Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-11-05

examination, Was plcQSeQ 10 reserve HIS
opinion until permission was given him to
make it known.
.-,~ Romantic Episode.
DURING the storm of yesterday there
occurred, in this city, one of those episodes
in human life, the circumstances and par
ticulars of which make it seem more like
stage production than living reality-the
meeting o. two sisters after long years of
separation-one of them for few years
past resident of one of our most fashion,
able thoroughfares, and the wife of sue
cessful and respectable business man I; the
other unmarried, and for some years past a
plaything for the freaks of fortune. The
meeting took place on the pavement, in
front of well known dry goods establish
ment, and was witnessed by number of
passers-by, who, seeing the lady in silks,
satins and furs, in commune with one
whose bonnet was old and tattered, whose
shawl was faded, whose dress was travel
soiled, and whose shoes lily protected her
tired feet from the snow that lay beneath
them, paused to observe the Ito them)
strange spectacle The facts as hastily
CLEANED from the porter and an intimate
friend of the family, are as follows:
Years ago, the wife of whom we speak
lived with her parents in the State of
New York, where she was courted and
won, but in opposition to the will of her
parents, by the man who is now her hus-
band. For time the marriage was de-
layed, in the hope that her relatives would
finally give their consent, but the hope
was vain. An elopement was planned and
successfully carried out, and from that day
forward no tidings of her parents, brothers
or sister, were ever had by the eloping
daughter. The couple came West, and by
judicious and careful management, in
dustry, and economy, nice competence
was accumulated, and a few years ago this
city was selected as their future and per-
manent home.
| After the elopement came the war; and
the two brothers, responding to their
country's call, went forth to return to
their homes no more. They fell in the
battle of Pittsburg Landing. Sickness
came to the father, mother, and only child
"a daughter-and with sickness and dis
ease, other misfortunes that eat up the
substance and estate of the parents, and,
with a hope to recover, in some measure,
their lost competence, they joined a col
ony that was organizing for settlement on
some of the tributaries of the Republican
River in Kansas The fate of that colony
is well known to those who are familiar
with the numerous Indian massacres on
the western borders within the last two
years. The aged father and mother were
among those who were murdered, and the
daughter was left without home or shell
ter, or the knowledge of the existence OF
a relation west of her place of birth, and
to her friends there she determined to ap-
peal for home. Letter after letter was
written, but no reply ever came to greet
her expectant yearning, and, after some
months of waiting, she determined to
attempt the journey and make her way
back to the place where she was born.
With this intention she gathered together
her scanty wardrobe, and, in company
with returning family, started on her
long journey. Their means were scanty,
and, by the time they reached the State
line at Kansas City, they were left penni-
less. The family with whom she was
| travelling concluded to stop there, but the
| young girl decided to prosecute her jour-
ney to termination. Out of money and
| destitute, she frankly made known her
condition and the circumstances attending
her checkered life to Colonel Sam. Lowe,
of the State Line House, and that gentle
man, with his well known chivalry and
liberal heartedness, provided her with
part of the funds to defray her passage to
st. Louis, and saw that the lack of the
balance shooldSnot prevent her reaching
this city. On Sunday afternoon last, she
took the evening express, and on Monday
morning found herself here, without a
single dollar, and no clothes but those she
wore. Monday she spent in seeking en-
htrf \,
mendation, and she was turned from every
door at which she applied for the means
| OF earning subsistence. Where she
rested on Monday night is not known to
us, but yesterday morning she wandered
out in the storm and snow, with, as may
be supposed, a heavy heart, and a cold
and suffering body as well. In her mean
derings she chanced to pause in front oi
and as she paused she sobbed and wept,
and who similarly situated would not :
| While weeping and sobbing, a lady
emerging from the store, happened to see
her tear stained face and hear her sobs
and, perhaps, some old memory was awak-
ened, and, though her carriage was in
waiting, she turned aside and engaged the
wanderer in conversation. Question fol
lowed question, the answers were frank
and candid, and in few minutes the
| gaily attired and fashionable woman re-
cognized in the weeping girl the youngest
OF her parents once happy household
and, notwithstand the wondering gaze
of the spectators who had gathered around
them, she clasped her in a long, fond EN-
brace, and freely mingled her tears with
those of her sister. The denouenent may
be easily imagined. The carriage wa.
called, and the two sisters entered, and
again clasping each other in sisterly affec
ton, were driven away to a home of com
fort and affiuence The meeting was al
singular as happy, and, SO long as sht
| wills il. a home and life OF JOY and con
tentment is open to the one who has suf
fered so long aud endured such trials
81. Louis Republican, October 90.