The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-31
ROMANCE Of SIN.
The Double Legacy OF . Cfnefnnaff
AnOnyma. .l
columbus Correspondence Of the Cincinnati
Enouirer1 .".r

The Double Legacy of o Cfnefnnaff
Anonyma.
columbus Correspondence Of the cinsinnsti'
Enquirer.1 e.
Let us see. It was eight or ten years
ago-perhaps longer-that many Of our
best people here in Cincinnati were
thrown into fever Of excitement over an
auction sale Of the Jewels and plate and
bijouterie and pictures and handsome fur
niture of deceased "landiady." Society
was all agog to get peep at the iuxuri-
Gus appointments Of Nine. Metcslfes-
mansion of pleasure, and to become
owners of the diamonds and rubies and
pearls which had sparklea on the
madame's well rounded person during
life. The things broug 1t almost fabulous
prices, and were either carefully slowed
away or applied to honorable use, to re-
mind their owners Of how nice thing il
il to be naughty. The dragons Of virtue
who would have been first TO heave q
stone at the madame during her lifetime,
when she was dead eagerly bought up her
plate, and her pictures, her diamonds and
her brocatelle furniture TO be able 10 point
to it and think how much better it was IN
their hands than hers. Years before
then, when the madame was q young
girl, claiming kinship with one OF KEN
tucky's proudest families, she came to
Columbus to live She always said her
ruin had been accomplished By . man
who lived here, and with thestraDge love
that so often burns in q voman's heart,
she would be near the man. Henry
Broderick was q rake, . gambler, and the
outcast of one of the old families here
and was known for years as the madames
''friend" after she had opened her estab-
lishment. A child was born to them IN
the course of time, ten years later. After
that the madame had removed to Cincin-'
natl and become known, and in time be-
came a dazzling. Anonyma, recognized by
eyerv one. And still later, when she had
sickened and was dying. Henry Rrode-
rick went down there and was married to-
her. Some said it was simply in order to-
become her heir and gether money, but
| others. and among them the madame her.
self. believed it was to legitimatize their
child. Well, the madame died. and there
wasn't much left after paying of her dc BITS.
Then Henry died few years later, leav~
ling nothing but an annuity ofS20O year
that he had inherited from DR.. Good
ale. . estate, and the child was lost sight
OF until the other day, and only then ey
his appearance in a court OF law. IL
seems that DR.. Goodale, in making his
will, provides that Henry Broderick
should be paid $500 year during HE.
and that the annuity should, in case Of
his death, go to his heirs, brothers, sis
tiers. or otherwise" were the words, until
) they should become of age. Now this
son, William Henry Broderick, comes ln-
to court and enters suit for the annuity
for the past four years, claiming tbss he
is the legal heir Of Henry Broderick. and
as such, entitled to it. But the thing
doesn't stop here. Ifhe establishes his
claim to the annuity, he establishes It also
to heirship in the Goodale estate. That
estate is worth probably nsiilion and .
half OF dollars to-day. and he viii be en-
titled to share in the one~6fteenth Of It to
which Broderick's mother was eDttled.
He would be entitled to one-fourth OF his
100000 or just s25, OO0 And thas the
! child that was legitmstized on his moth
er's diving bed, to crafty the sordid de-
sires Of his father, is likely to establish
his claim to a handsome little fortune
, thereby.