Our boys in India . OUR BOYS IN INDIA. CHAPTER A FLASH OP LIGHTNING. ANY who were boys in Massachusetts only afew years ago will well remember a startlingnotice that was printed in the newspapers, andwas posted in conspicuous positions throughoutthe State, declaring in great letters, — A CHILD MISSING! —TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS REWAED. Paul Clayton, the youngest son of Benjamin Clayton, president of theMerchants and Shippers Bank of Boston, has been missing from home sinceAug. 10. It is supposed that the boy was stolen, between the hours of eight and nineon the night of the loth of August,
Our boys in India . OUR BOYS IN INDIA. CHAPTER A FLASH OP LIGHTNING. ANY who were boys in Massachusetts only afew years ago will well remember a startlingnotice that was printed in the newspapers, andwas posted in conspicuous positions throughoutthe State, declaring in great letters, — A CHILD MISSING! —TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS REWAED. Paul Clayton, the youngest son of Benjamin Clayton, president of theMerchants and Shippers Bank of Boston, has been missing from home sinceAug. 10. It is supposed that the boy was stolen, between the hours of eight and nineon the night of the loth of August, from the summer residence of Mr. Clayton, atBeverly Farms. He was six years old, had long, brown curling hair, a full face,light complexion, blue eyes, and rosy cheeks. He was a particularly happy-tempered and affectionate child, large for his age, and unusually mature andinteUigent. Any one giving information that shall result in his recovery will receivethe sum of twenty thousand dollars. (Signed) PHINEAS SHARP, Chief of the Boston Detectiv
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