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Woumit Now ."?<> Continues Lilt-time Sennit for Hotly l.ost in ttie Hills of Keiiatlto. Nearly fifty years of agrt, prematurely gray and broken In health, but faithful to one of the most remarkable quests ever recorded. Mrs. Muriel C. Atherton, who for the past tliree months has been a tomI norarv resilient of tii.? ? !?? 1 moutli, N. II., will shortly return to South America to resume her life-long search for the hotly if her hushand. In allegiance to the memory of iter husband, whose blenched hones lie somewhere in the jm :;! fas' ness or one tlie slopes it th Amies. Mrs. Atherton will sail ano more for (luayaquil, from tin re to resume a search for the body of Char- ' les T. Atherton. which she has carried on for more than a dozen y< are. On the 23rd of this month an i American strainer, hound I >r tl northern ports of South Aim 'den will have among it., passengers t h ?vi.m u whose histe:> for the pad 1 IT years seems in every way to he . misfit in the affairs of the pros- j out day. Twenty yea's a-- i" rhs *1' ( Atherton. a bank clerk in N'ew York City, received notice of the illness and death of William tlord1 a, an uncle, who for a score of of years had heen living in parrs unknown. An adventurer and a ne'er-dowell be I""' l?C - ' ...... .V.. .../lilt- ui an fill iv a'ge and only occasionally had any of his family heard any word from h.m. The news of his death, however, came accompanied with a letter from a firm of lawyers ia the city of Ecuador, relating to the disposition of mining property held by Gordon. Its value was not stated, but the relatives were assured that it was valuable property. Giving up his bank position, Atherton left New York and went direct to Ecuador. He superintended the return of Gordon's body to New York, and took charge of his claims to the mining property. It was not until he had arrived and IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIV A H :< * ? I YB * rS ByS I Zfu S*j*S vS fs dHHfar i at" S|S I H i mm ? h S! ! ts l|S | S-! ? if" s*s I I C/^( SY"* i *? w f5 DDI * f % ! uTm i if! Dillon Si s * jj|8 S lUiiailUIHHI straightened matters out that icalized the value of this propel Several thousand dollars in bunk and considerable valuable i eh leery at the silver mine, \vh up to the time of Gordon's deu bed been worked regularly, te fied to the success ot the mitt operations. Instead of returning to New Y< I Atlierton entered into the bttsin | and made an instant success, crew of Spaniards and native dinns made up liis gang of mitu ?t><<t much valuable ore was tat out. * For five years the young Ante can remained steadily at hi* wo and his reward came in the slwi of such prosperity as lie had net dreamed of in his former posit i< 11c studied mining, delved into t theory of the business, and becai an expert. In spile oi his yot iiis advice even to seasoned mini oi the country proved valuable. At the eml of eight years At In ton returned to New York on a i months' vacation. There lie 11 the woman who became his tvi T.,< v were married and with li hi returned to licuadnr. in the course of his working his own property Atlierton h spent much time prospecting. St< i- . told liv nativ?s of great i|ttan tiis of silver far up in tlio Anil r: nge toward the boundaries Ilru7.il had interested the yen illimo! inn' lio (l?>toriiiiii< < to i plr.ro th:it oouiitry. It was not until two .wars all Itls marriage that lie prepared visit this country, and it was si gistoii that during his absence M Atherton return norlli on a slu vacation and to visit friends. The wife took her leave of I husband and sailed for New Yo Atherton, gathering a few nati' with pack mules and provislo disappeared into the hills towa an uncertain destination among I mountain ranges to the east. \V1 luck he had, if he ever met w any, was never disclosed in the f scattered letters sent out by nati and which the young wife in N York received. It was four months, however, ter his departure that Mrs. Ath ton, 2,000 miles away, received scribbled note that brought the p stntment of her husband's dea Within four hours, as Mrs. Ath ton now relates she was a boa I ! > *> >: *: > < -j % < > > > > ; adquar ARDWAR STOVES R A N C DCKERY A LA SS WA R LLC is the town Hardwan The place. inillHP^"n?'ruim vo"' "f i?pr' ?^SBa he ' ship und 011 her way south to find rty. | her husband. the For six months Mrs. Atherton, at mi- the head of hor followers, ranged ieli the paths and passes of the vast ith, foothills of the Andes range. She sti- returned to Guayaquil, organized a inji ii"w party, which included an Ameticau and a Spanish friend, and irk, once more returned into the mouness tjiins. A Every possible spot has now been In. I si arched. For hundreds of miles ers the swampy lower foothills leading :,.|) upward to the Andes range have been beaten by squads of men until ii- tbevquest lias become one iilinost of rk. ! waiting. ,pe I How many years will elapse l?e,'er iore the dust of Charles Atherton ui. I will be identified is a matter of he | doubt. Each year the chances that me his body would be found have been ith tind less. Such has been the >r.? vigo: and extent of the search that I now little can be done. Yet, as do?! - t< i mined its when, twelve years ago, six sht ieeeived the first news of the i(.| probiiiile death of her husband. Mrs. f,. Atherton says, simply, that she will icv never give ttp the search. of Saleeby Candy Kitchen. t . l('-: V . , f: " !? . Jr "" 4 -ytli 4 | I VCS | ^^****** * 4*?4*4 Ills tl)(i This, is the place to get your fresh Imt ith candy every <lay. Fruits of all ew Vf*K kind. Tobacco ami cigars. Oppoew site A. <*. 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