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Show THERE US LUCK IH HIS EVEJFfJR BEAUTY Through It Geary Found Long-Lost Long-Lost Uncle, and Mayhe a Fortune as Well. ATLANTIC CITY, X. J.. Aug. 27. Through a chance acquaintance with a waitress in Temple Cottage, a small hotel ho-tel on Mississippi avenue, Georgo Geary of Philadelphia solved tho mystery of the disappearance of his uncle, also George Geary, and ended a forty years' hunt for the oldor man, who is wanted to sctilo an estate in Ireland. The pretty girl who attractod the attention at-tention of Geary has turned out to be his cousin and the dnughter of the man for whom he has b-cn searching since he came from Ireland In 1S95. The two expect to go to Philadelphia tomorrow to see the loug-nilssing man, who is a mechanic and resides nt No. 1912 Hart lane. Young Geary, who told the story today, says that his uncle left the old homo In Ireland In 18G5, after a family quarrel. He was novor heard from again, but his mother believed him to bo alive, and bequeathed be-queathed a portion of her little estate to him, anil with it directions for continuing continu-ing the search. When young Geary attained man's estate es-tate tho search was handed over to him and ho came to America, where, after fruitless attempts to find hiB uncle, ho settled in Philadelphia. Ho had given up the hunt yoars ago. He came hero and met the pretty waitress. Thoir first acquaintance brought out the fact that both had relatives In the samo part of Ireland, and the similarity of names resulted re-sulted in a comparison of family history that ended In the discovery of relationship. relation-ship. Geary refused to discuss financial matters mat-ters pertaining to the estate, but said it had grown considerably in value during his uncle's absence. |