The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-11-19

away in a corner Of her desk, a note
70 dad Il just said; i am tired. ] am
going away for years rest
Il forwarded this letter to father AT
Toronto. The governor came back "a
me at once, and after looking around a
bit he said to me one day: Well, Willie,
] think | know the man I'm going TO
try TO find mamms, and beg her TO
leave him and come back to us.
so he started a systematic search.
He questioned Jennie, but she would
not talk 1t was evident that she knew
what had been going on, but she
wouldn't tell us anything. We got her
10 admit, however, that mother had
arranged a code Of signals with her.
They were 10 be inserted in one OF the
morning papers. BY IL Jennie could
have told mother whether we were i'll
er not, how we took her disappearance.
whether we suspected anything, what
We said. tt was almost as good as let
ter writing.
dad took some Of the things out Of
the code and tried TO have them in.
serted in the morning paper that NAM
ma wanted to use. But they wouldn't
take them, and ne couldn't explain why
he wanted them inserted, Of course. So
he began to hunt along other lines. He
found that mamma hadn't used the big
express companies TO haul her TRUNKS,
but had found some shyster, a man
with one wagon. probably. There was
no clue there, but at Leonard street
and Broadway father found that moth-
er and man had taken the ennsylva.
MIA train on Sept. 90 for Chicago. He
managed TO get a photograph Of them
in some way and traced them in that
way. That was the first time that he
was absolutely certain that it was
Churehman.
Sell The Household Goods.
"Then dad went 70 the bank to find
out how much money he had left He
didn't have very much, 50 he told me
70 sell the goods Of eur homo az auc-
ton for what ! could get. I'm going
to find mamma he said, and bring her
back ] looked after myself, az / Rad
good business, while he devoted himself
to the search. He had talk with
Mrs. Cburchman, and found her
sweet little woman, utterly distracted
BY her husbands DISAPPEARANCE. She
had never bad suspicion Of his plan,
and when he left he did 30 without a
word Of warning to her. She had never
heard from him since he left.
"All this tine dad was trying TO
find them. but couldn't. Finally he
hired Jennie't brother to aid him in the
search, and did find out few things
through this man. On Oct. 20 pop
said to me: I'm going to Baltimore,
son. ! don't know when I'll get back
Il forwarded to him at Baltimore the
sum received from the sale Of our ef
fects. Then we found that Jennie was
getting letters mailed to her under
New York date line, but which had
been cent to her under cover from Nil.
waukee. Dad went there to hunt for
mother. He got detectives there and
ia Toledo, Ohio. but found no trace
Finaily he seemed TO give up the search
for time, and vent back to Toledo,
whsre he had TO look after some bust.
ness. While there he received tele-
gram from some one he had put to work
On the hunt: The pair you want are
in Chicago
last Saturday night pop and I met
At the Saginaw club on West 125th
street and talked IL over. I'm going TO
Chicago, ssid he, and try again Last
night | rot the telegram I have shown
you. I'n he mighty busy today find
ing a fat for our new home. Wen try
10 ba happy in spite OF all that has !
passed.
"The governor is good old soul,
bless him. He is willing to forgive and
forget and 50 am /. AS soon as / have
I'll be out looking for our
new place.
what will dof I'll welcome her
back. + love her, and I'll never say a |
Ford about what has passed, any more
that dad viii. don't know how she
,arne to do it, but from now on the |
ast few months win be blotted out Of |
nv memory. I'll take my mother in nv
arms, and hold her, and kiss her and |
;sy: Mamma, don't talk of it. We win !
III forget the past
81 don't think that Churehman will |
20 forgiven. Mrs. Churchman is dear
title woman, but she can't forgive She |
3 Christian Scientist, and che can
Ind no forgiveness in her heart. No, !
Ee won't try to revenge ourselves upon
he msn. He must not bother US again,
nut Just now we viii welcome mother
'ome. God bless her"
According to the dispatches Barr
ound his wife in the Chicago postofIice
,esterdsy.
Forgive, Ben" she sobbed. want
3 come home"
Barr opened his arms to her.
1--WE cane here TO take YOU home,
.e~fr,,ds ssid he. st lave Won and |