Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-27
uoppy Ending Of a Stage Romance.

poadcrs of the Democrat and Chroys.
:. will readily recall the appearance IN
t:s city during the season of 1880 If a
~ s,ntiflll young actress named Nard
IN-mayne. She was the daughter of Ion
nsn1licaris, q very wealthy Greek painter.
l,ho lived in New York during the sum.
s snr and upon his extensive African
l yates during the winter. Miss Perd;.
so,is. who vas reared in luxury. he.
came, like a great many other foolish
.,nane ladies, infatuated with the STAGE.
tsr father, always devoted to her
- .hes, reluctantly yielded to her infat-.
,'.,;on for the footlights, and placed her
on tbe road at the head of q combina.
.;on of her own. She had a play written
10. her, and q competent manager took
rIarge of the company. he being insured
%ssainst all losses by Miss Perdicaris'
father. The company was out but a
short time when it reached Rochester.
omning q three-nights' engagement at
Hthe Corinthian Academy. Among the
company engaged to support Miss Per-
d;caris, or rather Miss Almayne. her
s,ace name, was a handsome youno
actor, named Nelson Decker. 1t appears
hat soon after the company started
upon its tour, Miss Almayne and Mr..
Decker formed an attachment for each
other, but so circumspect were they in
their courtship that not even the mem
bcrs Of the company knew anything of
the work in which Cupid was engaged,
When the company reached Rochester,
the two one evening quietly and secretly
took a carriage and, driving to the resi-
dencc of a Methodist parson, were mar
rjed. The subsequent announcement
Of The marriage was the first the mana-
GER Of the company knew of the affection
ofthe two for each other, and the we'd
ding created a genuine sensation in
theatrical and social circles. The man
ager t%elegraphed Mr.. Perdicaris in New
York, and the indignation and rage of
this gentleman is said to have been
something wonderful in its intensity.
He at once renowned his daughter for
ever, and in the language of the Medcs
and Persians, ''cut her off with nary q
shillin'." The company disbanded here,
and Mr.. Decker formed engagements
elsewhere. Friends of Mrs. Decker at
tempted to bring about a reconciliation
between the father and daughter, but
the Greeks heart was hard and would
not soften.
Time brings many changes, many
sorrows, many joys and many blessings.
1t brought into the Decker HOUSEHOLD a
blessing. A son and heir came, and Ion
Perdicaris was q grandfather. The child
grew. A few months ago circumstances
threw the mother and her boy in the
presence of the father who had disowned
his daughter. The presence of the child
did what the pleadings and arguments
of others had failed to accomplish. It
softened the heart of the Greek artist,
and he took his daughter and her boy to
his bosom and into his affections Ev-
erything is now serene in the Perdicaris
and Decker families. The wife is So
iourning in Europe, and the husband is
pursuing his proiess'o on in this country,
being at the present time leading man
OF the company that is playing in this
city at the same theater where his court
ship terminated. There is no place
where there are so many romantic cpl
sodes as in the theatrical profession, and
this is mi of the episodes that have had
a sequel, and a happy sequel at that
Rochester IN. " Democrat.