Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-19

should be taken away quietly one morn.
ing by the boy. The cir! should not be
told until he had gone on the long visit.
Both the farmer and mother knew i
was a crime to desert a child What IL
the farmer were followed? 1t was not
probable, but both were nervous-as
people always are in such enterprises.
They decided the trip should be broken
at Boston, and the journey continued by
boat. We know that mother spent many
nights sobbing after her bonny hoy had
gone.
Was the chld's name Austin Nc
Cleary? Yes. 1t was the name OF his
father. as we'll as his own. He was sell
dom called by that name, however, for
when she assumed her humble position
on a Canadian farm the mother changed
her name. The boy responded to the
name OF Austin. On the way to New
York the farmer impressed upon his
mind the name Of John Doe. He knew
that name was often given waits. The
child learned to repeat it mechanically.
Why was the name Austin McCleary
written OH the slip sewed into his
clothes? Because the mother surmised.
II he should not meet the fate she hoped
for, he might sometime. in some way.
find his way back to Scotland among her
people.
Why the Boys
Mother VIII Never Claim Him
The two-the man and chld-arrived
in New York. The man realized he
couldn't leave the child alone In a waking
condition. Therefore he purchased q
sleeping draught for children IN drug
store. That evening, on the Sixth ave-
nue. elevated, he gave this to the child.
He had asked directions Of the ticket
seller as how to reach ST Patricks
He was told to set off at the Fiftieth
street station. 1t was after II o'clock at
night. When the Canadian reached Fifth
avenue he saw few passersby Cautious
ly he crossed the street and assembled
tho steps of the Cathedral There he
waited Automobiles now and then
flashed by. Finally the child slept.
Looking down the thoroughfare. the man
saw policeman approaching. He skunk
away in the shadow. The policeman
found the child.
Will the mother OF Finley Jay Shepard
Jr., ever claim her son? She will not
For-aithough it was a year later and
In way she had not eXpected-he found
the fortune che desired for him. Reading
about his adoption In the papers, it Is
probable she may sometime make trim
to New York-ill as she may be able 10
afford 1t. She may 90 10 Lyndhurst IL
It is Summer. Or, IL 1t Ia Winter, she
may timidly pass the great mansion on
Fifth avenue. But she will not claim
tho hoy. She will not intrude lest sho
menace tho future that has. so auspt.
ciously begun. She will cherish his
memory-the memory of naxen haired.
blue'eyed, bonny baby. But she has
proven her love.
After the search for the boys parents
hogan thousands Of letters we're received
ny Mrs. Shepard's attorneys. Hundreds
OF men claimed to be his father, hun
dreds of women his mother. Tho major.
ny made their claim. asserting he had
been abducted
what of those who have claimed tho
child since his adoption?
All who have claimed the child are
frauds investigation has proven a mum.
Dor to be hlackmailers.
The real mother OF the child. az wa
have found. would not teopardize tho
great good luck that has come TO him
The other claimants are like tho false
mother who came before King Solomon
and said OF the contested babe, "Diyde
It," "o
Born OF widowed mother emo,oved
on Canadian farm, sent into the world
mat ny his winning charm no might And
a fortune. Finley Jay Shepard has truIy
oecome the luckiest boy In America And
mas, beyond peradventure. found n homo
ana future such as his own mother could
not have given,