Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-06-18

and Final Joy-Happy decentralization.
About ten years ago, William G..
Bradley, II young, talented and wealthy
resident OF the village of HeIkiner,
New York, wooel and won the hand
of Sarah D. Carver, daughter of a
member of the present General As
sembly of that State. For n term
Of about four years they lived in n
state of comparative happiness, aud
| then suddenly q coldness was apparent
on the part of the wife. 1t soon became
| evident tina, she had lost her love for
her lawful husband, and conferred It ON
an individual named Brinkerhof Tha-
rot,, who paid assiduous court at her
shrine. Early in the spring of 1858
she left her home. for Lafayette, Ind,
and on the 7,h Of May the same year,
procured u fraudulent divorce in that
State, famous for divorces. The decree
was ~prooslred for her, she alleges, by q
we'll known lawyer Of Lafayette, named
Alexander Bowditch.
Returning to Herkimer, she kept the
matter Of her divorce from her hus-
band, but continued to court the ac-
quaintance of Tharot;, aud n iine day
she departed with him for parts un-
known, taking with her their little
daughter, a beautiful child, about three
years of age.
When the news of the divorce and
the subsequent clopement were con-
veyed TO the husband, he went nearly
distracted, and while he might have
forgotten the loss of his faithlcss wife,
the loss Of his child was a blow too
terrible to bear. Scarcely aware OF
what he was notwithstanding only that
his child had been taken from him he
started in pursuit, and during bis
travels he has traversed thousands OF
| miles, passed back and forth through
nearly every State in the Uuion, and,
after six terrible years Of agony and
suspense, finally found the woman and
his little daughter in an a~ssignation
house in this city.
The story of her trials and hard
ships is u pitiful one Her FIRST desti-
nation was Lafayette, and from there
she went to Cincinnati. After a short
residence at the Porkopolis she moved
to Memphis, and remained there for u
year or more. At the expiration of
this time she was deserted BY her par.
amour, and thrown upon tho world to
| fight her way rs best she could.
Finding it q difficult task to mako a
respectable living in Memphis, she
moved TO Winchester, Franklin County,
Tennessee, and remained there until
about two years ago. She then nd
journed to Indianapolis, and stopped at
the Bates House. But, unable TO meet
her Indebtedness, she was elected from
that establishment, and about o year
and q half ago was enabled TO make her
way to Chicago. When she arrived in
this city she was determined to make an
honest living. Being u woman OF very
engaging tanners and highly prepos-
sessiug appearance, endowed with n lib
eral education, she sought for a place
rs y goyerness up and down II aristo.
cratic avenues, hut the fact that she wa.
entailed with an in%cumbrance, in the
shape OF her daughter, aud the want Of
good and sufficient references, debarred
her from occupying even ~ place as q
mental in 4 society in which she had
once moved as an equal. To physical Ia
Dor she had never been accustomed,
and was entirely unified. Refused aud
rebulred by those from whom she be-
lieved assistance was due, she was
goaded to madness, and the next step
was to lead a life of shame.
A few days since Mr.. Bradley, who
was sull roaming over the country in
search of his wife. and child, received
an intinfation that she had taken up
her abode in this city. lie arrived here
as quickly as an express train could
carry him, and seeking out Frank II.
Guion, II well known lawyer OF thi,
city, and n former cinssmate OF his,
he coufded 10 him his troubles, and re.
quested his assistance in fcrreting gu,
the whereabouts of those he sought.
1t was readily granted. The various
and many I" houses located on Fourth
Avenue, State. Clark, and many other
well known resorts for the fallen, were
one after another visited, but no clue to
the lost could be escerttined. Finally
they appealed to the police, and an e1-
pert detective was detailed for their
benefit. \ photograph, taken six years
ago, was shown to him, aud he thought
he could give the whereabouts Of the
original. Accordingly, after dark on
Monday evening, the party Engaged q
carriage and started for the house Of
Mrs. -. The door was opened in
response to their knock, and they en-
tered an elegantly furnished parlor.
| On the sofa sat the only occupant Of the
room, u beautiful little girl, in ligut
golden curls, about nine years of age.
She was handsomely dressed, and pre-
sented II very picture of innocence and
loneliness. Tho moment Mr.. Bradley
| set eyes on the little beauty he recog-
nized the mere infant of so many years
ago, and the delight of the meeting
nearly robbed him of his senses.
Taking the little girl in his arms he
covered her with kisses. called her a
handred endeariug names, and vainly
| appealed to her for recognition but
she knew him not, and yet a child 8 in
stiucl made her court The caresses be-
slowed upon her by an overjoyed father.
What u meeting, and in such n place !
Were it pictured in Il novel it would be
called romano )" but this is real life.
And where was the mother? She had
heard u strangely familiar voice.. lis
tened to the animated prat;le Of her
child, aud fearful of impending trouble,
she hurried down the stairs, aud arrived
a. tho m0mon when her husband. ac-
companied by his daughter, was about
to depart. She comprehcnded the situ-
alton at u glance, and throwing herself
at the fee, of the man she had so cruelty
deserted, begged for mercy and her
child.
Weary years of search and trouble
had hardened the heart of the husband
against the ,ruant wife. In times past
he had even cursed her, and his great
longing had only been for his daughter.
But suddenly the old love he had borne
his wife so many years ago came back
to him, and taking her gently in his
arms, he was only able to say, "You
are the mother of my child you are my
wife, and such you shall remain (; ! only
ask Of you now that henceforth you
shall be true to me, aud be a loving
mother to our little girl. She is yet
young she shall never know your past
history. Let us CO."
| Had ~ hand ,ha nayly fnnnd and