The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-20
AFTER FORTY YEARS.
The Marvellous story of an AdSer'
t,scrnent, sisters Meeting Each 9th
or for thc Time OF Middle Age.
From the Baltimore Times

From the Baltimore Times.
Everybody knows that it was Charles
Dickens, reporter, who made Charles
Dickens, novelist, and that when he
wrote his wonderful sketches of London
"characters,' he WAS for the most part
simply breathing the breath Of life into
the creatures Of his own experience. But
even the father of the "Arttul DOdger'
probably never me: moe striking i'll
ustration Of the noveli.t : fnvorite maxim
that truth is stranger than ictior than
the Tones man, uyes,erday, when he
heard the story Of this advertisement
from the personal columns of the Ledder:
II the lady who left female child to
board with "A family by the name of Ross,
living on Second street. below Carpenter,
and taken from there 10 "A family by the
name OF Snyder, in the year 1885, VIII call
or address 1905 Sorth Fifth street, they viii
hear something TO their advantage.
The reporter found the advertiser an
atiabIe lady of middle age, and when he
injured the meaning Ot So singular an
advertisement she responded with cour-
teous alacricy: Forty years ago a lady
calling herself Mrs hlberger left fe-
male child with Mrs. Ross, woman
keeping boarding house on Second
street. in this city. The child, which she
called Susan. she represented to be the
offspring of secret marriage that she
dared not acknowledge for fear Of incur
ring the wrath Of her parents. who were
aristOcratic and wealthy. Mrs. Alberger
also stated that the child had originally
been left with a Mr.. Snyder, who kept
boarding house in the neighbOrhood,
but had been removed On account Of Ill
treatment. Mr. Ross accepted the charge
and the child's board was sent round reg
ularly until she wa n well grown girl If
eighteen. when il suddenly ceased. The
girl having developed into n woman Va.
naturally anxious 10 learn something
more about herself and her sntecedents
than Whist Mrs. Snyder could tell her,
and hunted up Mr.. R"-s. This woman
evidently knew more than she wAs wilt
ing tn divulge she gave coDtranIctnry
answers 10 Susan's questions, ststlng that
one time that she had been born while
her mother Wa boarding there and af-
terysri. she had been left there when y
few weeks old. The only further infor.
nation she would give wss that Su'an's
father had died shortly after Der birth,
that her mother hsd remarked, hsd been
deserted by her second hu.brnd, who went
of u California, hsd given birth % as on,
and had subsequently, died Ia extreme
poverty. and that Susan had Il sIster
Hannah who had been left in the sane
mysterious manner a. another boarding
house in the city, but where sbe Souldn
or couldn't tell. Mrs Albergers maiden
name. and her name By her second mar
rage Mr.. Rozs did not know. With
this information Miss AIberger ve
forced 70 remain eontented, and Mrs.
R1.s dying soon after. the secret, what
ever il Wa, probably died With her. For
4 long while, Susan having married N
the meanwhile snd removed 20 Syracuse,
New York. gave up all hopes Of learning
ANYTHING further abJut her origin. A
few days ago however her husband hAS-
Ing removed 10 PhilsdelphiA, abe deter
m sed 70 make last effort and acver-
tised in morning paper. To ihi' e"arse
she was indsced 70 . curious dream
which she ksd twice, Of . gentlemen in
ane clothes. who came up to- be- 10 the
street and asked her il her nauae vas no!
AIberge-, and IL her parents were not a.
known 70 bert Both timesSheavokeim-
nediaiely after answering As resui;
Of the advertising she heard from her ais
Ter Hannah. sbo MAS married snd living
in Germantown. But, instead Of throw
ing any light upon the subject H.nnshs
story only shroudst il in additional my'-