The daily Alaskan., 1911-06-05

causes of those mysterious disappear
 anccs that from time Co tm0 uuz. ! the police. fla person dies Che body is not self moving, but one wh"s. memory has been obfterate1 onwan. der far from those who would ragoE uize him
 When one loses himself from this cause ha steps. as ft were. from one existence into suotnor One circle Of connections are I'aue5 aut.1 now cir ] crc is rrrmcd. rt has happened .' me to be one of those persons. .ta receive l. an awncs'a uaioru as !, were. com. ing from another world ! ] had pcnnmawleI and had Inc mis !. fortune .1 lose nay wife ], Is hard Go lose beloved partner. but to be loft with two H.Go children. ns wrs. ! csteew .re eroatez0 of domestic aEle- i. lions. The carn of a boy of six and . girl or four dorrNeT upon me There
 was no woman relative. on either side . oE Che family whom ! could ga|.. tr come in and relieve mo nf fho hrr."n.
 , was leaning o0 nay gale one spring . evon-nE arnr having endaEr.raI .0 . keep my oMIdrs0 with me while a. work mr-nE Inc dnr and having found ] working and uNuE c1re of tham in. ] compatible Looking mp Co Che Feav- ems. wherein rne stars were nae.m0- ] Co twinkle. cried out n my distress
 % Go1 send me woman to taka ! cara. of these motherIess hanosr
 stood gazing mp into the starry ! Armament w#I ] was recalled Co my. ! Sof hv a voice saying
 "p'..-a. sir do taU me who am."
 Lowering my eyes. saw 8 woman walking toward me. She stopped and . pee-cI at me with n troubled look on her face. My first impression was that she was insane
 "TeH who you arer said Don't you know who you areE
 CT have no remembrance of any thing since half m hour uEo. when ! found myself in a railroad train Not . knowing how ! came Co foe there nor . where was going ! got oT rr the next station. ! went un in.n tho yII- IaEa and have followed this road"
 ! had heard of cases of amnosia. but had never thought much about them This appeared t1 me ta Inc such a case ! began tr IEnE nr ways uG . restoring tho wan5arcr r1 herfr.ar5F.
 '.To what point was your HCEett
 'T had no ticket"
 "Tben the conductor must have talk eD ft un.
 CT suppose so.
 ' thought a moment then suddenly . remembered my prayer
 "Come into .ho house. J said "aUd . Twill see EfI ean find 0Eaw
 She followed me. and tra first thing that attracted her attention was my two children lying asleep with the.r little fat arms around each others neck They had kicked or .hc covers and the'rniuk tnns were cNnnsea. For the womont the voman's attention was diverted from hor trouble t0 the . chUdre0. Src bent down and touched bcrrns Co Che round check of each I offered a seat and she sank into it
 questioned hor and made note Of her replies. but the only Information to be derived n Che matter knew. whfrc sbc did not The train she was on must have come from tho yves. but ! did not seq how tr.s would help us. . She might rHvn come clear around tHe world Presently ! thought nr setting . her something fa eat and. going On .he cupboard. took ont cold meat with bread and nuUer and made her 9 cup Of tag She ate.a Iu'e and drank Che tea an Che while va5nIy trying to re. call Che past
 "Wou." safd at last .youU have to . stay horc tonight: tomorrow IU report ! your casc Co the police Your friends have doubtless notified tha police of your disappearance, and in this way we may. establish communication with
 them"
 ! I gave her tbe room fa which my wife had slentwrth one Of thechIdrau the othor child had slept with me and told her sho would find articles or . apparel and toilet there, the room not having been changed in any vay since my wife's death Shc retired toft and . somehow I hoped she would never re- . turn to her past existence.
 Tn Jhc morning when the children awakened ! scut them in their uiehtcs into her room. They came out with wonder on their faces. the boy ey. claiming
 "Oh, papa, God has sent us !. new mamma"
 I took them un in my arms and said. ! "I sincerely hope he has . Leaving my fnd with the children. I took a train for the city and on ar- rival went straight to the superin- ! tendent of police. There were notes ] of a great many disapncarangos on his books that had occurred in different ! rlaccs. but none covering this ease. ] I left a description Of the woman who ! had .come. to mo, with her dress and ] tnnarent station ln life. stating that ! she was probably coUntrv. bred. Then . ! returned to my home, which for the . first time since my wife's death look ,= 7f1-a home FnvD5 +na woman