Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-09-10


got the better of his habitnal courtesy, aud
ho had Whitney elected from the house
Myra still urged him to give his consent
and finally he declared that he was not her
father, but If he was he would lock her ur
for the rest of her life. Had Colonel Davis
been prudent man he would not have let
tho secret ont. To let Myra Clark know
that he was an imposter, and ono who had
now no right to exercise any control over
her-a thing she had never before suspect
cd-wns to put an end to nil his plans and
careful concealment of tho true facts of her
history. Why he had porsistently kept the
fnct of Myrn's birth n secret has since been
discovered. In his hands Daniel Clark,
before his death and after he had separated
from his hayward wife, placed 100000,
fearing business troubles. Davis was to
hold it in trust, but he never told his ward
about the money until the secret was wrung
from his lips. 1t is also known that Colonel
Davis so cmphaticnlly objected to tho girl s
marriage with Whitney because he had de-
signed that she should wed one of his sons.
and thus keep the largo sum of money
which was hers by right in his possession.
Having learned from her guardian that he
was not her father, Myra Clark at once dc.
termined to net for herself. Colonel Davis
still insisted on acting the part of guardian,
and refused to permit the marriage to take
place.
The young rJnp. m stenlih aud
planned an e.a.omeH ir ranging for
the runaway a'rh Inog rr- assisted bv
= Miss Williarsu.U ha aiding belle.
n particular friend Qf Myrg aad the dangh.
ter Of Nicholas o.. Ndii1mf1n, about that
time Mayor of the city. The details of the
escapade were quietly fixed up, and MS
quietly put into execution, and before
Colonel Davis knew anything of tho march
which had been stolen upon him tho young
couple were in place of copcenlment
awaiting the arrival Of n minister. Old
citizens still tell with interest how the
doughty Colonel acted when he first learned
of the maynard exploit. He tore around
the house in frantic rage, vowiug vengeance
on Whitney and the girl, and finally order.
ing out the favorite snddle-horsc, dashed
down the winding highwoy into the town
iii hot haste, with a riding.whip in one
hand and n pistol in the other. With the
mid of Mr.. Williamson, whose daughter
was frightened into making a partial con-
fession, Davis finally learned the hiding
place of the fugitives. He hurried at once
to the place. by this time his anger had
cooled somewhat, and he gave reluctant
consent to the marriage on condition that
the two runaways would ut once return to
Delnmoro place. The minister had not
arrived, and NJ yra and her lover went back
to tho house in triumph. The wedding
took place short time afterward and was
tho seven days talk of Wilmington.
In n very little whilo the couple left
Delamore Place forever, and Mrs. Whitney
commenced her long battle in the courts
not for the 100000 held by Colonel Davis,
but for the property in New Orleans,
already worth countless millions, and with
the result of her work the world is nc.
qnainted. 1t is not little singular that
Mt the death of Colonel Davis his heirs.nt-
law came nearly being defrauded out of
their property in n way similar to that
adopted by those who sought to secure
Daniel Clark's immense estate, among
whom was Davis himself. In the Clark
case, Mr.. Clark's business partner burned
the true will, which left the property to
Mrs. Gaines, his only child, then unknown,
filed bogus document making himself
executor, and disposed of the land to his
own advantage. In tho case of Colonel
Davis, William Hoxcy Rogers, after Davis
death, produced will leaving the execu-
ton of the vast estate in his hands and not
holding him in any sense responsible. The
will was tested in the courts and broken,
and tEe cnse was tho most famous of the
kind ever tried in Delaware.-N y. Tines.