Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-19
Young Man, Breaking Down
From Strain of Responsible
tiles, Recounts Romantic
Story of Wanderings.
WORKED IN LUMBER CAMP
Laboring in Forests of West Virginia
Improves Condition and He Com
municates With Relatives
Mystery Is Cleared.

After having been a wanderer for
more than 10 months, because of a
lapse of memory, Graham C. Stevens,
former manager of the Republic Iron
& Steel company plant in Moline, has
returned to the home Of his father,
Professor w. ]. Stevens, principal of
the Eugene Field school at ST. Louis.
1t will be remembered that after Mr..
Stevens disappeared from Moline the
aid of the police all over the country
was enlisted in an effort to locate the
young man., No trace of him could be
found however, although many false
clews were investigated by his father
and the police
Graham c. Stevens Is a graduate of
Washington university. He was reared
in a home of refinement and was sue
cessful to marked degree in business
affairs. He is % years of age. About
three years ago he came to Moline and
entered the employ of the steel COM
pany. Within two years he had been
advanced to the position of manager
and acted in that capacity for eight
months, when he mysteTiously dropped
out of sight. His parents were noti-
fed and they Immediately took up the
search. During Stevens time of wan
dering, he was conscious of many
things and unconscious as to others.
The romantic story of the period in
which he was a wanderer may best be
expressed in his own words.
Responsibilities Weigh Heavy.
II can look back now on the time I
have been away and remember almost
everything that happened. 1t is a Pc
culiar case of q memory that lapsed as
10 MAN. things but retained much that
was closely intermingled with that
which was gone.
All the time l was away l knew my
name. knew that lived in ST. Louis and
had relatives. but somehow, was hazy
as to just how everything stood. l had
risen to the position of superintendent
at the Moline mills with great rapidity
and the responsibility of the position
weighed heavily Then there came the
strike and this increased the burden,
and was unable to sleep at night.
THE strain increased from day to
day and, as nearly as memory now
serves me, I became possessed OF de-
sire to get away from it all. Some
thing seemed squirting me on. can
not remember how or when left Mo
line, but l have a dim recollection of
going to Chicago.
Gets Job I'm Albany, N. ",
1.-THE next 1 recall was in Albany. N.
Y. l knew / had to work to live.
knew my name and recalled my pre-
vious work. 1 had been employed by
the Laclede Gas company in st. Louis
after leaving school and 1 applied for
work in the gas Offices in Albany. 1
held position there three months but
broke down again and then brought up
in West Virginia
There l went to work in a lumber
camp and although 1 had never done
any outside work 1 got along very
well. 1 was a mental and nervous
wreck when 1 began work, but the out
door life and the hard work IN the for
ests Of the mountains near Lewiston,
w. Va, served to restore my health.
CAS- I grew better, began to recall
my home and PARENTS, my college
days and friends had left behind. 1t
all came back to me like the lost recol-
lection of a dream which, when called
back by some small incident, becomes
altogether plain.
Afraid to Write Parents.
81 was afraid to write home for fear
the shock might prove too much for
my parents. who, I feared, had given
me up for dead. So wrote my broth
is at Fort Russell, Wyo. He wrote
home and told the folks 1 was alive
and we'll
Gust as soon as could get away l
came home. l am glad to get home.
Everything is clear to me now, both
as to what happened before and after