Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1916 — Two Little Tots Get Lost While Going to Visit Grandpa Bates. [ARTICLE]

Two Little Tots Get Lost While Going to Visit Grandpa Bates.

Robbie and Florence Wright, the little son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wright, aged respectively four and two years, started out from their home on River street Thursday afternoon, unbeknown to the parents, to visit their Grandpa Bates, several blocks away, on Clark street. They got lost on the way and wandered over on; Main street and were found by Mrs. Frank Kresler near W. V. Porter’s residence and taken home, much to the relief of their parents and friends who had been searching for them for some time and were almost distracted over their disappearance. They had been gone about two and one-half hours when found, and were having the best kind of a time, not being in the least alarmed over the fact that they had not yet found "grandpa’s house.’’ Mr. Wright, who was ill in bed, got up and dressed and assisted in the search, going with Fred Phillips in the latter’s automobile. The excitement over their disappearance and his getting out to help search for them did not do him any good, and he was reported not quite so well yesterday morning.