Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-10

ing him as she would her destiny, the
danseuse sailed for Europe, and her
lover, who was in London, awaited the
arrival of the steamer that should bear
to him his promised wife. Unable to
reach the steamer at sea, except by
bribing the pilot, the impatient lover
adopted this means of meeting her, and
paying the pilot $1GO for the privilege,
he cruised off the coast in the pilot
boat, and, far out of the harbor of
Queenstown, boarded the vessel and
met her, i'll as he was, worn out and
anxious, and, as Bonfanti expresses it,
"pale as a ghost, but happy sld glad
to meet me-"
Proceeding to Paris, they we're mar
ried according to the Roman Catholic
ceremeny, on August 20, and returned
to England, where Bonfanti fulfilled
professional engagements in Manches
ter and other places, until lowing to
Georges illness and his lack of funds;
they at one time lived in poor apart
ments in London) she became i'll and
they proceeded to Como, Switzerland,
where, on JULY IA, 1873, their child
was. born-the child which is now in the
care of Mrs. Hoffman's (BonfantD Sis
ter.
During this time, knowing thatyoung
George was in Europe, and knowing
nothing of his whereabouts, his brother,
who had busi6es in England, sought
him out, Tearing his address through
Georges friend, Nh. Puleson, of the firm
of McCulloch & Co., bankers.
il -
rapidly. He was of good address, we'll
educated, and accustomed to moving in
the higher circles of society. He became
an Intimate with Mr.. Puleson. who gave
him material assistance whenever re-
CURED; visited Mr.. Puleson's house,
and yet, with all the confidence between
them, the fact of his marriage with
Bonfanti was carefully consealed.
AS may be judged from the letter to
Mr.. Puleson, already published in the
Herald in the report of the case in
Brooklyn, where there was no acknowl-
ment of his actual situation, and the
money obtained for the alleged pur-
pose Of assisting him to break off con-
nections with a person not named, was,
in reality used for the support of him
self and his wife, who was living, with
her child, far away from London.
AGAIN IN NEW YORK.
After making an arrangement to re-
turn home, which he did, in company
with his brother, Mr.. Puleson parted
with his friend with the understanding
that he was welcome to the loan made
him, could have more, if needed, and
hn nd cfar hot lo1,
edness should be repaid only at such
time as he could do SO, and that the
draft given in acknowledgment should
be held until that time came, the wan
derer returned to New York, and it was
not until some time after that Mrs. Hoff
man again crossed the sea and joined
her husband in this city, leaving her
chile In care of her sister.
CoNcEALING THE MARRIAGE.
Devotedly attached to her husband,
and willing to sacrifice anything for her
love, the young wife and mother fol-
lowed her profession, Mr.. Hoffman re-
siding with her when in New York, and
attending her regularly to the theater,
still leading his family to believe that
the acquaintance was simply one of the
ordinary attachments common enough
as the world goes, aud yet binding his
wife to secrecy until such time as he
was willing to acknowledge the mar
age, and present to his parents the wo-
man who had made his hayward life
happy-to whom he could always cling
as guardian Of his peace and comfort.
The fault of concealment was not
censurable in every way, for, as a pet
ted son, he feared displeasure, and
when at last stricken with sickness, and
worn out with anxiety, he was sent to
his fathers country seat at Hyde Park,
his wife, fulfilling professional engage
ments at Troy and Albany, was only 3
casual visitor to her husbands home
upon the Hudson.
THE SAD STORY OF DEATH.
Strange and eventful as his life had
been, George J. Hoffman, broken in
spirit, and with the lingering disease
gnawing at his life, was suddenly
stricken with paralysis, and on January
20, of the current year, he died, at
Hyde Park, alone, except attended by
the servants, and before any of his
family could reach him.
The story of his marriage had been
already told by him to those at the
village hotel, where ne had at times re-
sided while his fathers house had been
closed, and the young wife reached her
husbands bedside but few moments
after his death, and but few moments
before his mother reached the death
bed of her son.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND LOVE.
The scene between the widow and
the mother was one over which careless
eyes may well draw the veil of sanctity.
Mrs. Hoffman, sending for the mourner,
by her sons corpse, asked the simple
question:
"Are you Georges wife ?" The re-
ply came simply, in another question:
care you Georges mother? ?" and
when the answer was given, trembling,
and with head bowed in sorrow, with
mothers tears the new-found daughter
was acknowledged, and the end of the
romance was begun.
The heart history of the dead son
came slowly In the mOther's heart and