River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-03-22
Mai. Ilomberg's Ghost

From T,-ace welby's Signs Before Death
Early in the American war, Maj.
B!omberg, the father of DR.. BlOmberg,
WIS expected TO iOin his regiment,
which WAS at that time in service on
the island of Dominica. Ills period
of absence had expired, and his
brother officers eagerly anticipating
his return. as vessel after vessel ar
rived from England without conveying
the lOOked-fOr passenger, declared one
ID another, well, a. all events, he
must come in the next" Ills presence
in the island now became indispensa-
BE, and the governor, impatient OF so
.Gu- IN absence, was on the point of
writing "A remOnstTance on the subject
70 the authorities in England, when, as
he was sitting at night in his study
with his secretary, and Temarklng on
5lc conduct of the absentee with no
very favorable or lenient expressions,
"a stem was heard to ascend the stairs,
and walk along the passage without.
who can il be!" exclaimed the gov
ern0r, ''intruding at so late an hour. :"
1t is BlOmberg's step, replied the
secretary. 1.-The very man himself,
said the governor for. rs he spoke.
the door opened, and Maj. BlOmJerg
stood before them. The major advanc-
ell toward the table at which the gen.
tlemea were sitting. and flung himself
into a chair opposite the governor.
ThFre was something hurried IN his
manner, q fOrgetfulnesS OF all the or
binary forms of greeting, and abrupt
is saying. Il must converse with you
alone, he gave a sign for the SCcre-
tary to retreat. The sign was Obeyed.
There was IA air of conscious super
i0rity about the manner of the visitor
that admitted no dispute. ION your
return To England he continued, IS
soon rs the apartment was cleared O.
thr Objectionable witness, Zen your re-
turn 10 England yOU viii 80 to a farm
house, near the village of -, in
Dorsetshire you viii there find two
children they are mine; the offspring
aud the orphans of my secret marriage.
r. a guardian 10 those parentless in
fauts. To love their legitimacy, and
their consequent right To my property,
Won must demand of the woman with
whom they are placed at nurse the red
morocco rlsa which Was committed 10
her charge. Open it.; It contains the
necessary papers. Adieu you viii see
mo no more. Maj. BlOmberg Instant
lv withdrew. The governor OF DomIn-
lea. surprised az the commission, at
the abrupt entrance. and the abrupt
departure. rang the bell to desire some
% his hJusr Mold To follow the major
ant reCuest his return. None had
seen him enter; none had witnessed
his exit. I- was strange 10 was pass
ing strange There soon after arrived
Intelligence that Mai. BlOmberg had
embarked on board a vessel for Do
miuca. which had been dismasted in
"a storm ut sea. and WAS supposed TO
have subsequently, sunk about the time
in which the figure had appeared to
the Governor and lis secretary, as she
was meyer more heard of.
All that Maj. BlOmbeTg had commu-
nica.ed Was carefully stamped in the
memory 81 lis friend. On his return
t. Eug'du ?. which occurred a few
months after the apparitiOn above de-
scribed had been seen by the govern
or. he Immediately FASTENED TO the
village i'm DOrsetshiIe. and TO the
house in which the children were res
ident.
lie found them he asked for the
ease ; it was Immediately surrendered.
The legitimacy aud the claims
Of the orphans of Bl0mbeTg
were established, and they were adj
Initted t. the enjoyment of their rights
without any controversy or dispute.
The tale was related to the late
Queen Charlotte. and SO interested her
that she Immediately adopted the son
Is the object OF her peculiar care and
favor. lie was brought to Windsor,
ana educated with her elder son, af-
terward George ". of whom he was
through life the favOrite. the c0mpan-
ion. and the friend.