The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-10-25

remainder about as near the truth az is
usual in such cases The houses of Rey-
nolds and Horton were in a flutter and
were closed to all outsiders. The case
had Just been decided, and the facts are
substantially as follows: During the
early part Of May last the quadroon wo-
man, Lucy Shepherd, heretofore referred
to, was taken quite i'll, and when it be-
came apparent that she could not live
but few days, she secretly requested
DR. Blackman the physician attending
her, to inform Mark Horton that she had
something of importance to communicate
to him, and desired him to call and see
her at, once. u Mr.. fHertony in gspohse to
this request, called about an hour after
the request was made. The woman be-
gan by telling him that she had Kept
secret locked in her breast for years, and
now that, she was going to die she could
no longer remain silent. She did not
wish to go to her grave as the partner in
great fraud. She then informed Mr..
Horton that his wife Jessie was her
daughter, that she was the illegitimate
child of Reynolds, and that the secret
which had so long been kept was the
cause of the death of Mr. Reynolds's
wife, who grieved herself into an early
grave on account of the fraud which
Reynolds was practising in palhing off
Jessie as his legitimate daughter. The
woman informed Mr.. Horton that Jessie
knew nothing OF these facts; that she was
perfectly innocent and believed herself
the legitimate daughter Of Reynolds.
She stated that Jessis was born in Will
mington, c., after Reynolds had mar
ried, and he notified his wife that she
must adopt the child as her own andrear
it as SUCH, He threatened both his wife
and the mother of the child with death
should they divulge the facts Mrs.
Reynolds died broken-hearted after years
of-grief and shame. '' ''' ''.i' y
Mark Horton, after hearing the story
of the quadroon woman, at once went to
Reynolds, and confronted him with the
facts The latter did not deny the state
ment of the woman, but told Horton that
he had better remain silent, as an expos
ure would bring shame on both families.
! But Horton belonged toan old-fashioned,
! 'high-bred family, and pride was the
most striking characteristic. He notified
Reynolds that he would send Jessie back
to him, with their child, and that he
would at once apply for divorce. He
then went back to his home callediJesI
sic into private apartment, and there
told her the story of The, qnadroon woman,
who was then dying as he repeated the
words she had spoken to him. HseJd ne
The wife was struck with terror and
could not utter word. She acted for a
while as if. bereft of her senses When
she became composed she found herself
and child in her fathers house, She at
once became an object of pity and SYM
p. pathy. She will see no one, and passes
her time locked in her room with her
This exposure broke up the Horton
family, the old man selling out and re-
turning to North Carolina, and Mark
having left few days since for Cali
fornia-after the court had declared the
marriage void because of fraud. Rey-
nods is endeavoring to dispose of his
property, intending also to, leave the
lcQunt-y. He is blamed by everybody
for the misery he has brought upon his
,I4unhappy daughter and the Horizons He
attempted to induce his daughter II to
contest the divorce suit, but she was not
{ in a'condition to appear in court. The
case brought together the largest crowd
ever gathered in Walker county. bge sai