The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-14
| MARINE
CHAPTER XIV.


irons Office, I'VE would like to speak
to you privately for a few minutes. "
Very well, SIR responded the
matron. "Be seated and we can have
the door closed" and. after suiting
the action to the word, the matron
sat down at her desk and waited for
her visitors to proceed to the bust
ness in hand.
Il have reason to believe said Mr..
Methven, that Marine Dougherty is
/ my daughter. Doris had a sister a
little over year older than she, who
was kidnapped in infancy when but a
few weeks old. I guess it happened
| before you lived in this city, so you
may not have heard of it. Every
thing in the world that human mind
could conceive of, or that money
could do. was tried in an effort to re-
cover the little one. We now have
a theory that Marine is the child
that was lost. VIII you please look
in the record and see what entry was
made in connection with her admis-
sion to the institution
Mrs. Weber's breath had been
fairly taken away by the sudden
ness of the revelation, but she had
recovered herself while Mr.. Meth
ven was speaking.
She brought forth the volume in
dexing the records, and soon had the
page on which Marines name ap-
peared.
1T looks peculiar" said Marshall,
who stood over Mrs. Weber while
she ran her finger down the page.
and who had found and read the
entire entry silently before the ma
iron had discovered the name.
Look here" he said. "She was
entered originally only as Marine,
it seems, with no surname. A more
recent entry has supplied the name
of Dougherty over the space left va
cant by the absence of the last name.
There is foot-note that reads:
April 3, IS 1t was discovered
today that the entry In Marines
case has failed to note a surname.
Marine has asked that she be called
Marine 'Dougherty.'
I'm the same handwriting in
which Marines first name was en-
tered, is the following notation:
No information. Left without
explanation, by woman who failed
to give own name or that of child.
Calls herself Marine as nearly as
can be understood. Age about three.
"Hurray!" exclaimed Marshall.
Were getting on famously!"
He paused, out of breath, while
Mr.. Methven, carefully went over
the entry a second time.
Then turning to Mrs. Weber, Mr.
Methven said: do you ever keep
any of the effects of children who
are received at the asylum under
myterious circumstances"
why yes, we do. 1t is. however
|
would serve as a key to her identi-
hcation, since she was kidnapped
when but a few weeks old ant
brought here at the age of three
However there is no harm in look
ing the matter up
Eve must leave no stone unturnet
in following up this clew," re
sponded Mr.. Methven. 'Of course
it is unlikely that any Of the child'
clothing, which she wore whe1
taken from us, would have been OF
her when received at the asylum
So if nothing is found, I will not b.
discouraged and it will be no Ger
tain proof that the child is not m,
daughter
All this time Mrs. Weber was rum
maging in a large closet which
since the asylum had been burned
and the children CHARTERED in thei
present home, had served in place O
a vault.
i TT is fortunate" said the ma
iron, that all of such things wer
kept in the safety vault in the oil
( asylum, else they would have beel
destroyed in the fire. As it is, som
Il of the effects of more recent ar
rivals were burned, for the vaul
was crowded and we had discon
e tinued placing things in it. But /
= any things of Marines were pu
aside on her arrival, they are sur
to be safe"
There was silence for a while
. while Mrs. Weber continued he
search.
Here it isl" she said at length
# bringing forth small paper parc'
n labeled Marine -" and havin