Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-02-07


Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Misfellaneons.
[From the Clinton (Ill.) Transcript
SINGULAR ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE
Adventures Of an English Lord.
Truth Stranger than Fiction.
Many of our readers will doubtless rec
ollect young man named John N. Fen
wick, who resided in this place during tn
year 1858, and who, at different times
was employed BY the editor of this paper
Mr.. Sackett, druggist, and lastly by Nj
James Stansbury, Clerk of our Count.
Court, who had him engaged writing il
bis office. He was smart, active, intelli
gent lad. and gave unmistakable token o.
one that bad been well reared. He told
several persons that he was the son of 6
lord-that be had been kidnapped from
England and sent to this country, and thai
if he had his just rights, he would be en-
joying life and affluence in his ancestral
halls in Northumberland, England. Hi.
statement, however, was generally disbe-
lieved-altbougb everybody with whom he
was acquainted gave it as their opinion
that there was something similarly con
nected with the lad in his past history.
The facts in the case, which we have
since learned from uudisputed authority,
are about as follows:
Some time in the year 1887, Sir John
N. Fenwick, (the father of the lad alluded
to,) while engaged in a shooting exPedi.
tion on the Cumberland Hills, was thrown
by his horse, and conveyed to the humble
cottage of poor clergyman near by, with
a shattered ankle. The clergyman was n
wldower, with an only cbild-a beautiful
daughter just budding into womanhood,
who attended to the household duties Of
their humble home, and cheered the declin
ing years of her venerable parent. She
was unremitting in her kind attentions to
noble guest, and seldom left his bedside un-
til be bad entirely recovered. To make
the matter short, Sir John fell in love with
the young lady, and proposed to her. In
reply, Clara flor that was her name told
her noble suitor that she loved him in re-
turn, but that she would not leave her faith
er, but would remain with her kind parent
and lend a soIace to his declining years.
They parted, after exchanging the lovers
usual tokens.
With many VOW and locked embrace,
Their parting was full tender,
And pledging oft to meet again,
They tore themselves asunder.
In the autumn, Of the same year-the
mild and mellow English autumn-fit time,
indeed, for the exit Of SO pure soul from
its earthly casket, the spirit of the venera-
BILE pastor winged its flight to the eternal
realms of bliss beyond the skies
The marriage was simple and unostenta-
tions-the ceremony being performed in
private by curate, in order to escape the
ridicule of the bridegroom's naughty rela-
tives-and Clara Seymour became the
bride of Sir John North Fenwick of Fen
wick Hall. They made the tour of the
Continent, and due time returned to Eng
and, when she presented her husband With
! boy, (the subject of our present sketch.)
Sir Johns relatives, instead of contumely
md reproach, pretended to greatly admire
lady Fenwick, and graduated him on his
'xcelent choice. Two of bis sisters took
lp their sesidencs in Fenwich Hall, and
While pretending unbounded affection for
heir victim, were daily and hourly enga-
red by malicious and artful tales in poison
ng Lord Fenwick's mind against his wife.
Poor Clara, all this time, being unaware
If the cruel, unrelenting and treacherous
course pursued toward her-Lord F. be-
,oming more and more morose and odd to
,er every day, and she, unaware of the
rue canse, attributed to the seeming fact
hat be regretted having united with one
Is humble as she. In the meanwhile, the
10Y reached the age of seventeen.
Suddenly, one day, those female fiends
hrew uff the mask, and in the presence of
SIR John accused her Of the most horrible
.rimes, and alleged that his wife confessed
hat her son was the fruit of an illicit
amour between herself and certain
French Count to whom she was introdu-
ed by her husband whilst they were So
burning in Venice during the honeymoon.
rhe lightning does not rift the tallest oak
quicker than did this rude shock PROSTATE
Lady Clara. She swooned!' And Sir
John strobe madly from the Hall, and his
,eart and brain on fire. He gave direc-
ions to bis beartless sisters to have her and
he '.accused brat'' expelled Immediately
rom the Hall. He then threw himself on
lis horse and gallopped madIy to the near
,st seaport, and Immediately embarded for
he Continent.
Of course the unfeeling sisters were not
ong in executing bis brother's command.
Lady Clara and her son we've Immediately
driven forth, although suffering from de-
irium, and conveyed by the servants to
The nearest inn. These villainous women
had at length accomplished their vile pur-
pose, which was to keep the magnificent
property within their grasp; for they could
not brook the idea that one whom they re-
garded as the offspring of an humbly. born
young female, for whom their brother bad