Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-06
FROM TEE SNOW RANGE.
Interesting Sequel to ssMinnie
Belle,

ROCKY MOUNTAINS, Col, Aug. -, 'S3.
Ed. RcgaSter-When ! was here in
the mountains q few years ago and
had my sad experience in the tragic
death of the beautiful and angelic
minnie Belle" (Miunie Belle DeLan-
cyl, I WAS too much depressed In
spirit to again visit the mountain
precipice where the bright, the beauti-
ful, the fragile little queen vanished
"over the range" into the spirit land.
l did not think that I ever should. I
then went elsewhere into the noun
tains, striving 10 shut out the event
from my memory, but only to see her
bright spirit in every floating golden
tinted cloudlet; only to hear her vesper-
chanting in the music of the aspen and
the signing of the mountain pines as I
sat beneath their shades.
Your readers may remember that
"Minnie' was the last of her name.
she, motherless from infancy, the COM
panion of her gifted father, the idol of
his heart, the bright hope of his de-
clining years; she dead; she so tragic
ally, so sadly taken off; she taken back
and buried under the shades of Con-
cord The broken, stricken, utterly
crushed father sailed for Europe.
Since he wrote me from Switzerland,
more than year ago, from whence
he was going 10 Nenlce). 7 had heard
nothing. ! greatly longed to hear
from him, for ne had promised me
painting or miniature OF minnie"
when be could get one just suited to
his wishes. But il did not come, and
! wondered why.
But the sequel-and here it is-ex-
plains it all 'Tis but another chapter
in the sad romance of real life.
Several days ago when passing the
telegraph Office at Boulder, the opera
tor called me in; said that O message
had just passed over the line for me
from the Mountains, to Denver. I re-
quested him to tell the Denver opera
tor that | was here, and ask him to |
repeat it back TO Boulder. In q min |
ute the message was handed to me, as |
follows:
u notice, by paper, your arrival in Denver. |
Can you come up here TO the Park-James' |
Ranch: Very special.
CHARLES FRANCIS WAGNER"
read ii over and over again. Had |
/ ever known Charles Francis Wagner? |
l could not recall. Was sure l never |
had. So / answered:
"No; unless you write and explain, and It |
be necessarv.n
Two days later, received from him |
q letter in these words:
JAMES RANCH, NEAR LONGS PEAK,1
August oath. ! |
Ny Dear Judge EnaerS0n,-Y will recoc-
nlze me as total stranger to you. The |
that what I have to Iay before |
you Will he Of the Grayest interest to you, is !
my apology for addressing you and soliciting
.'c-.- presence.
On the 25th Of last March wrote YOU from
Venice, Italy, informing YOU Of the death, on
the previous day, Of Dr. Del lncey, father of
" Minnie Belle" whom ii Is your happy
fortune, but sad lot, 10 irnmi4'talize in song
In II was gem miniature 0. Minnie" 1t
and my letter were sent I,ylr Suant to direc-
lon OF the Doctor just before MS death He
was little confused in his directions, and it
would be very regretful if it did not reach
'ou- was his only companion during his
asI days. He wasted away and died Of q
'roken heart. 1t was black dispair, grief
heart cru shed, desolate
ND wild. Hope had ali de, arted. Every I
un-rav had vanished from hi noble heart
lie thought Of you, and longe,I to meet YOU
gain. But the hope and :e;rnings Of his
earf were that he would meet MS lost ''Min-
ie" IN the bright beyond, whc he pictured
er seraph, waiting for hi i, beckoning
i'm 70 come To her. Fc- d.ys before he
led, his grief knew no boul DIS. 1t was
orrow intensified by I'll acopy,,f soul, which
o"id 3nty express Itself IL -at ans ana sobs
nd tears, unGil his whole frame would shake
ID MS breast would heave an swell with
melton. and his tears literally, flooded his
ouch The Wiidness Of his disconsolate
Minnie. Oh, my Minnie! NY
,s.- NY beautiful Minnie! Sht beckons me
0 come to her" He had me ,lraw him to
ae window and open it just bet ore he died;
nj there. SaZiu- up into the cIoudless We