The Washington times., 1908-12-06


missing since June.
Southern States in the course Of the In
vestigatiOn Of labor conditions then be-
ing conducted by the department. ne
placed his other children IN cave Of a
family who lived on farm near
Queenstown Mo. II was thought Tbom-
as would turn up al tIiat place after
he left washington. bur SO FAR he has
not appeared. In the fall Of ls91 ne ana
his brother were taken from the same
farm and placed in the school near
Bristow, Va.
Here. according TO styrjes afterward
told by tie boy 10 MS -Llher, he was
''bulueG" by the older boys into sm0k-
ing, chewing, and swearing, 70 which
he protested 10 the teachers. To get rid
OF him. he stated. they sent him on long
fishing expeditions To imaginary ponds
where there was no water ami other
wise made him the butt Of ridicuIe.
When he attempted 10 mail letters TO
his father, registering complaints, he
claims his epistles were torn Up and he
was subjected to further Indiguities.
Walks To Washington
once again. taking his small brother
under his care. he started out in early
sDecember for washington walk OF
sINts miles Tso41nnately the weather
was unusually ysrEi for so late ia the
season and the pair had little trouble
iu finding shelter it. barns and hay
mOws. The leader of the expedition,
who had already dey eloped an instinct
for shrewGncss which cropped out later,
figured that it might arouse suspicion
for such a youthful pair 20 md shelter
in farmhouse, so kept shy OF human
beings after nigLtfaH
Before a letter from the principal OF
the school, at BristOW, telling of the
pairs disappearance had reached his
father they arrived at Washington and
promptly hunted up Mr.. Douglas, then
president of the Children's Board of
Guardians. a friend of the elder Day-
ley, and who died last summer.
According To Mr. DawEey's instrllc-
uons. the older boy was sent on 10
Marshall, y. c.. to Join his father while
the younger brother was placed I'm the
/ Working Boys Home, 30 c street
northwest. Through a miscalculation
/ the youngster arrived IN Ashviue a
week before his father returned from
an expedition into the southern part Of
/ absence Of protector the boy put I'd
at MS fathers hotol. hushed au mis-
gtvings by producing cash to nav mis-
oilis' ard two days later was holding
\ down two positions, one in the da,-tiue.
! In lawyers office, another at nie,bf
/ in printing office
Paid Own Bills.
/ When he was Joined by his father he
had his bills paid up and barring a
: sudden discharge stated he was on his
/ feet and perfectly able to take care Of
I himself IL was while working I'm Ash
/ vile and stopping AT a boarding house.
/ where his father later placed him tbat
he penned these lines 90 his an,io,,e
parent:
MY dear papa.
/ "A am not getting into fights. as Miss
/ ASllen says / am. When Gus Roberts
/ leII me In charge OF his office while ne
/ was out lots Of boys came round the of-
| nee and some or them would come in
/ Gus Roberts found il ouf ana toIT -
/ not TO let a single boy In his Sfrica
/ Ihat evening he went cut and Fugenq
| came IN. ordered him out but he
/ would not so. I told him I would tel
/ ms mother He told me to tell her I
| told his mother She would not do arv-
! thlng, 50 / told the chief. and he mad
hlm set out When the chief went away
!
/ came up and made him get ont. Then
| ne tried TO beat me.
/ got hair cut out OF the money ]
nave earned Everybody was talking
| ABOUT my hair being too long. 50 1 got
! a Trim. went to a funeral THIS even
I ing have not got much to say. 50
sOod-by- four loving son,
THOMAS D.
Educated Himself.
The letter is written in clear Iegible
hand, is punctuated as indicated. and is
I correct In every detail Though his
schooling has been desultory and has
altogether probably not amounted TO
more than three terms Of actual attend
ance, young DawIe!- not only has a
complete Common school education. but
takes deep interest in public affairs
/ Nhi'e ms playmates perUsed Henty
books, young Dawley amused himself
/ by poring over the volumes in his EN-
ployer's law library and reading the
daily newspapers.
4 am little shy on telling about my
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