Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-06
A Cruel FATE.
A Noted Young Baltimore Belle
Betrayed and Ruined BY
Her Cousin and Lover.
Her Mother Refuses to Acknowi-
edge Her as a Daughter and
Then Casts Her OF.
The Girls Sad and Lonely Death In
a Charitable Institution Of
the Monumental City.

BALTIMORE, Nh, July 4--0ver newly
made grave in the burying ground attached
TO Bay View Asylum there stands tomb
stone bearing the following inscription :
Annie Collins. aged ls years. Under
this assumed name there died at the asylum
young lady named Ada Aubrey, a mem
Der of II respectable family of this city, and
The niece Of an eN-Mayor of Baltimore
whose life ended in a tragedy Some
months ago an elderly lady, accompanied
by a young girl, called upon one Of the
trustees Of the asylum, and asked that her
compaion be given shelter there The elder
lady said that she was aunt TO the girl, who
was poor and orphaned. The girl was OF
the most beautiful brunette type.
Her story was briefly told to the gentle
mani from whom she sought aid. and it was
but repetition Of the oit.tod tale Of man
'rcachery and wompn's folly Some two
ears ago she met cousin. They were
thrown much together At home and in pub
lie assemJlages, and the young nan, by his
devoted attention, soon showed to all Oh
servers that he was deeply in love with his
beautiful cousin. She rcciprocated his at.
fection, and when he proposed for her hand
she accepted his offer. His financial con.
dition not warranting an immediate mar
riage, the engagement was kept secret but
the lovers still continued devoted, and he
seerped never 10 weary of the society OF his
lair cousin. Matters went on thus for
long time, until the young lady, yielding to
importuLities and beguiled by the promises
Of her be,rothed, was ruined. When
her mother was told Of it she refused to be-
leve that her daughter had fallen so low,
and thinking that her illness was of some
other nature sent her to visit relatives in the
country When her real condition could no
longer be concealed the girl lcft and re-
turned TO her mother, expecting to find
there the shelter and comfort which she
could hope for nowhere else. Her faithless
lover had fed when he learned Of the ruin
his deceit had wrought The mother, think.
ing only Of the disgrace brought upon her
name, refused to receive the girl, Persuaded
by friends Of the family, she at length con.
scnied to use her influence to obtain her
wayward child admission to the asylum al
Bayview, but refused TO acknowledge her as
her daughter Thus the WITH no, one Of Of
Amer felsu6ns and friends to cheer herin her
sorrow. Her beautiful face and winning
"."rn"rs won the hearts Of the attendants
I' hnor 're asylum, ScE and though they did not
everything pos,i5lGmo nor station in life,
path and comfort her. 'rs 10 smooth her
child was born The Young mothcr"eks a
ened and excited by the trouble through
which she had passed became very i'll aud
in few days died. A message was sent to
The mother of the young woman, but she
did not come to her daughters bedside, and
thus amid strangers and her identity wholly
unknown the girl whose future had seemed
so bright with promise Of happiness in time
and the esteem of friends, breathcd her
last. A plain wooden coffin Was sent out TO
The asylum, and the girl placed in it and
.lrivcn of 10 cemetery and buried. No
priest or friend was IN attendance.