The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30
A REMARKABLE CASE.


New York City is at this time excited by
very strange case, and one that brings sad
trouble to a well known wealthy family
The father is well known on Wall street, and
is a fine, portIy-loolzing man. The mother,
an elegant, refined woman, has not lost all
traces Of the beauty that made her belle
thirty years ago, but can still boast pair Of
handsome black eyes, dark wavy hair almost
untouched by silver, and a stately figure
The daughter, Juliet, seems to have inner
tied her lovelinesS for while no actual resent
blance in features exists, the same great black
eyes the ripping tresSes and fine figure are
noticed.
About a year ago, she was welded to one
Of the leading young men of Brooklyn, and
the match was universally pronounced an adj
mirable one. The marriage came off with
great ecIat. Then came the farewell, the tour
to Europe, and finally the return to the beau
tifully-appointed home in Brooklyn, where
surrounded by all that taste and wealth can
command, the young couple began life in
earnest. The first and supremely happy year
of their married life had almost passed away
when on one bright day there was ushered
into the world a tiny stranger.
The pride Of young father was forgotten
for a time in the anxious husband. but when
a feeble vail reminded him Of his new rela-
tionship, he delightedly asked to see his child
The family physician, notwithstanding the
fact that his patient was doing favorably,
looked unusually grave, and replied that the
little one was better left undisturbed for a
few days, and must especially be kept from
a bright light, as its eyes seemed delicate 50
peep at the little one as it lay shTOuded in
flannel in a very dark room was all that the
father gained and when the impatient young
mother begged that the curtains be withdrawn
that she might see her baby, the same admo-
milton was given, the doctor also insisting that
it would be best for the child to have foster
mother.
But one person beside the discreet nurse
and physician had seen the child-that was
Juliet's mother-and when she gazed upon it
her face turned white and cold as marble, for
she saw an infant with dark skin, thick full
lips, and a head covered with genuine wool
In short, Child with unmistakable African
blood i'm its veins.
Dumb with horror, the lady left the house
with the physician, and when they reached
her own she implored him to explain this phe-
nomenon. Madame, - said the doctor, stern
ly, there is no phenomenon but two ex-
plantations, either of which may fit this case
The first is too painful and horrible to men-
ton; the second Is that your daughters OF
/ your own blood Is of mixed purity, and that
in this unfortunate child the characteristics
/ of the race of its grandfather or grandmother
are repeatcd-a fact that medical lore proves
no uncommon thing either in mental, moral
I or physical attributes"
The lady wrmg her hands in despair, ex-
claiming: Il will tell You all, for something
must be done, and do not know which way
to turn. Listen About sixteen years ago
my husband and were travelling through the
South on an extended tour for my health.
/ During my brief stay in Atlanta / noticed a
remarkably pretty mulattO woman, who wait
ed on me at the hotel Sho looked very i'll,
and, in fact was in quick consumption, which
being the disease that threatened me, reused
my sympathies. gave her some medicines
and little comforts, but the poor thing seemed
almost distracted at the thought of dying and
leaving her child, little girl Of two years
which she brought to show me- Its father
was evidently a white man, and the child bore
no traces of negro blood, but was as fair and
lovely as any / have ever seen among our
selves. Sorry for both, l promised the mothe
to take her child North with me bring it nj
well and have her taught to support herself
Matters were arranged with little difficulty
and on our return to New York we took tn
child with Us. On account of her great darl
eyes called her Juliet As she grew oldel
her beauty, her lOvablc character and her af
fection for Us won upon my heart Graduall,
/ the preiudiceS of race faded away, and a
last, as Heaven had denied me any children
of my own, we concluded to bring her up a
t our child No one, from her appearance
would have suspected her descent, whic
ceased TO trouble me until the time of her en-
gagement. The young people were so deep
C. ly in love with each other and so happy tina
D had not the courage to tell the truth whic
r never dreamed could be found out Now
: see my terrible mistake What shall do .
7 Tell the husband all was the physician
5 advice, ''and let him decide whether or II,
e his wife shall learn the reason of this misfo
n tune or be led to look upon it as an afliictio
: that might have taken the shape Of any 9th,
t dcformity."
The lady acted upon the advice, and a III
ter scene followed between herself and h,
i SOn-in-law. who was almost beside hinisc
+. with rage and grief.
N The unfortunate young wife has not y,
r, been told the whole truth, the child hayiT
Is been taken into the country, where it Is cart
4 for by kind, respectable people, and as yet !
a. other steps have been taken, though it is III
h. derstood that the lawyers advise a separatio
a so the end of the cruel story cannot be told
present.
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