Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-09

going to lick the fellow even though he
was 20 years old"
The head Of the house is q carpenter
and a member OF the union. As he
waited for his wife and daughter to
return home yesterday he pranced from
room to room relating his sxperfsncs
in Germany and In this country.
81 have a heart like stone. thsy tall
me. but I weakened under this strain,
just the same, and felt even worse than
/ did when my mother lied. Ella was
my favorite."
When the party returned laden with
good things for dinner the merriment
began. In as rapid fashion as possible
Mrs. Edelhoff told her husband ali.
We'll, I knew they wouldn't do any
thing to you, John, :>r you have done
nothing. Give me your hand and from
now on be a man."
The little fellow grasped the hand Of
Elias father and Ella babe her mother
sit down, while she prepared the meal.
She cooked the meat, prepared the tea
and arranged all details and insisted on
The Evening STAR p ter joining the
party. The dishes were ones used
by the young clippers while they were
away from home.
Ella told Johns fortune from his tea
cup and declared that h. had lots Of
love. was a brave fello- and woul' be
married inside of a ear John smiled
as did the elder Edelhoffs. Ella
suggested that he phone graph, which
they misseS so much dur'-g th-ir abb
sence, be played, and they selected the
record, I'VE Arc Growing Old To-
gether."
II suppose II you could get that i,
your grip you would have taken e
ALSO" said Mr.. Edelhoff.
Mrs. Edelhoff related to the elopers
how she sought them during their alb
sence.
1--WE went through Chinatown and
passed through every furnished-room
section In Newark and looked up at
the Windows she said.
my feet are blistered, and its no
wonder. John, I would get up ate at
night n In my stocking feet, with q
lighted candle, walk way down over
the hills to the Elmwood School and
peer into the cellar windows, thinking
perhaps you were seeking shelter
there.
1.-THE day you went away was tho
ninth anniversary Of the death Of our
little daughter. and It made It ever
sadder. The day we got the good
news I happened to go out, and saw a
pin with an imitation amethyst. and
the point was sticking toward me.eThe
woman with me told me to pick II up
and keep 1t, rs It meant good luck,
and I did, and here It is"
Mrs. Edelhoff picked up her purse,
and had 1t stuck in the lining. Elias
fortune, according to Mrs. Edelhoff,
was picked up yesterday, for as soon
as she left the Court House she dis
covered a needle with the point stick
ing toward her, and followed her
mothers suggestion and picked Il UP.
That's only superstition, said Mr..
Edelhoff as he listened to the details
of the double, finding.
Young Fftzpatrick's father was
scalded to death in a vat in a tannery
years ago and left two boys. The
other is in Ireland. At one time the
parents of Ella were told that John
took their daughter 70 the Emerald
Isle, but they couldn't understand
where tho youngsters secured the nee
essary finance to cross The ocean.
The clippers Toasted mostly on sar-
dimes, canned vegetables and fruits,
ginger snaps. and admitted There's no
place like home" MI. Edelhoff stated
that he intended to look into the right
of the owner or lessee Of 20 Court
street in renting a room to the clippers.
Ell arm going to push that 20 the limit"
said Mr.. Edelhof1.
The Edelhoffs are mo : from one
end Of the thoroughfare to the other.
Mr.. Edelhoff Is a thoroug.. German
scholar and served in the German
army, where he held a commission. At
one time he was detailed to break UP
a gang OF smuggler5 and for Staying
n with his sword m not getting his
blouse stained in the fight he a pre-
sented with a medal. His stories of
life in the army and of how he fell In
love with his wife, the daughter Of a
shoemaker, while on guard duty.
sounds as we'll as a novel.
Mr.. Edelhoff's brot;. Rev. Ewald
Edelhoff, is a well-known German
Lutheran minister and editor of a reli-
gious paper in Berlin. He will visit
this country to lecture in the summer,
and while here call on his brother, and,
according to the opinion of Ella
might marry her n John"
Mrs. Mary Fitzpatrick, of IA Contra.
place, Orange, mother of John, takes
a diffafent view Of her sons case thar
does Prosecutor Mott and the Other
county officials who released the youth
yesterday.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick. a Woodworking
widow, was inceneed today when sht
made a visit to the police court to SCI
Recorder Mott and Chief O'Neill ant
found complaint with the action OF the
county officials in releasing the boy
who is her only support. but who, she
says, will not work and earn money
to help her keep her little home. Sh'
has no other children.
Besides visiting the East Orange
authorities. Mrs. Fitzpatrick called or
Rev. Edward M. Farrell, OF tn,
Church OF Our Lady Help Of Chris
tians, East Orange. and asked him t,
assist her in getting the boy agar
taken into custody and placed in somt
institution where he can obtain proper
training and made to become useful
IT is declared that the boy was bad
while at school, and Chief O'Neill say
he had trouble with him some time
ago.
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