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Show LOST TRACK OF FAMILY. Gen. Wheeler's Misfortune When He First Went to Congress. Once during his memorable life General Gen-eral Joe Wheeler, now commander of the department of the lakes, with headquarters in Chicago, found himself him-self without .a local habitation or a family, although he had both a few hours earlier in the day. When he was first elected to congress he lodged in a fashionable section of Washington, Washing-ton, but in the course of a few days Mrs. Wheeler became dissatisfied and one evening when her husband returned re-turned from congress, she said: "Father, "Fa-ther, I do not like this place at all and revily think we had better move, if you 4on't object." "Certainly not, mother," returned the ever-gallant general; "Just please yourself anything any-thing suits me." Nothing more was said on the subject, but a couple of days later on seeking the society of his family af ar the official duties of the day weia over the congressman found the apartment deserted and on inquiry that his family had moved during the day. Np one knew where they had gone. Mrs. Wheeler had merely neglected to inform her husband hus-band that they were to move that day and where the new residence was. He went to various hotels, but didn't find them, so finally spent the night at once, and next day his colleagues were highly diverted and interested at the engaging candor with which the great little man related how he had lost his family and asked their advice as to where they supposed he could find them. In the course of the day one of the children came to the capital to' And out why their father hadn't been home the night before, and then the omission of letting him know the secret se-cret of where they had moved was rectified, sad he went gayly to the new quarters, where, with Mrs. Wheeler, he had a hearty laugh over their temporary tempo-rary separation. |
