Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-11-12

kneecap almost crushed, and many crue
| bruises. She was carried home, and, be i
SAID to Mr. Barnum's credit, was not allowed
to want for any thing. Her new friend called
frequently to leave fruit and flowers for her
and at last, when she was pronounced con
valescent, was admitted to her presence
Then she told her story, simple, short and
sorrowful.
Born and brought up in little town not
hundred miles from Albany. and nv
! parents who, though not wealthy. were in
comfortable circumstances, and the owners
OF small hotel, she had led happy life,
until she reached seventeen, at which ace
| she enjoyed all the dignity Of leading the
village choir and driving her own span of
ponies. About that time the salesman of
a we'll Known firm in st. Louis stoned at
her fathers house. fell i,r love with her.
proposed marriage. ana was accepted: she
thinking it very fine thing t. have lover
from large city.
Shortly afterward they were welded and
went to st. Louis to live. her husband
taking her to his sisters home. His sister
was spinster of uncertain age and temper.
but having large interest in the firm
which her brother represented, carried
things with a high hand, and completely
ruled him. When the young wife was in.
troduced she was first found fault with
because she was young, then because she
was pretty; her manners, clothes and ac.
qualniances were all criticised and con.
demned; the husband, not having courage
enough to uphold his wife, sided with his
sister
10 Louise, petted and only daughter.
inns treatment was maddening. She re,
sented 1t, and matters went from bad to
worse. Finally, without taking even q
change OF clothes with her, she ran away
IN TIT OF desperation, and went to Phila.
delphia where she joined the hippodrome
as related.
The young lawyer listened to the story
with painful interest, deciding on only one
thlng, that She must not renew her circus
He At first she insisted on reioininc the
company when she was well enough. but
hnally yielded to his ugges;ion-study for
the stage, as she had considerable dramatic
talent. This she did with Miss Fanny
Morant, who asks 5000 a term for two
terms, and with such success that She falt
warranted IN making her appearance at
NC ' lcNers last season in the Two Orphans.
ana under the name of Miss Meroe
Charles.
- 10 HeeuleSS 10 say that the young
lewyer paid the expenses of her dramatic
training and furnished her outfit. but if is
needtul to add that all his efforts for her
were made with disinterestedness "a rare
as 1t Is beautiful in generosity of man
toward woman, especially toward the woman
who is loved. Her confidence in bis honor
he held sacred by unfolding hers. and SO
1t happened that. aftcrward, while on
tour with Edwin Booth, who took
a kindly interest in her, they played in st.
Louis, and among the audience was her
husband who at once recognized her.
The next day she received a lone lettar
from him expressing sincere repentance for
the past acknowledging his lack of cour.
age, and adding that his sister was now
dead, and that if She would return ha
would devote the remainder of his life to
making her happy.
ms letter she sent to the man who had
SO generously befriended her. with note
saying to him she owed him everything. and
promising to follow his decision.
realizing that the offer means for her
honor' comfort and peace, he answered in
one word. " Return which she did, and is
now settled in her own home in St. Louis,