The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-26

his fortune in the west thirty seven
years ago.
Dropped from Sight.
In 1888 his mother wrote to him al
Fort William telling him of the death
OF his father. To her surprise no an
swer came, and from that time Anchi-
bald Mclean dropped out Of the sight
OF his family as completely as though
he had been swallowed up alive.
Years passed; the other members of
the family married and moved away,
and with the progress of time the
name OF the missing man became only
a memory.
Two weeks ago his sister the wife
OF the Rev. Daniel Scott, Pense. Sask.,
was walking down a street in Regina
when she noticed a sign, Archibald
Mclean, painter" Instantly there
arose in her minds eye the face of her
long-lost brother and she entered the
shop.
strange young man with gray
halr came 70 meet her. AS she looked
at him with half affecrionate Curl
osity this new person began to fuse
gradually with her brother who had
disappeared thirty seven years ago.
She began to question him, but was
disappointed by the vagueness of the
answers which she received.
Injured in Wreck.
In 1888 Mclean was injured in a
train wreck near Fort William in which
several people lost their lives. After
recovering from his injuries and a
severe attack of typhoid fever he left
the hospital and was Mortified to find
that his mind was perfect blank
A piece of bone pressing in upon the
brain cavity had bruised some of tffe
sensitive cells so that they refused to
perform their important office. He re-
membered only his name and that he
was painter by trade His education
had taken wings and he found himself
unable to read or write. After taking a
course at night school he overcame
this handicap.
From Fort William he drifted west
and visited many places, hoping that
the lost faculty would be restored by
accidently running into familiar
scenes.
Finally, he settled in Regina and
went into business of painting and
decorating with such success, that he
built UP a trade of his o. Ia and was al
SO employed by the government. His
hands remembered, although his brain
forgot
Dim ReeoIlections.
Mrs. Scott, after skillfully referring
TO some of the more outstanding events
Of his earlier life, Tound that he re-
something about the location
Of his fathers house in Perth and the |
name of one man. Encouraged by this |
club she wrote to the other members |
IF the family: Mrs. G. G. Publow, King |
ston; and Mrs. D. s. McKinnon, Toron- |
to; Walter Mclean, Perth. After |
some correspondence it was decided |
that the lost brother had been found.
His mother is So years of age, and
strange to say, has been living with
her daughter, Mrs. Scott, only four
niles from Regina AS a result of a
lingering illness The aged woman has
been in a semi conscious condition for
nearly three years
This son was taken out to his moth
er's bedside, and in a moment he |
recognized her. But this time the
memory failed and she looked /
III htLu DIS IHUuSH he were a stranger.
After a number of visits, however on a.
lay when she was especially bright
The suddenly knew him and called him
" name
Memory Coming Back.
Since his arrival among his relatives
memory is slowly returning to Archi-
'ald Mclean and every day he awak-
ms to another piece Of new world.
But great part of the past is still a
laze and the doctors want to keep it SO,
Vt least, for the present. They have for
'iddene him to visit his old home in
Perth lest the rush of returning recoI-
ections prove too much for his health.
Today he is leaving the home of his
leice, Mrs. III. l.. Shepherd, rs Bis
narck avenue, Toronto, and is going
o Kingston to visit his sister. Mrs.
ludlow.
The long silence in Mr.. McLean's
lie was lightened by the usual CLEAN
( romance and he married in due
curse. His wife and two children are
verjoyed to find his memory return
ng.
Although he is So years of age he
ooks much younger. His hair which
a his youth was black and curly, has
ecome straight and grey, forming a
ocular contrast with his youthful
ace.