Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-03-27
IN SEARCH OF A
 FATHER.

boy baby settled in q village in New England and set up housekeeping in small way. Why they chose 10 make the place thell home no one knew. Neither worked for q living but they did not appear to he in want of funds. Their station seemed to be that of upper servants.
 The child. Arthur. as he grew from babyhood to boyhood. was of widely different type from his parents. While they were homely. he was handsorne; while they were dark. he was fair: while they were of a coarse grain. there was that about him akin t0 the manner born.
 Finally the source from which they drew their income seemed 10 be failing them The man--Trainor was his name -nade frequent trips somewhere. no one knew where. and on his return the familys finances seemed 10 have im- proved. but only temporarily At last the woman died. After her death the father disappeared. leaving his son.
 
 for himself He had not been required to work and now that he was thrown on his own resources. knew not what 10 do He desired to find his father with view io having his waDts pro- vidcl for. as before He wandered about aimlessly. doing odd jobs and eking out miserable existence. | Two years had passed in this way | when one day while hc was at work in field lie saw his father drive by in a buggy The boy ran to the fence and called. but did not succeed in making hira>elf heard Running after the bus ~. he followed it for miles. now losing it.. now regaining sight of it. till at last he saw 1t turn into handsome coun- try place.
 Arthur was by this time exhausted, SO he sat down on q stone to catch his breath, keeping his eye on the place his father had entered. It was q slightly place. the house being large and the grounds spacious. He won dered who lived there and why his father went there. How beautiful life must be to one who could call such A place home. As soon as he had re- gained his wind he got up and ran on The place was more than mile away, and he was some time in reaching it. When he did he entered large gate way with q massive stone pillar on either side and followed winding driveway 10 the house. The horse his father had driven was hitched to a post before the front porch.
 Suddenly the front door opened, and an old gentleman ushered Trainor out saying;
 Not cent. Find the child and I'll | square the account with thousand dollars, but till then never let me see your face again"
 Suddenly Trainor caught sight of | the boy.
 Why, Arthur" he exclaimed. Then, | turning to tie old man. he said: There | he is. Now you may atone for your vilany."
 ! The old man stood staring at the handsome boy, All ragged as he was, and gasped:
 "Is that my grandsong"
 He is. He's your daughters son and your grandson" Then to Arthur: My boy. I'm not your father This | old gentleman will tell you who you 1 arc"
 | The old man took the boy in his arms. then. running into the house, , called:
 Alice, your boy Is here!' ! In moment a lady of middle age ran down Il winding staircase, and, see ing the astonished Arthur, she took { him in her arms and would not release hlm.
 1 Some eighteen years before Alice Archer had run away from home to i marry a man her father disliked. Her { father had followed her and succeeded ! in getting her back to his home. where | he kept her a quasi prisoner. A child 1 was born. and Mir. Archer made up his mind to get rid of 1t. Giving the baby ! to Trainor and his wife, lwbo had been his servants. he agreed to furnish them
 with money as long as they needed 1t. ] But Trainor became so importunate 1 that Mir. Archer was obliged to shut off part of tue supply and finally all.
 The man Alice Archer had married i died. and the mother at last prevailed upon her father to restore her child. But by this time TraiDor had deserted ! the boy and lost track of him. After this Mir. Archer refused to pay Trainor any more money till he produced tine boy. But on the day Arthur came home his grandfather paid Trainor q lump sum on condition that he would use 1t to leave the country never to return.
 Arthur Archer or. rather. Reginald.
 which was the name given to him be- fore he was sent away was first put into bath, then clothed in apparel be- fitting his station. Then commenced the process of making up for tue years ! he had lost in the matter of education, ] He is now mar. Often he saunters up the road to the spot where he sat down to catch his breath when follow ing his supposed father. and. gazing 2 at the place he then looked upon so covctously. he recalls the picture of his boyhood days and contrasts them with the present His grandfather is dead. and he Is master Of all the old gentle man possessed In Mir Archers old i age he came to see his sin in turning away his own flesh and blood and could not do enough by way of atone 1 mert. But he never entirely forgave 1 his daughter for running away and marrying against his will. and after l;e, dco ,h if was fouud that hp had lc