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Show n oo HI BROTHER AND SISTER, AGED, ARE UNITED. L Meeteetse, Wyo , July 4 Both old Hf and infirm, Daniel Hoover of Los An- Xv geles, Cal., and Mrs Ma'garct B Wil- Hf. son of Meeteetse, brother and sister, IRa were reunited today after thirty-sev- K en years. In all that time neither MT had known where the other was and -4b through that span of years each kept m up tho search for the other, though lf4K each believed It was useless. Hooker journey here from Callfor- IH; nla. He said ho felt it would be like pr the dozen other fruitless journies he H had niade in the last quarter of a H centur, but decided to take tho H- chance. The two met as sti angers, H but it took them only a few moments H .to satisfy themselves that they were HL brother and sister. B Their parting dates back to Denver H in 1875. The Wilsons came to Wyo- H ming, and Hoover, a railroad con- Kk tractor, went to California. For many H r ears they corresponded, then loBt H ; track of each other. H Hoover became wealthy and detor- H ; mined to devote his fortune and dc- Hx clinlng years to the search for hi6 H sister. The reunion today Is the re- B suit. Hoover is past 70 and his sls- tor 76 years old. They probably will make their home together In Los An-I An-I IBf geles. |