The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-29


an alarm of fire. The bells changed,
the whistles blew and there was the
usual mad rush from the building, but
the man on the cot never moved
muscle. His pulse seemed to be a lit
tie faster and ten minutes after the
fremen had left the building he began
to stretch and yawn.
"Watch out for him., said Klema,
who had been watching the man with
great interest. "He is coming to now
and yea can't tell just what be will
do. - Van Vie turned over to his side,
opened his eyes and started to leap
from the bed. ''No, just be quiet
little while,'' Klema eounseled and
Van Vie dropped back on the cot
again. "Have you got me back at
the Emergency hospital again" he
asked "Where did Clara go, I have
been waiting for her long time" A
long time" echoed the men who stood
about the bed "John, how are you
feeling" one of the men at the bed
side asked. "Why do you call me
john" he answered. "My name is
Frank EFOf course it's Frank, but
we have forgotten your last name. /"
"Why it's Frank Van WIFE," he re-
sponded. The man stared blankly at
the men about the bed and although
these men had nearly all been be-
friending him for the past three or
four days he showed no recognition
of them at all. "What hospital is
this?" he asked Then they told him
that he was in Kenosha and Van Vie
with puzzled look turned to Klema,
who was still supporting him in his
arms. "'I never was in Kenosha in
my life,' he said. ~ was hurt this
morning when [ fell from the building.
I told the doctor that my head was
hurt, but he declared that [ had three
ribs broken. They took me to my home
at 318 Pierce street. "What day is
this" the man was asked. He looked
incredulous at the little company and
said "Why IS May 7th. !" eyes, but
what year is it,, Klema suggested.
"1913 of course" was the quick re-
Spouse. With his returning conscious
ness it was hard for Van Vie to grasp
the mystery Of it all. Slowly the men
told him his own story Of his wander
ings since February. He was shown a
picture Of himself in paper and he
failed to recognize it. Then he looked
in a mirror and turning to one side he
said "Great goodness, is this true?"
He walked the length Of the room and
thea began to talk. He talked for
fifteen minutes, telling the story of how
he was hurt. Of how he was to have
been married to Miss Clara Heize,
Milwaukee girl, but he had no memory
b the marri &c. lie declared ,h4t Is
knew nothing of his recent stay in Ke-
nosha. Then he wanted to 90 back to
Milwaukee right away. The men
standing about started to raise fund
for him, but he stopped them. No
I've got couple of dollars in my
pocket" he said, and he reached in
the pockets of his tattered trousers.
III must have left that in my other
clothes over at the ROOM" he said and
then lie remembered again that he had
staged a comeback.
He was taken to restaurant where
he ate hearty supper and later in
the evening left for Milwaukee. When
he reached Milwaukee there was big
delegation of newspaper men awaiting
him. He went at once to his old
rooms on Pierce street only to find
that they were vacant. He made an
effort to find the people who had lived
there, but they had moved away. Then
he took jitney and with the mem
bers of the party hurried to the home
of Charles Heize, the father of the
young woman he believed that he was
to have married Heize and his wife
had been told that he was coming and
they received him with open arms.
FWhere is Clara" was the first ques
tion after he had thrown his arms
about Mrs. Heize. FClara and the
baby are out on the farm" Mrs.
Heize responded Van VIE had tears
in his eyes as he answered "The
baby9" and Mrs. Heize said, eyes,
don It you know that you and Clara
were married in June two years ago"
There was another puzzled look and
then Van VIE sat down to hear the
story of himself Chiropractor Klema
remained with him until he. had been
stored away in bed to dream dreams
of new life with Clara and the baby.
Before leaving Kenosha Van VIE
declared that he was the son of the
late William Henry Van VIE who had
been a stone crusher and who had died
at Madison some years ago. He stat
ed that he had been born in Madison
in 1888, but that he had been working
in Milwaukee for some time. His
mother, Mrs. Rosetta Howe, he declar-
ed. was living at Evergreen. III. Since