Arizona republican., 1910-02-26

developed that his dismissal was oc- casioncd by d letter from the ''city engineer of Milwaukee" He knew what that meant and in fit of temper he told his late chief what he thought of a man who would act on such a document without first making some inquiry of the accused. Naturally there was no reinstatement and he turned his eyes to the west. the new empire beyond the Missouri river Finding himself in Nebraska City he secured employment at good wages. as pany.
 From the time of leaving home UT til he had been in the employ of the stage company well toward year there was a frequent interchange "l letters between himself and his wife and many others of the relatives on his own side of the house. notably his mother, sister and brother. Then his letters stopped coming. There mad been no differences and he continued tn write for the ensuing three years, 
 and he became more or less disgrun.led himself. being little independent and assuming that his relatives no longer cared to hear from him. He had man. aged to accumulate q snug sum of money in the few years after the correspondence stopped and had planned when the time came that he could do so properly. to go back home on d tour of investigation, prepared to have d little start in life if conditions remained as they were at his latest information.
 Meantime the stage line had pushed west and he followed it in the line of his work until lie found himself in Ne vada. Then on one fateful day he was caught in d blizzard and badly frozen, so badly in fact that both feet were seriously injured and he lay in a hos pital for months. emerging with his savings dissipated. However. he re- sumed his work. determined to make another stake.
 Not long after he fell into the com pany of a man who was en route to the east to purchase coaches. harness and other needfuls for equipng a stage line in Chile. South America With the completion of the Union Pa cific railroad much old stage equip ment had been put out of commission. Schumacher apprised his newly made friends of where he could buy the equipment at bargain and it would serve his purpose as well as new coaches. Schumacher was employed to A,,t f h q companl ed the man to Chile. where he was mace superintendent of the stage line.
 After going n South America he made another effort to establish com munication with his relatives. but without success. Finally, about ten years after his relatives had stopped writing. as he supposes at least. he made up his mind that they had ostra- cized him, but he made d final effort to find out their address or if they were in Milwaukee. by writing to the Milwaukee Sentinel. That newspaper placed him in communication with his sister and mother. but he never heard from his wife. owing to the great distance between them and doubtless
  character communication was not ire quent. and finally stopped entirely.
 In 1905 he found himself back in the United States. resident of San Antonio Texas. He had again been trying. but unsuccessfully for a long time, to communicate with his mother. sister and brother and again he ap- pealed to the Milwaukee Sentinel. which for the second time established the line of correspondence. The fol- lowing year, 1906. he decided to go back and see his mother again and did so. Reaching the home city. however, for the first time in thirtyfive years. he learned that his wife and her broth CTS were very wealthy. while he was without other than very moderate, if not medger. resources. He was, to state it plainly. occupying a very diff ferent sphere in life. Though he had an impulse to try and see his wife. he was prevailed upon not to do so. on the ground that it would be embar- rassing to all. He wanted also to see his son. but to an extent the same req sons applied and moreover. the young man, who was then, as now, secretary of the park commission, chanced to be out of the city. After concluding a visit with his own blood relations he again left Milwaukee. From that day to this he has been in constant cor respondence with his sister and his nephews and lieces and other relatives. When he told his story to d Repub- lican reporter last night he had large package of letters and post cards from various of them, couched in the most affectionate terms and bearing date