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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31,1912.
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The
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He Is Source of Good Luck
. to Hit Benefactors
By CLARISSA MACKIB
Copyright by American Press Auo
, elation, 1911.
It was my partner, Rogers, who bad
the lutervlew with the' Janitor of pur
office building, and In that way we
flrnt learned that little Leonardo Mo
zlo bad. disappeared from his accus
tomed haunts In the Italian district,
and bis mother was ' frantic with
fright and grief.
Rogers and 1 Were interested (n the
case ut once, for Mrs." Mozlo was the
woman who' cleaned our office and
oIbo washed our clothes nt her home
we never dared to think ' where It
might be. . Mrs. Mozlo -needed the
work, and wo hud recklessly torn It
from the grasp of a mecbnnlcal laun
dry and' carried it down to our office,
where little Leonardo Mozlo trudged
after it every Monday morning and
brought it back In a more or less In
different , slate of . purity on- Friday
evening. ,
."Suppose we go down there and Bud
out about It. Perhaps we can help the
poor soul," suggested Rogers.
"I presume there is nothing pressing
to keep us here." I said rather apolo
getically. ' . v '
Jack glanced quizzically at the morn
ing newspaper which I held in my
hand and then at the elaborate- disar
ray of legal papers on my, desk. ;
"A casual obsorvoi nilght ihlnk' you
were bead over ears In work," he
grinned. ". v , - '
"Some one has got tokeep up . the
reputation of the Arm," I -said, weakly.
"Never mind, old fellow,"- encour
aged my optimistic partner, .as we
sprinted for a descending elevator' and
lost It, "never mind, some day they'll
be waiting our pleasure. There'll be
so many clients we'll have to have an
extra large waiting room and take a
few more partners Into the firm to
handle the business."
"What did you learn about the Mo
elo boy's disappearance?" I asked,
changing the subject.
"The Janitor snys he beard the boj
carried some laundry home Mondaj
night to his mother. He went out t
play in the street after supper and
hasn't tieen seen since. Of course tin
newspapers suggest Black Huud, but
thnt is absurd, as there's nothing to
gain by stealing a penniless Italian
lad. Ills mother believes that he went
down to one of the piers to have a
swim and, was drowned."
"That sounds most likely. Let me
see, he must be about seven years old,
eh?"
"So they say. Here we are, Harley-
lord love you, what an excitement!"
A bnbbllng, chattering crowd of Ital
ian women and children, with here and
; there a man. Idly curious, gathered
uuout the dirty doorway of the tene
ment house where the Mozios lived.
Inside the narrow hallway was Mrs.
Mozlo, pule and distraught, her black
hair streaming down her thin cheeks,
her work worn bands gesticulating
despairingly. ,
.. When she saw us coming through
the crowd her voice lifted In a thin
wall of grief:
"No gotta da clothes done, slgnor.
Leonardo he nevvn coiu-n back no
more!" s '
"Take us upstairs, please," I said to
the distracted woman. "Mr. Rogers
und I have come to help yon if wo
can."
Breathing broken, thanks, Mrs. Mo
zlo led the way up the rickety stairs
to the single room where she and her
boy hod lived contentedly together.
"Hls-a father he die quick, and now
my Ieetle Leonardo is gone!". She
threw her apron over her head and
wept noisily.
"See .here,. Mrs. Mozlo," snid my
partner briskly; "we have come to
help you find Leonardo. Xou will liftve
to help too."
i . She looked up and shrugged her
shoulders. "He in da river," she said
sullenly.
"How do you know?"
"Where else Whatta any one wanta
poor little Italian boy?"
"That's what we're going to find
out," soothed Rogers. "The police
have been on the lookout,1 and there
Isn't the least reason for your think.
Ingyoui1 boy is drowned." Very likely
be has run away." ' ;
,-. She listened eagerly and drank In ev
ery word,, weighing It carefully to
' let Its foreign meaning sink Into her
'understanding.
' "Whatta you think?" she asked when
he bad finished.
! "We will come tomorrow, and tell'
you unless Here is car fare, Mrs.
. Mozlo; you come to our office and we
will have some news for . you. You
say be has been away since Monday
night?"
"Ah, yes! He bringa da slgnor's
linen for da wash, and bo eatta supper,
end be go and nevaire come-a back I
ho morel" She wept again.
"What did be wear?" asked Rogers,
pulling out notebook. But details ot
be poor little tragedy were very mea
ger, and . Rogers made most of them,
asking questions about trivial matters
Just to encourage the poor soul. who
bad ho relatives In this country and
who was widowed shortly after her
arrival.. ..... ' ; ' '
We discovered that Utile Leonardo
Mozlo w ore a pair of corduroy knick
erbockers and a pink caJlco shirt: alia
that he needed a hair cut badly, and
we did not doubt that a bath would
not have come amiss. We found that
he had eaten heartily of black bread
and strong cheese and that be bad also
partaken of garlic. ;-
"Might trace him by the garlic If It
wasn't that the atmosphere is over
charged with It now," remarked Rog
ers disgustedly as we got down into
thestrect. ',
We did not speak again until we bad
emerged Into a clearer atmosphere, and
as we rode uptown Rogers turned to mo.
