Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-17
OUT OF THE GRAVE.
Strange Fortune Of a Philadelphia
Woman.
A IHItF,s DYING REPENTANCE
Makes Three Women Suddenly Wealthy
TheWe'rd Romance Which Beganin
America and Faded ia
Australia.

foreign stamps on the upper riBut nAno
corner. on the marble counter In the offics
Of the Girard House and hurried away,
says to days Times. A clerk tapped .
bell, "For Mrs. Ashbrooke," he said, - he
tossed the letter to a dapper oolored ser.
want who popped up in response to the sill
yer sound. "A letter for you, Mrs. Ash
brooke" said the servant to an elegantly
dressed woman. "A foreign letter" eI
claimed Mrs Ashbrooke. ut seems TO be
from Australia She slowly
Tore the EsvelsPe OPen
and drew out the contents. She curiously
unfolded long and broad sheet OF paper
such as she had never received before. Up
in the left hand corner she red In neat,
precise little letters, Bolton & Bolton, So
licitors, Melbourne, Australia. The paper
began with Q formal Madame, In q
cramped hand, and rs IL went on the writ
ing gres worse and ended In q long scrswl
that the lady took 10 be the Law firms
name again. 1t was all hard to make ont.
but some OF the words were clear enough 10
awaken Mrs. Ashbrooke's intense curiosity.
She remained at IL until she had mastered
il all. Then
Pale and Trembling.
she called her husband and said: 81 have
too, has each Of my two sisur'."
Indeed" exclaimed Mr.. Ashbrooke, .
manufacturer OF wall paper, and for sew
eral years associated with Howell & BouIke.
why are you so psle''
Because seem TO have received IL out
OF the grave
The story that the letter told was q weird
romance. Thirty years or more ago Mrs.
Ashbrooke's father, Henry Deven, was tho
American Consul a, Rio Jsneiro, Brazil.
tie had in his employ as confidential cler
rr agent George W. Andersen, VINO had
teen born in Pennsylvauis, and
Drinsd Ga Mouth America.
Mr.. Deven had been living in Brazil for
II any years, and had acquired . large ss-
tate. Two daughters were born to him
there Before the one who afterwsrd be-
Csme Mrs. Ashbrooke was born his vile
sailed for him and his latest child first saw
the light on shipboard. Mrs. D-ven had
not been At home month when she re-
ceiyed adyices that her husband was dead.
He had been sick for q few days only.
When his Affairs were settled upa large
amount Of money was found 10 be missing.
II could not be traced, nor the amount def.
nitely determined. though it was known
that a few days before his death Mr.. Dsvsn
had great deal Of money in cash on hand.
Legal inquiry was made, but without 70.
suII' Inc esta'e was So'u ou' MI"
Tho Matter Forgotten.
Mrs Ashbrooke heard Of Il In childhood.
but IL left her mind years ago. She heard
| no more OF 1t until the Letter from Aus
IaIla came ne Ie,te' Ieoa''Tt az an
cieateu up Ine 1i,i,
wrote ms, ~ 'hey hsa oseh ,,s So.,,'I n. I,, ~ ~,
WL"nS, Ny y" " ,his vo,, IN a bn,ni,,, a, Mel.
bomrne He had confessed when dying
that h" had emh'H''d w 2Oo entrusted TO
| him hy ophshl IrVen, na.r' ,s, nv i;,.
nen'n nj ,,n ,",." na.,L r.. r.omnJ M IN Au..
| ~ TGse' liz liz r", ,, w. ;,," ,be "oIy di,rins,
h,.o uha ord =, al. . i,,ce for,uno and lost IL
Uo hoJ Nor tb,, become tho owner Of An
r,as,ro -, n"" %" .h.e,, ,.,cb us y,ev rich .y,in
,snidly but lost heavily In speculation.
ltIasi no went inio trade. He
h"se money NOR" "'o"'S Now
but kept what he earned and put by thou
Sahos. y,
hge anu pI'.a''pn s"" w. h. h..I,h
Isrns' no"s,e', nte w -. .I,na.;
iie hs" n tng I.nJ n. re- an
lrehoIess I ~ ~ iI v. ,a Io,o.t .,a,r,, If.
msnk d.;r. sr -, - 'o, an,., hos,,i,sI u, nurss
80 "n ST. 81 Chsy,tv ghs va. an
upon her mission In other lapds. She Ss
the en- mooaihent OF cheetIui mseAnS.
She iaiked freely ana hoPrioly WIN ne
Hh,ie'halrea paueht oi Hio On eE.n su
we beyond he grave. sne .eemJn ,, h'i
the SOLICITORS nfou' 70 oe tne Uniy nn
that be he bad ever known ne Ssonsu
her wander IN ber plsok gvNn ,"n VIZ
bonnet smong the sick oees uii h" Oh
eyes grew weary. lie asked her
wh., Made Her - CheerssI
-,. ,..,. an, ~. nm.
.w.red faith and hope. He added charity.
she swHGsn.d IN him thoughts OF religion:
At his own desire clergyman was called
10 DIS otusioe sIIeI uAs, 1, ~. % ps.n
1ps,1'' tSn,.h 'Sw ne In s.,,ioa oi IN, f.alts
rLe ,nbszzIement OF thirty years ago
lo,lnd lace.
Tn. p,Ies, told him th,t no forgi veness
corid he had for ,r.,h a sin until he hsd
mad. ,e,,i,n,ion 40 isr A. lay in his power.
No matter how old tbe crime. the spiritual
diyer,or ,sid repsr,aiou must be done. II
The man from vboe. the money had been
taken were dead his childssn. u living.
yers, as bis natu rsl heirs entitled 10 tbs
money. The De intent, fuA OF zeal, said
that he would do everything rsquired He
a Dsed sfTpust
- A.. o.o .no,. a.. ,hJ.
o~Sb up CIV" ing s'''""' s"i'"s '"'
drsn OF the m n whom ne hah SLonsea.
S .S.1"Iam.n nIa n, M nsvst .nor.n' RI. re.
onir.d. as A condition president 70 the
rs,m.n, ~ Sc monsy nnd,r the trust.
,nst the I, n Of the restitution be pub.
| li,h.d. 70 Ia, he misht stand confessed be-
toy. the v, ia and bis memory he cleared
! ssfore tn. 40 men. A few days after every