The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-28
THE,
FOUNDING
By ELINOR MARSH

endless Mrs Redmond esneeiall,
, 1ehSed for little one to care for anI
70 love. and her husband. whose aetiye
NE did not seem 10 require II. was dis
appointed on his wifes account
ohe evening there was a ring nj IN,
richmond bell Mrs. Redmond vont :.
the door and there found a basket In.
uer soft, warm blanket Law a baby
10Y ilst asleep. Taking up the has
Ne'' she carried ii into the house RI
moved the child and made an exami
nation OF everything that might f,tr
hist elew to its identity Ialt thor,
was no elew
for seven years the Redmonds gave
tue mite fellow everything 10 mako
MN comfortable aud happy. Then one
day he disappeared.
+ rank-thcy had named him Fran
elS-WaS playing on the sidewalk wban
gentleman approached him ANA
"iter asking him where he lived ana
me name Of his parents. told him thar
/ II ne would 20 with him around m.
corner he would buy Tim some rand,
riaHA consented. and as soon as they
1 We're ont Of sight Of Franks home M
was put into 4 carriage ana driven
away
hon Tic hoy was missed his foster
parentS believed that h. had been Kid
naped by some one who would ami,
Tor ransom They had saved SOM
motley and expected TO pay it over for
The boy, but no demand was ever made
nor was he returned TO them
rank was taken To- the home of the |
man who had kidnapped him anl from
there 70 an Office in a big building
The boy noticed on the door of the |
office the word Surrogate" but he did |
not know what ii meant
This is Thomas Barton Clarke
said the kidnaper. sole heir at-law to
The estate of his grandfather. William
Cook
Frank heard the man beside the desk
say To the kidnaper that he was AZ
pointed guardian. and $1,000 a wear ,
would lie paid from the income of the
estate for the childs maintenance
frank grew TO manhood under the
care u this guardian. who poeketed
the sum put aside for the boys sun
port. When Frank came of age he
suspected that his guardian. who was
now dead. had doubtless kidnapod hlm
and kept him III his possession to So
cure this income Frank had dim
al his foster father ana
mother, but had no idea who they
We're He learned hat ms possession
~ the estate y" Aail Inherited had beer
disputed and than the evidence OF his
IDENTIFY trumpe1 up by his guardian.
vas very thin aud would have been
10y ether claimants had They
lad means to do 50
Bnt now that the estate was ahoul
he turned over TO him these claim
hts dubbed together and brought suit
o prevent his having it on the ground
hat he was not Thomas Barton Clarke.
Meanwhile an evil fortune hefel Ed
YARD Redmond lie lost his savings
y an unfortunate investment and was
AIKEN III. Doctors bills aud cutting
II OF income through being laid up
impoverished him, aud he aud his wife
'erc on the border Of starvation.
one morning Mrs Redmond took an
newspaper Ia examine the advertise
rents, hoping To find something that
he could do lee earn money. though
be was really loo old Ia till any but
light position. when her eyes fcll
pom one asking for information con
'rhns Il couple. who had brought nj
ON tabyhood 10 about seven years Of
ge Thomas Barton Clarke. -
Mrs Redmond aad never heard oi
homas barton Charlie but IL occurred
) her that be aud the baby who had
aen lett at her door aud whom She
nj called Frank might he one and the
me person She told her husband of
r suspicion but he poo.poohcd her
II her rainbow hope However. she
roie an answer to the ertisemcnt
The next morning Frank drew ~ be
re the house where he had lived as
child The street looked familiar
g rang the Redmond bell. and an old
oman came 10 the door II seemed
Frank that he lad seen her before
mewherc In the dim past She was
2ins upon him as III dream
Il have a note Ia answer To an al
riisemcnt for
Frank" exclaimed the woman thea
y into his arms
rom that moment it an came back /
Frank. lie was taken To his foster
ther whom he remembered dimly
II he remembered his play room and
81 where he bad kept his rocking
rse and other articles Of amusement
s foster mother had kept the basket
which he had been left at the house
th its contents Of bedding and cloth
:. and she brought it out for Franks
'pection
By means of these articles Frank suc
.dcd in establishing his identity as