Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1882 — A Pretty Western Romance. [ARTICLE]

A Pretty Western Romance.

Davenport Democrat. A brother and sister have met after a separation of twenty years, and the meeting has been brought about in Davenport by ibe little son of the sister in the most peculiar way. One week ago yesterday the raft steamer Clyde went into Davenport on her way north, and Captain Douglass tied up his boat for a while in order to permit some (h the crew to go ashore and make purchases. Among others who went ashore was Aaron Carter, a raftsman. The weather was very cold, with a keen, northwest wind. While going along the street Carter met a poorly clad little boy, who was running along, v crying' bitterly. Carter asked him was the matter, and the little lad sobbed out: “I’mcold.” “Comewiih qae,” said Carter, and, takings the boy to a clothing store, he bought him a shit of warm clothes and a pair of mittens. He then asked the boy his name. “Aaron Dunlap,” was the reply. Carter was thunderstruck. “Aaron Dunlap!” he cried. “Where are your father and mother!” “Father is dead.” the lfoy replied. “Well, take me to your mother, then, as quickly as you can,” said Carter. The boy took him to his humble home, and when Carter entered the house the boy’s mother rushed into his arms, with a shriek that made all the other occupants of the tenement house rush into the hall to see what was the matter. Carter had found a sister whom he had not seen since the year 1862, when he went to war with a Maine regiment.