Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-12-08
AsHTABULA, OHIO, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1876

euucdleu, ana lnIruSted them Tor that pur-
pose to friend who was returning to En-
gland. They went by the way Of Rome
1t happened that the mother and sister of
the Doctor had some time before that come
| to Rome for the sake of health. and had
there warmly embraced the Roman Catho-
lie faith. OF course the three children
were taken to see their grandmother and
aunt, and the latter, concerned for their
eternal welfare, diverted them from their
| Journey. and immured the boys in a mon
astery and the girl in a convent. The faith
er, when he heard of this abduction, ex-
pressed Indignation, but having at that
time only such religious faith as may be
| floating in the Oriental air and common to
| all, he made nU vigorous effort to recover
| his children. Indeed he consoled himself,
/ in the fashion of the country. by marrying
again; this time a Greek lady, who died,
| leaving two boys. The Doctor was success
| full in transporting the offspring of his Sc
| cOnd marriage to Scotland, where they were
| educated; and they returned to do him
| hOnor-one of them as the eloquent and de-
voted pastor of Protestant church in
| Pera, and the other as physician in the
| employment of the government.
After the death of his second wife the
| Doctor can but tell the story as heard
| it-became a changed man, and-married
again; this time Swiss lady, of lovely
Christian character. In his changed con-
| dition he began to feel anxious to recover
his children from the grasp Of Rome. He
wrote for information, but his sister refused
TO tell where they were, and his search
| could discover no trace OF them. At length
the father obtained leave of absence from
the seraglio, and armed with an autograph
I.gA L. Il A. h.
went to Rome. The Pope gave him an or
der for the restoration of his children. He
proceeded first to the convent to see his
daughter. In place of the little girl whom
he had years ago parted with, he found
young lady of extraordinary beauty, de-
voted Romanist. At first she refused to go
with him, and it was only upon his promise
to allow her perfect liberty of conscience,
and never to interfere with any of the OBJ
servances of her church, that she consented.
Not daring to lose sight of her, he waited
for her to pack her trunk, and then, put
ting her into a carriage, drove to the mon
aStery, where he heard, after many lnquI-
ries, that his boys were confined. The
monk who admitted him denied that they
were there, and endeavored to lock him in
10 the waiting-rOOm while he went to call
the Superior. But the Doctor anticipated
his movements, and as soon as the monk
was out of sight started TO explore the
house. By good luck the first door he
opened led into chamber where a sick boy
was living in bed. The Doctor believed
that he recognized one of his sons; few
questions satisfied him that he was right.
Il am your father" he said to the aston
ished lad, ''run quickly and call your
brother and come with me-" MOnastic dis
cipline had not so many attractions for the
boys as convent life for the girls, and the
child ran with alacrity and brought his
brother, Just as the abbot and score OF
monks appeared upon the scene.' As the
celerity of the Doctor lad given no oppOr-
tunity to conceal the boys, opposition to
the orderOf the Pope was useless, and the
father FASTENED to the gate where he had
left the carriage. Meantime the aunt had
heard of the rescue, and followed the girl
from the convent; she implOred her, by
tears and prayers, to reverse her decision.
The Doctor cut short the scene by showing
his sons into the carriage and rapidly driv-
ing away. Nor did he trust them long in
Rome.
The subsequent career of the boys is net
dwelt on with pleasure. One of them en-
listed in the Turkish army, married Turk
and ran away to England. His wife was
taken into a Pasha's family, who offered to
adopt her only child, boy of four years;
but the mother preferred to bring him to
his grandfather None Of the family had
seen her. but she established her identity,
and begged that her child might be adopt
ed by a good man, which she knew his
grandfather to be, and receive Christian
training. The Doctor therefore, adopted
the grandchild, which had come to him in
such strange way, and the mother short
ly after died.
The daughter, whose acquired accom-
plishments matched her inherited beauty,
married, in time, Venetian Count of
wealth; and the idler in Venice may seeon
the Grand Canal. among those moldy edi-
fees that could reveal so many romances,
their sumptuous palace, and learn, if he
cares to learn, that it is the home of fam
lily happy in the enjoyment of most felicit-
Gus fortune. In the gossip with which the
best Italian society sometimes amuseS it
self, he might hear that the Countess was
the daughter of slave of the Sultan's ha-
rem. have given, however, a true YER
sion of the romantic story; but am ignor-
ant of the social condition, or the race of
the mother of the heroine of so many ad-
ventures. She may have been born in the
Caucasus.