Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1861-01-16


! Till he, too, goes to the door,
| When Death will carry him up to !i!'
10 behold her face once more.
Country Gentleman.
TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION
TERRIBLE STORY OF WRONG.
Within a day or two past, certain
facts of very peculiar and romantic
nature have come within tho knowl
edge Of one of our reporters, which
with the suppression of the names O.
the parties we lay before our readers
All the actors in this thrilling drama
Of real life have moved in our first
circles of society and with = single
melancholy exception, do SO at present
time. Leaving the story to convey
its own moral, which it cannot fail to
do, we proceed at once to the facts.
To be properly understood, we begin
the narration in the little town of f.,
in Maine, where in 1853, two sisters,
the Misses NJ resided, with their
widowed mother: The family was
ono of acknowledged responsibility,
and the girls, Emily and Caroline
were both admirable specimens of
American beauty, though very differ
ent iu face and figure. Emily was
nineteen years of age, tall and dark
eyed, and her check of tho rich olive
complexion which it was said her fa-
lher bore; while Caroline or Carrie
as she was usually known, the pet Of
the family, and loved by all who knew
her WAS petite, light of hair and check
aud her eye beautiful blue. At the
moment we introduce the sisters, Car
rie, although two years the youngest
was engaged to marry young man
residing in the vicinity, the nuptials to
take place in the spring of '54, after
the conclusion of six months visit 10
an aunt residing in Boston. In the
month of October, she accordingly
went to Boston. It was believed liv-
ing happily with her relative until the
close of December, when she suddenly
"ASopPSoi ONs
From various incidents noticed prior
to her mysterious disappearance, her
aunt was forced to believe that the
poor girl had fallen q victim to the
wiles Of some unprincipled villain,
whom sue had too confidently trusted,
but, strange to say, suspicion was not
directed towards any one whose ac'
quaintance she was known to have
formed. All means of discovering the
unhappy girl, failed, and after month.
OF an almost despairing search, it was
believed that she had committed sui
eide to hide her shame, and that the
waves into which she plunged for res,
and conccalmcnt had borne her ia,
beyond discovery in this world. Bow
ed down by the great sorrow which
had fallen upon her, the mother of poor
Garry, sank into an untimcly grave
The young man whose bride was &c
suddenly snatched away, seemed fo1
time almost frantic with grief, anc
when after = long illness, he was able
to travel, he went to the far west, una
bic to live longer amid the scene.
which constantly reminded him of tn,
wreck Of all his most cherished hopes
Emily also left F -, and came t.
this city where she resided with :
cousin who had been married couple
of years previously to a New Yorl
} Merchant, Mr.. w. In the merry holi
days Of 1856, two years after Carry
mysterious disappearance, Emily wa
introduced ~ Mr.. W., to one Of hi
particular friends and fellow mer
chants, Mr.. B., who won so rapid,
her favor that in the autumn of 1856
she became Mrs. B. Time passed OF
without anything worthy of note oc
curing in their little family, excep
its enlargement by an addition of enc
the very image Of its papa Mr.. B.
seemed very fond Of his beautiful wife
and settled rpon her in addition t,
her Inheritance from the sale Of he
mothers property in Maine, a yer,
liberal allowance from his own re
sources.
They moved in the best society ant
the happy wife and mother had almos
forgotten the sad tale of her sister
shame and fall, when one eyenin!
oflast week, as she in company viii
her husband was about entering he
carriage to pay social visit, they wer,
I stopped by a wrctched creature in fe
male attire, ragged, foul, almost as dc
graded rs fallen woman can become
k who, with a niaudlin whine, begge,
flor aims 'for the love Of mercy!' Of
fering her pittance, tho gentlema,
ordered her to go away. Starting bacl
at the sound ofhis voice, the woman
raised her head, and glancing for tn,
first time at the faces of the coupl
before her skriekcd. stHarry-my sis
ter--oh God!" and fell senseless t
the pavement. Herself too far dc
bauched for recognition, by the year
of vice and misery through. which sh
;! passed, she instantly recognized til
destroyer Of her innocence and pcac