Show ARE REUNITED BY A PIECE OF NEWSPAPER SON AND LOST TO MOTHER 25 YEARS TAKEN AWAY BY FATHER parent accidentally sees botic of oarl and traces her through witnesses happy ending of long quest ky after a separation ot aa years during which she tried every means that money could devise to find them mrs thomas 0 byrne has been happily reunited to her two children huth and charles when she lost them they were babies the boy four and the girl two years old when ehe found them ruth was a tall beau IN A PIT OF RAGE HE CARRIED THE CHILDREN AWAY ticul girl no longer huth but mrs william ipher while charles was a full grown man and wealthy farmer of harrods creek mrs 0 byrne was a happy young abife 25 years ago in the little town of memphis ind she was the wife of thomas treasure proud in the posses slon of two beautiful children charles thomas tour years old and ruth two ears old one day there was a rel and in a fit of rage the husband seized the two children while his wife was visiting a neighbor and carried them away he brought them to this city and placed them in an episcopal orphans home while he disappeared and was heard of again when mrs treasure returned she found her children gone and for 25 years they were as completely lost to her as it the earth had swallowed them she sought everywhere in the coun ty but could find no trace of her ahll dren personals were placed in every newspaper in this part of the country without success and the police were ased to look for them but it was of no avail she came to louisville after getting a decree of divorce and continued her search the children meanwhile were received by the home and reared the girl vaa called arganda jane while the boy was sol they were brought up as all the rest with out any idea of their parents when the girl was 18 years old she displayed such aptitude for th needle that she was sent out by the home a seamstress and event wily obtained a position with the ballard family aa a family seamstress her beauty at the attention of young ipher a stalwart farmer of the neighborhood at and they ere oon betrothed they came to this city on january 8 1900 and were married in the interim mrs treasure bad become mrs thomas 0 byrne suddenly one day mr 0 byrne was glancing at a bit of torn newspaper that taught his eye as it lay on the aroun and be saw the marriage notice of autti treasure and william ipher hu ailed ly be took it to bis wife she knew that the only family f ith that peculiar name was her bomer fomer husband s she looked through the dl rectory but not one trace was of the names of ipher or Trea at the suggestion of her hu band they went to the office of the county clerk but he did not know the people or any thing about them they started to leave the office when a sudden idea oc burred to mrs 0 byrne the wit nesses she exclaimed they will know at last she found that they lived in and mr telephoned to them mr 0 dyrnes spoke to mrs ipher and in trembling asked her who her parents were she had no parents she said they went to see mrs ibber and a touching scene the daughter and mother were reunited they talked of old times and it was discovered thab parent and child had seen each ether several times a week for years with out knowing it while all the time they were seeking each other all over the country mrs ipher had been em aloyed la a millinery store where mrs 0 byrn had been in the habit of deal ing alfey had passed each other on the street and tor a halt year had lived within a stones throw of each other without snowing it the son had left the home at th age of 14 and had worked on a farm near frankfort for several years he had corresponded with his sister but she was sent out from the home some of the records were lost and they were separated he began to seek his els ter but without avail one day she came to the home to learn something of her I 1 rother and incidentally left her address in the course of a few months he found out her address and the sister and brother were united then came the news of his mother and in as short a space of time aa it hakea to tell it mother son and daughter were reunited and were vowing never to leave each other again the quest of 25 years bad come to a happy end and the sorrows of yeara were recounted amid tears of joy and happiness I 1 never gave up hope said mrs 0 byrne although there were times when I 1 despaired greatly it it were not for the tact that my name was so curious I 1 have never seen any other treasures besides out family I 1 might yet be seeking my own and if it were not tor the scrap of paper that my husband saw we would probably be as far off as ever I 1 made a vow that as long as I 1 bad strength and money I 1 would seek them and I 1 have sought for them through thick and thin until I 1 at last met with success we are all reunited now and nothing will ever separate us |