Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-19
3[OST CHILDREN
FOUND BY POLICE
Boy Starts for School and
Lands in Washington-Sis-
ters Go to Shore
SCRUBBED STEPS FOR FARE

Tire" lost children. Two Of tnnm
runaway. Fi"t"rs ami 10 third school
BOY of fourteen. wc"c found yesterday.
thc girls Il, Atlantic city and tn. boy
! in Washington.
Little l;o-rccp. Il will hc remembered.
lost hcr sheep. Lit.le Willie wallis
went her ono hottnr by losing not only
his pct dog bur hinsclf. The hoy Was
found a hundred and fifty miles away
In Washington: Tho dog came home,
ike tlc sheep. dragging his tail behind
MIN.
Whites mother. Mrs. Joseph Wallis,
tnvc him fourteen ,ent' Yesterday morn.
ne for "arfa,r. and sent him forth
from their hons, 2ofl South A,den
street. 'o the Bryan Sc,col. SiTti.ti
in tho eighth grade. Willie took the
fourteen cents and his Irish terrier.
Teddy. and departed
Police Arc Notified
Supper time came aud went, but Will
lie did not como home. Search Of the
ueighborhood faileh to reveal either him
or his dog. and the poic" were notified.
Flicrs were scrt out from City Hall.
and this m"rning the Washington nU-
thoriii"3 wired that Willie sas in ,hcir
hands.
~ III" sam" iinr thnrc was com.
motion in the .tr"ct near the Wallis
home. and investigation disclosed
crowd Of children "sCorting the missing
Teddy to his ancestral abode. Tediy'e
tonsu" was hanging out and his tsil
drooped 10 earth. lie presented. in
short. complete picture OF exhaustion.
When given food he ate ravcnously.
Mrs. Walia left this morning for
Washington to claim her errant son.
Until her return with Willie tho mss.
terry of how hc got 10 Washington on
fourteen cents rlust remain unsQlvcd
The present theory iq that he accepted
passing m";"riyt' OFFER Of ride. and
that the faithful Teddy madc brave
but unavaling effort {" follow the car.
Evon tho mnnotorv of school has its
advantage over ih" hectic life OF A
traveller with"ut funds. according 10
eleven ycar.o,d Cat&"rin" Manouska
Her opinion j. ~harod by her sister
Mamie. nine wears old 10th children
ncr" br"uglt back {" their home. 2Git;
Edgomon, street. lHs' night following
their disappearance Il week ago.
Not owl, TN" two girs. but their
mothrr. Mrs. IT"h'n Man"rska, is over.
ioj"d nt their return. Sh" had searched
diligently for her dauchtors and was
on IL" r"rg" "' n breakdown when Al.
lan'ir tn, ru'i'r u"riiicd her that
fa'hrrtn" had been found along tho
E"nrdnaIk They di,ln', mention
Manic.
Mrs. Manon,ha went 10 the shore re.
art 10 bring h"r oldest daughter home.
When she cninrcd police headquarters
tn" excited woman found Catherine
sitting IN tho matvor's room EolIing
tightly t" sister Mamie. The latter had
been forMd = few houg~ after Catherine. 4
Catherine tod the story today while
walking from St. Lavrcnc"'s Pnrorhisl
S"hcol a. Jerks ana Memphis ~trcois, /
wh'r" ST" is pupil.
scrubs Steps for Carfarr
II wanted 70 -" what Atlant.r CITY ,
lpok"d like" she said.
llcr blond. wavy hair shcok dc,,y.
min'd,y and two large blu" eyes snapped
their approval. For shn still insists She
meant no wrong and wouGnt for the
woIld sorry hcr mothCr.
"rh" feeling that should 60 came
over IN" last Saturday nish,. and | told
my sister Manic. SUNDAY morning !
started ont to attend mass onl then
changed my mind. Instead. ! visited
several houses and earned enough money
ScruhbinS steps 10 pay my way to Ar
lanti" city.
That is how lived down ,h"re un.
Ill ia" police found mo. scrubbed
floors | suppose Mani" longnd for =
"trip 10 tho shore. too. EGt she didn't
have t" do any Scrubbing when she left {
home on "Wednesday. Instead she went
10 an unrl" and got 81 didn't know !
anything about hey running away until |
rh" p"liC"uIcu brought her into tho ,
station.
"'nvhow I'm glad 20 &c; back home.
.Aft"l working caliua"s nn my hands I,
il d""Sn't seem 5" terrible to attend .
school. Mani" thinks thc same way" !!