Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1920 — SEARCHING FOR AUNT, MONON HEAD LOSES SLEEP [ARTICLE]

SEARCHING FOR AUNT, MONON HEAD LOSES SLEEP

The telephone bell in the offices of the transportation building in Chicago tinkled right merrily about five o’clock Monday evening-. The call was for H. R. Kurrie r president of the Monon railroad, • ana a resident of this city. Mr. Kurrie .was tn. .. _ The voice at the other end of the wire proved to be that of his aunt, Mrs. Higgins, of Minnesota, who informed her nephew that she was en route to Cincinnati, but would be in the 'city over night, asking that he call at the Northwestern station for her. Mr. Kurrie did so promptly, and then his hours of trouble began. There was no Mrs. Higgins to be found. Vainly he scanned the faces of the hundreds who thronged the great station, but failed to discover the familiar face. Etery nook and cranny of the great terminal was searched and the result was the same. . Mr. Kurrie grew anxious, then alarmed. Detectives were secured to aid in the search for the missing lady, and telegrams ’ were sent to relatives in a desperate effort to gain some clue as to her whereabouts. But no information of .value was unearthed. The hours of the night lengthened into the early hours of morning. and still the search continued without avail. The thought occurred to Mr. Kurrie that he might possibly be the victim of a practical joker, but he promptly dismissed the thought from his mind. Finally the searchers grew weary from \ their prolonged hunt and decided to get some rest .preparatory to renewing the search in the morning. . Morning came and with it the mail man. The office girl placed a letter bn Mr. Kurrie’s desk, which bore the familiar handwriting of his aunt. Mr. Kurrie came. The envelope was opened, aifd, as he read, a smile which steadily grew, covered the face of the Monon - presi- । dent.. Finishing, the letter was I placed back in the envelope and- the nephew turned to his day’s labor with a light heart and with an expression that signified happiness. For hadn’t Mrg. Higgins just informed him that train connections to Gificinnati were much better than she had she had boarded one only a few minutes after having called him?