The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-12-27

Indlu. N.'' considered tle boy thclr
lrotcgc. nadr Ulta im.-e To- give him
coupe II Years schooling. The colonel
heading the subscription
Before parting with Edith Trow.
brid@" she ana Holm had Il boy aud
girl lovers interview. Which was espe
cially paiulul to both aud would proba-
bly have been painful 10 EdithS par
entS had they known anything about 1t.
John never tod OF it himself, and AZ
for the girl being still II chltd, she was
not likely to confess Il childish love.
When tie John had had couple OF
years schooling he proved an apt
scholar-hc WAS Old enough 10 think
!or himself and Il career IN the line
vi Il white citizen Of the United States.
! lie desired to 20 TO college but this
! was not To be considered unless he
paid his own way. 1t was then that
/ the idea Of trying 10 discover his
! identity. which had often occurred to
! him. took firm hold. aud spreading
! his baby clothes. which be had care
| fully preserved. on Il table before him
! he proceeded To examine them ana TO
! think He was ut once struck with
( the fine texture Of their fabric ana
with the fact that the child who had
worn them must have been born OF
parents among the upper classes. And
tie now realized for the first time the
! letters C.. l.. W. embroidered on them
must he the initials OF his own name
Ne regretted that he had kept the
! secret Of these clothes. for he now
anew that if he had given them to
hose interested in him they might by
| his time have discovered his identity.
He was now sufficiently developed to
net intellgeutly He took the clothes
to an attorney 10 whom he told the
story given him by his SquaW foster
mother of his introduction to the Ute
Indians; namely. that he had been
brought to the chief by white man
who had paid the former to keep him
and not let him get back to civilization
| The lawyer agreed to open an inVeStl-
cation at his own expense by advertiS-
ing the story in a number of news
papers.
Since nothing came of the advertise
ment. John entered college resolved 10
pay his way by attaining scholarships
and earning money by work. He had
finished his first year of study when
he lawyer who had taken his case sent
for him and told him that he had
heard from the advertisement. which
he had kept inserting from time to
time. A man named AIarkand had
replied TO ii. saying that be had long
been seeking child who had been
stolen about the time John was taken
to the Indians. This person had called
at the attorneys Office and when he
saw the baby clothes marked Z. l.. W.
Mt once exclaimed:
Found"
He told the following story: Cuth
bert Whitrdge. q wealthy gentleman
and his wife for years after their mar
riage had no child. Then son was
born to them whom they named
Charles Louis. Mrs Whtridge died
when the boy was not quite three
| years Oiu anu SlIoIllH ittl wv 't'''H
the boy disappeared Every effort was
made to trace him without avail
Since no demand for ransom was made
II was supposed that the child had
either fallen to his death or been taken
by gypses who had adopted him His
father. Cuthbert Whitridge, had made
n will naming Edward Markland
executor. leaving his property TO his
son provided he appeared to claim 1t
within twenty years. After that 1t
was to 90 to the teStatOr's brother
This brother. Ambrose Whltridre after
Cuthbert's death had striven to break
the will to secure the property, main
taining legal contest for fifteen
years. but meeting repeated defeats
The suit had been expensive TO defend,
but the estate was very valuable
Ute John. or Charles Louis Whit
ridge. finding himself heir to n fortune
learned his swecthoart's address and
wrote her Of his changed condition Tie
md his counsel believed that his uncle
had stolen. or employed some one 10
steal him when a child and take him
west and lose him among the Indians
Louis Whitridge being desirouS to pun.
ish his uncle. II guilty. after consulta
ton with his counsel. employed de
tective TO endeavor to get evidence
against him This was also necessary
since the uncle would not acknowledge
him as heir to his property The de
tective brihcd n houSemaid to admit
him to the premises when her master
was away. and he found in desk a
letter containing locket. the letter
stating. THE job Is done--Send me the
balance" No name was signed TO the
letter The locket contained lock OF
auburn hair. and the letters VI f w
were engraved within it Louis moth
er's hair was the exact color OF this
lock and her name was Mary Elizabeth
In this discovery there was evidence
TO show that Ambrose WhitrdCp had
been instrumental in the abduction Of
the child who stood between him and
fortune and had hired a man to lose
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