Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-06-26
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The ErtRHg FIrIutr, of Bridgeport,
Conn, bad the following advertisement the
| othor evening
AtIsS /. s. ", COUSIN-I wIIT ray 10
VI und NOu No longer, II my presence
would he dishstcful shall not force Il ON YOU;
your father aud mother unto with me Ia
wanting you tu return to carry op mrthcr
Instructions about the estate call ~ post.
ontcc Tor u lcttcr which viii toll you.
Sorruwtully, &. ;. 81. q.
The initials &C. :. 81. q" were those
of MIR Charles Schuyler -. Qdiutuu, ui
Now York. Before the war his grand
father, Mr. Charles Schuyler, a wealthy
merchant, resided on Forty sixth street,
near Madison avenue, New York. lie
had two daug ghters, LAURA aud Dora.
Laura fell IN love with George Wellington,
who brought with him letters OF recon
| incubation from families in the best
society III London. MIR. Schuyler, motto
ing how his daughters affections were
| being centcrcd on the handsome foreigner,
wrote to his English acquaintances aud
| learned that the letters OF rcc1mmeudI
tiOn were fOrgerieS lie was about TO
| close his doors 70 tho young adventurcr
when tho latter declared that he had
secretly married Laura a week previous,
and that his father in law had better
make the best of 1t. la arLco the fItEot
settled part Of his estate on his daughter,
| So that she might never suttcr any want,
| aud then ordered tho pair never To come
into his presence again, whcrcupDn they
left the cIty aud disappeared.
| Dora, the other daughter, married u
| young merchant, Mr.. Theodore 81. Qliu
| tOu, who became his father in laws part
ner. Tho author Of the personal, now u
| handsome, dark featured young mau
| about 90 years Of age, Is their only child.
| Last year Mr. Schuyler became Ill and
before his death ho asked to see all his
children again. At this time the Well:nE
tons were living in Bridgeport under an
assumed name. In somo way Mr.. Wei
| liugton had got hold of the property which
| Mr. Schuyler had iutoudGd to settle on his
daughter alOuc, AMI had squlndcrcd it.
Their one daughter, Laura Schuyler Wei
hngtuu, was a maid for family on State
street. These facts wcro known to Mrs.
st. QuintOu and she sent word to
her sister of their dying father :
wishes. The Wclingtous went TO New
| York, too late, however, to see Mr..
Schuyler alive. Ia his will, after making
provisions for the two daughters he be-
queathed the rest of the estate to the two
grandchildren, provided they married raCh
other, otherwise to the one who WAS will .
ing to marry. II both declined to marry
the estate was 10 go to a charitable iIsti
tutiOu. Young Charles was willing u
| marry his pretty cousin, but she positively
refused on grounds both Of COnsauguiuity
and becaUse she felt her mother had been
| wrOnged. She returned to Bridgeport and
continued her work as a maid. The attOr-
ney of tho estate wrote to her several
times informing her that she would Lose a
fortune unless she complied with the
terms of the will. Still she refused, and
the attorney WAS obliged to turn the
whole of the estate to Mr. st. Quiutou.
The thought that his cousin was passlng =
her lIfe IN a menial position worried The
young man, and determined to voluntarily
transfer half the estate TO her lie wrOt,
to her To this effect several times, but re-
ceiyed no answer The mistress Of tht
house where the young girl was at seryic
returned tho letters unopened, stating tha
| sho did not know where her maid hI
gone. Mr.. st. QulntOn iiualiy determines
to come to the city himself. lie stOppe,
at the Sterling house, and after unsucccs5
fully searching for his cousin, as q las
( resort inserted the adyertis ,ment. l. /
, said that Miss Wellington saw tbs per,
sonal and called at the pOstottice for tn
letter mentioned, aud then wrote him
touching letter, thanking him for hi
generosity, Friends who know bOtl
parties now say that it would not bt
strange if old Mr.. Schuyler's wishes would
| be fulfilled and All end we'll