"Well, Hafley, what do you make of
It? They say that not even bis play
mates remember seeing him after'sup
per that night. Queer, Isn't It?"
"Yes," I replied slowly, "but I've
been turning something over In my
mind, Jack. It's a question the woman
put up to you, and it's a sticker too."
"Out with it." . 1 :
" "What does any one want with a
poor little Italian boy? There Isn't
any money In It. Find a motive and
you'll discover what has. become of
the child."
"Got any Ideas?"
"Yes. Yon can help me search
through buck flies of some of tho
newspapers to. see If you can find
where there has been a death in the
family of a woll to do Italian family-
say tho death of a boy about Leonar
do's age."
,: "Batty! Yes, you' ure all of that
Harley." . , ' :- -.''
"Why? Ask yourself Mio question,
'What would any' o'no want ' with n
poor little Italian boy?'" And the only
answer I cau Hud ,ls that he might
take the ;place, of a child who had
passed away." . v
. "Loony as can be!" murmured Jack
us we alighted and went to look up
l;he newspaper (lies. : '
The joke was that Rogers found the
only notice of the sort we were look
ing for.
"I .find that Lorenzo Orsatl and
Rosa, bis wife, lost their six-year-old
son on the 15th of July," said Rogers
sheepishly. 1
We looked up the record of the Or-
satis and found that they were a
wealthy Italian family, the father en
gaged in the. Importing of olives. They
lived In a fashionable apartment house
uptown.
The next morning we made our way
uptown to the apartment house where
the Orsatls lived. As usual, Rogers
took the initiative, and., when we
reached the vestibule he suddenly or
dered me about face and said he bad
an Idea.
"Come to the park first, and If you
see any dngo looking children say so."
"There's the genuine article. Jack,'
I whispered. "Hear 'em rattle off the
Italian!" ...
"Sure enough!" And with the fas
diluting smile which has brought blm
no little success when he aims to win
confidence Jack nppronehed the olive
skinned nursemaid who' was chatter
ing to the dark eyed children about
her.
"Mr. Orsati's little boy is not here
today?" he Inquired graciously.
She shook her bead, displaying mag
niflcent teeth. Theu she sighed. "So
sad, slgnor. The little one is dead!"
Rogers started. "No, no," lie said
quickly. "I mean the new boy the
one they have taken to fill his place."
She shook her head with a puzzled
glance, but one of . the children who
had been listening eagerly evidently
understood enough English to grasp
the trend of questioning and spoke to
her In fluent Italian. Her pretty face
showed surprise, Incredulity and then
pleasure.
"Little Niua Bays It is true tbo poor
parents have adopted a little boy to
fill the place of their beloved one. It
Is said that the boy cries all day long.
It Is so sad!" .
Rogers pressed thanks upon them
and dragged me away. "Harley, old
man, please be careful not to lose
your bead. It's invaluable to the firm
it Harley & Rogers."
"I always said so," I admitted mod
estly. At the. Orsatl apartment we found
It difficult to gain admittance. At last
Rogers went out and telephoned to
them that he had come after the boy,
Leonardo Mozlo, and they must be pre
pared to give him up at once to bis
proper guardians..
Well, the upshot of it was that we
did gain possession of little Leonardo
Mozlo, who was tearfully resplendent
In a sort of Lord Fauntleroy suit of
black velvet. In which be looked more
like a brigand than anything else. , He
was weeping noisily when we rescued
blm after promising Mrs. Orsatl that
we would try and find her a boy after
this pattern whom they could legally
adopt
It is needless to describe the joyous
scene when Leonardo was restored to
his happy mother. He was her only
child, mid she was a widow. Leonardo
was the center of an excited audience
when he told of how he had wandered
uptown after supper that Monday night
and how a beautiful automobile bad
topped and a mdy und gentleman had
questioned him if be would like to live
with them and be their little boy.
Leonardo had. said be would, and
(bey took blm at bis word. Afterward
ko repented bitterly, although they
treated him royally. .
The upshot of this matter was we
did find a child for the Orsatis, and
the check that we received for- our
services was as an oasis In a trackless
desert. Moreover,' the Orsatls took an
Interest In the Mozios. and Mrs. Orsatl
found work of a 'better sort-for Mrs.
Mozlo, who was discovered to be. n
ntaker of exquisite; lace. Then In time
they moved into better quarters, and
Leonardo Mozlo bus the promise of a
Job In the Orsatl offices wheu he grows
big enough. '
And the fuuuy part of the . whole
business Is that they all look upon
Rogors audyself as benefactors.
BAD CHECK ARTIST
- CATCHES HOTEL CLERK
Walla Walla Wash.-Jan 30. James
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for Walter O. Inman, an agreeable
stranger who stopped at- the , ! house
and now the officers are hunting for
Inman. The gueBt ran short of money
and1 Cummings went with him to the
hank. A $150.00 check on a Boise bank
was produced and Cummings stood
sponsor for Inman. The bunk advanced
the sum of $50. and accepted the rest
as a deposit, Inman disappeared and
the Boise bank reported the check as
worthless. ' "' '
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