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Show SHERIFF FINDS SONS FOR THEIR TiOTHER Through the efforts of Deputy Sheriff Andrew Smith, a long-separated mother and two fonn havo been united. Twelve years ago the mother becamo separated from hr husband and two boys, Roy and John Bell, aged 5 and 7 years, respectively. respective-ly. Since then tho mother haj been remarried re-married and Is now living at Butte. Under her present name, that of Mrs. Mabel Herman flhe wrote to Sheriff Emery, Em-ery, soliciting his assistance In locating her boys, who she believed wero In this county. Mrs. Herman did not state that she had been married twice and failed to give her former name of Bell. It was Intuition more than anything olso that led Deputy Smith to locate the Bell boya as Mrs Herman's long-lost fions. He found tho young men down at Murray, Mur-ray, where thoy are both stcodllv employed. em-ployed. The boys wrote to their mother at onco and Sheriff Emery received a lot-tor lot-tor yesterday thanking him for his kind service. The. boys say they will visit their mother Just as soon as they can afford it. A minor feature In the story la that the boys became separated about six years ago and wore lost to each other for live years, when they accidentally met at Murray one year ago. Tho boys do not know where their father is or if he la still alive. |