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LOST LABEL ROMANCE.
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'SHERLOCK HOLMES' AT WORK
IN THE CANADIAN IMMIGRATION
? DEPARTMENT. V
Many strange problems frequently
confront the Immigration Commis
sioner of the Canadian Government.
Wives in search of missing husbanda
and boys of tender years are often
consigned to him with no other in
structions than those- contained in
hieroglyphic characters on a tag fas
tened to a buttonhole. *
The latest instance of a surprise is
an incident at Winnipeg. A small
youth called at the Winnipeg Commis
sioners' office with the tearful tidings
that he had 'lost his label,' and a.11
the information he could give the offi
cial was that he had been sent to
'Uncle Angus,' who 'did something
with an. oil can.'
Even this did not baffle the Commis
sioner. The machinery of the depart
ment was set to work,- and after a
Sherlock Holmes search the child was
sent to Angus Johnson, a driver, in the
service of the Canadian Oil Company,
who proved, to be the object of the
forlorn youngster's quest.
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