the Alps for the summer. IN the
o,,t,,r,- HFrS TutfIa's health had beer