The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-05-03
Re-establishing
A Family
BY r. A. Mitchell

AMI build up his family, which was
nn old one, though impoverished. Won
Blshofr chose valuable field for
money making IN America. IIe be-
came a brewer and by the time hc was
fifty years old was In n position to re-
tire from business with the fortune he
had come over for hut n business
| life had accustomed him To active hab.
It's. and he did not relish going back
to Germany 10 a life Of idlcncss BE.
sides, the pan. European war had come
on, and he thought he could be Of more
service to the Fathcrlnud by sending
money for hospital service.
Won Blshon had no SON, but he had
daughter. 1llda. about twenty years
old. II had been his Intention TO send
for his nephew, the son of his older
brother. To como over 10 America with
thiS young man aud llildn Ills for.
tune would ultimately pass 20 lIllda
nud through her aud her husband the
former influential status Of the Won
flShulls would be rc-cstnbllshrd. Hut
the war came on, aud of course Carl
won l'lshof was needed IN the army.
aud un this account the plan was de-
layrd II not altogether cxtlngnlshcd.
llilda Won Blshur's associates were
native Americans. aud she had not that
love for Germany that had remained
IN her father. when the war broke
OUT she told him that she wished to 60
abroad to do Red Cross work. aud he
only consented on her promise Ia lie.
vote herself to the care ~ sick and
wounded soldiers IN Germany. hut
lillda. though she had learned the Ger.
man language IN her childhood. had
forgotten Il. aud she did not relish the
idea NJ going among n people whose
language she did not understand. Her
father would not consent To her going
to auy other country.
llldn had been given plenty of pln
money and. not having spent II all
had something IA bank. Que day she
lcft fur Europe without saying any.
thing to hor father ~ to her gOlng
and on her arrival MI the seat Of war
was enrolled la the American Red
Cross service, She found that the sick
aud wounded consisted NJ all kinds
There were English. French. Belgisns.
Germans. Austrlaus aud citizens of the
Unlted states TO be cnrei for. aud all
resolved the same attention. or course
the enemy sick and wounded ~ soon
n they recovered were considered
prisoners and placed IN concentration
camps. while the French. English ani
Americans We're returned "a duty.
llildn remained NJ her post ~ duty
u year. when, her health giving out.
she returned to America, Some uf her
friends SUSPECTED while nursing sol,
dllcr she had lust her heart tn him. but
IlLda would not admit A. Her father
got hold NJ the ruuor and Il Worried
him very much. fur hr hal unt given
~ ge'@iabll ~. h.3 family U Ger
many through ''r ne 4u'',,uncl her
NJ tu the matter, hut p , uuthias oul
~ her, Indeed. sh, dcuirl the story.
However Ven Bl hoirs plan Tor
building M hls iamlIy hy marrying
his daughter tu hrr cousin Carl was
dashed hcratl,e news came 90 hl. uu
Gle that he had been killed Ia the war
one day young nau who gave hl,
name ~ Ficgler appeared Nc Herman
Blshofr's residence aud asked for iii.
,la lie was the soldier that she hal
nurscd as n prisoner. lie had been
sent 20 England ss n prisoner of war
a a
10 America by securing
a berth as ilrrman ON ship about 10
suil for New York. His object was o.
get hu,E a. Germany 10y way OF the
| nitcd States.
Tho first thing Won Bishon knew
about the Strangers coming was iu.
from his daughter that she
had given hcr trnth tu the fugitive
iud desired her fathers sanction %
he match she and hcr lower planned !
10 be- married before his return 60 the !
army Won Ii,hun, realizing hy thi, |
imr thar hi, daughter would have her |
,Wn way IN the choice Of husband, !
gave a forced consent. The couple |
we're married and few days later
he groom sailed for Holland, from !
which country he expected "a cross the /
Inc into Germany.
SIX months after his departure his !
wife received word from him that he /
ad succeeded In what ho had under
aiken and was again IA the ranks
Ightng for the fatherlaud. Then came
letter stating that he was at home
,Hdly wounded
IlildH, now Frau Fieg,cr determined
o Join him. Her father, finding that
lac was resolved on doing So, deter
mined Ia 20 with ncr, They went by
yay of Copenhagen aud in due time
rriycd at the village from which Her
lan BiShOff had departed thirty years
eior" FOR America The schlass
ilapidated residence that had once
oen noble pile, was still IN posses,
ion OF the family, ana there they
vent IL was occupied by Il sister of
ON BlShon, whom he had not taken
ccount OF since his departure Tor
.nerica, for he especially valued only
he male members of the family, The
lther ana daughter were 10 put NJ
ere until they could learn Of the