The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-09
A SAD RETRTBUTTON.
AN UNFORTUNATE DAUGHTERS FATE.
A Father Traverses Thousands of Miles
After an Erring Daughter Only to
Find Her Dead In Colorado.
Denver News.l


Grande Railway, to Rico and nearly mid
way between these points, are several
strange formations, the most remarkable
of which rises like an immense battlement,
with its towers and bastions perfectly de-
fined against the sky thousands of feet
above the surrounding country. This we'll
known landmark is known as Castle Rock,
and forms portion of some of the grandest
and most romantic scenery to be found in
Colorado. At the foot of the rock which
rises as an immense wall, is level plain
of perhaps mile in width and several in
length, upon which have been located sew
eral ranches. In the east the beautiful
Cascade Mountains raise their ambitious
heads above the valley, to be eclipsed by
the higher Needles beyond, and the Mon
arch Engineer Mountain. The road winds
for quite distance through this beautiful
valley, and located upon it, almost within
the shadow of the monster battlement, is
Castle Rock Station, a place where the
stage formerly stopped for meals and u
change of horses.
Late one afternoon in the summer of
1881, as the sun was sinking behind the
mighty columns of the noble monument,
the stage from the south drove up to the
door with its accustomed hustle and -four
ish, and there alighted woman, young
and beautiful, accompanied by a man
scarcely yet in the prime of life, dark and
handsome, but with an expression sinister
and treacherous to the observer. The pair,
after ordering supper, started for a walk
down the road towards heavy growth of
timber, and Notwithstanding the driver Of
the stage waited for them considerable
time, he was finally compelled to drive off
without them, and although the landlord
watched and searched for them until long
in the night, they did not return, and in
fact were never seen afterward.
About two weeks ago an old white-haired
gentleman rode up to the half hostelry and
half store which has taken the place of the
old station, which however is carried on
by the same proprietor, and dismounting
seated himself upon the bench outside the
door. After number of inquiries Of a
general character as to- the surrounding
country, he said his name was Charles w.
Morgan, Of Chicago, and told sorrowful
story of wiilful daughter, the social pet
of large circle, whose every wish was
gratified before expressed, and whose will
was law to her doting parents. Yet the
serpent entered the happy family and left
the Shiny faint of his presence for all time
The daughter by some means became in
fatuated with an actor whom she had seer
at the play, and one morning herr was
found deserted and she had fled, leaving
no trace save few pitiful words in note
saying: Father, could not help it.
have gone with him. Forgive and forget
me-"
To describe the CONSERVATION of tht
grief-stricken family were beyond tn,
power of words. "I would rather sh,
were dead," moaned the heart broker
father. However, to do something, al
though that something produced no result
was better than to suffer at home the dreat
uncertainty as to his daughters fate, h
made preparations for journey, and fol
!, lowing the clew given by the movement
=. of the company in which the destroyer hat
played, the father started West, and upol
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, there, but learned that the man of whom
! he was in search had left them the weel
/ previous, saying that he was going to Aus
/ tralia. Taking the next steamer, afte
several weeks he landed at Melbourne, an,
J after fruitless search there, visited il
, turn several other prominent cities; he wa
, taken i'll at Sydney, where he lay 70
months in hospital a ravinS maniac
After his case had been given up as hope
less, he one day showed signs Of recovery
and IN a few weeks left the hospital til
A wreck OF his former self, but with the pun
7 pose Oh ascsriaining the fate Of his erin
= daughter burning as brightly within hiT
| as ever Again embarktng, he began til
i return voyage. uponreaching San Fran
a cisco he obtained what lie thought wa
another cleyy. and started Mt once for De,
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u AIter ina oId gentleman had conclude
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l. left the stage at his door two years prev
l ously and had never returned.
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