Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-06-29
A strana1 and ev.utfui Tale.

Tho New York Daily advertiser Of
Thursday relates Q strange account OF the
disappearance Of q young girl from that
city IN 1865, and the subsequent discov-
cry Of her whereabouts in New Zealand
recently. The story. as told. is that in
1850 James Hannay and his wife, both
newspaper compositors, resided in New
ark, and pursued their ayocation in n
newspaper Office in New York. In 1862
they removed to Cincinnati, and during
the course Of the following year. in con-
sequence Of the habits Of the husband.
Mrs. Hannay obtained o divorce from
him. and assuming her maiden name Of
Lucy Stuart, returned TO Newark with
her two little daughters In 1864, and
commenced keeping house. Soon after
resuming her residence there, she OBJ
tanned employment in tho composing
rooms Of the Weekly Tribune, and earned
enough TO maintain herself and children
quite comfortably. Her divorced hus-
band in the meantime wandered into an
interior town in Tennessee, and being q
man Of considerable culture and familiar
with the management OF q newspaper,
he was enabled TO secure control Of u
prominent party organ and 10 win the
confidence Of its proprietors. In the
latter part Of 1864 he was commissioned
by his employers 10 come on to New
York and purchase some new presses.
and furnished with $4,000 to pay for
them. On arriving in New York he i'm
mediately repaired TO his former wife's
house in Newark, and seemed NO greatly
pleased to see his children that the moth
or had not the heart to refuse the request
that Lilly, the eldest child might accom-
pany him to his hotel and spend the
day with him. Night came, but Lilly
did not return. and the mother then be-
gan 10 suspect some troachery. All
through the long. dreary night no sound
was in the distracted mothers ears but
the last 'Good by. mamma" Of her
eldest born, and only mothers can imag-
inc her bitter anguish when she learned
at New York City, on the following day,
that Hannay had sailed for Europe at
noon the day previous, and taken with
him her daring Lilly. OF course she
used every means in the power Of a lone
woman TO ascertain whittier the revenge
full man had gone, but no tidings came
to her save q vague statement from the
owners Of the vessel upon which he
sailed, that he had reshipped at Liver
pool for New Zealand, one OF the largest
Of the Australian group OF islands in the
South Pacific Ocean. At last, however,
the laggard mail brought her u letter
from Hannay, post-marked London.
England. containing photographs Of him.
self and his captive child, snd some
cruel poetry addressed to the heart-bro-
ken mother.
During the Winter OF 1866 the be-
reaved wife became an earnest and ac-
tive worker in the cause OF religion.
About that time q missionary field was
found among the Chinese In California,
and there Lucy Stuart was sent, her
sole companion being her youngest
daughter. For several years she remain
ed there, but finally she was induced to
go as o missionary among the Nez
Perez Indians, in Idaho. She is still
there, and from letters written by her II
Is evident that she has given up all hope
Of ever hearing OF her lost daughter.
II now happens, however, that n let
ter addressed by the mother to q British
missionary in New Zealand some years
AGO, has been the means OF finding the
long-lost daughter. as the following adj
vertisement. which was published in this
paper on Monday last, will show:
Mrs. Hannay: Your daughter, Mary
Lilias Louise, who left America with her
father James Hannay, in 1866, wishes
to communicate with You. Address Mr..
Macarthur, Takaka, Nelson, New Zeal
and.
A letter il now on tho way TO the
mother, in her far away home, bearing
/ the good news, l.. lit Is easy 10 Inn
ayine that a JOY WI. be hers winch no
language can express"