Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-04-24
THE MACxEY ROMANCE.

fits Ji>t welded the trince ColonnA.
SON twenty odd years ago there dwell,
X Cal form L family of three persons.
father, mother and daught r. The
latter was mere ch III. All We're
young. The father was u phvsci an
tn;ortuaately v he injured h's not very
rAt'n-ve rrac ice by intcmpcran e.
lis h.ib : became 50 dis>ipatcl tha,
hl> pDpi .:e. dcspa ring Of h's refylm -
ton. and also of the pos b.l u If in
t"p 'ndent acton on her own part Ia
e'"ure tho support of herself and ch ID
proposed separation. The man
g ed to it; but he wa, not pat ua.
ke Rip Nan Winklr He Wa, assured
that while he y.d She would never
cease to help him. and tn II WHEN he
n'nded his was their old rciit un>
W uld lie restored. He departed To-
enc himself. ii possible. and iotom
worthy OF the woman who, >ore!v
le.et, undertook the maintenance ol
the family. Encouraged by hs wife
pray letters, and heroic conduct. the
d1c,o- redeem ii himself At le,st he
thought 50. a'd his poor w f. WA
More than / nS To bel cy. ii. He
returned 10 her home and heart.
warmly welcomed back to both. In
lurk II, he had either III >calculatrd his
Will power. or the demon Of indu!-
gcnce was simply asleep ard hI
no means dead within him he
went back to his cups. and very soon
th'' skeleton finger of pover.y Vs. la Il
, pom his dunc>tc AHA r.. The IL.
voted w f.. unwilling 10 I'm irriak an
">per mental >epal alton, and una' TO
remain where she was. drt"rm ned To
tr, wha, change Of scene would do for
tn 5 mis- 'rable man who. naturally kind
t.lelted I aad Wholesome. s,c'n"d 10 e
.n,aucly abandonel To the devil nf
SIT ony Dir nix. just at Ia crisis ru-
III r. hal rrachet Cal fornia o! the
tomSiork lode discovery, and ththrr
many o1 til mining population drftcd.
Across the ; crrds to Virginia "
this tile and mo wretchel fam /,
% rneE"d.
The doctor pulled b m>"l. togctle
for Il while AMI did some bus ness. but
his health WAS gore. and very soon he
died. Widow and orphans wrr, lrf, IN
the very depths of POVERTY. The scu-
rroiiS doctors had cluhbed togtth'r Ia
Jury tn" doctor. They ma,,e II, IL
purs for III ..!lrr and chill from mc
to time, and thus avrd both from ut.
ter drrr,,at on of food. she liter and RAJ
ment. In 'rr wa at that tine, sup r
i..tendent of one of tie mines. sturiy
young lr shman. who. from the loves
IL # th., 1nI t.r huI
push his way to fortune. He wa> ntD
then more thai moderately well of.
and tile dreamed of the Monte Chr 10
cas!<et in store Tor him. lie used 70
carry the weekly ar monthly tipend L.
the widow, and his visits to her be-
c,,ma more and NOR. fre iuclt Atlas
he MARI ell her, ard her days Of fraron
the score of lovrriv We're over. She
o,se ,sed well io-do husband. who
was the master Of h> posses uns. and
rerta' n to make his way n ia wurl 1.
But in the DAYS OF stress tht unhapp,
woman had rrsorlcd 10 the morr.h ne
habit and could not, g. her own riiuit.
reieas. herself from ii. A ,ounr
physician at Nirg n i City. " hn had re-
Gently graduated in Frame. informed
her that if She wouli visit Par, and
put herself implicitly under th.. care IT
his old master there her cure would hr
guarautced. While thu husband re-
manned To uncover. W tn the present
junior Senator from Nevada, tn rich
tst silver deposit lhc world has ever
known, the wife crossed the sea, AMI
submitted TO a rigorous medical eat
ment. 1t was ;; cce>stul after many
months of endurance. MeaUwh lt. the
famous California AMI Con>ol dated
Virginia Mines were prGctratcd bv the
husband, and the world-rrnow ned
bonanza. of which h was principal
owner made h M at least fo " times n
miltiona re. The f.. n Paris. now
pc ftc:ly cured and blooming. at once
rose into prominence and lebrt ty. for
how could the marvel-lovng Parsians
help adoring wOmal whose talents
aud beauty We're ma c.Iel br such fal u
lous wealth so romanticallt discovered.
For years this lady. who is NJ n,hr
than Mrs. John Ma"kcy. has been n
silver queen in tn. most splendid cap
ital of EurOp,. She has we'd in pal
uces. NOblemen AMI men Of genius
have paid court ut her shrn'
Now all Far :, and therefore all sho
universe. is in fcrmrnt over the mar
ria re of Miss Ma; kay and the Pr nee
Colonna. The drf is nupt all, to
Rome. the City of tie Soul and 10
ltal an nobility. 1t is m raculous
bridg ng OF the cha>m that cs b tive.
the m ng gulch of the Nevada Noun.
tains an st. Peters Church. whrr-
stands in supcrnal splendor "thecra,d.
est dome that mo ltal hand has painted
aga n t God = lovel.cst sky" Little d 4
tie widow of tn, wrrtchod doctor of
Virgin City imag ne that she would
fairy roll in wealth. dwell in palaces.
be courted by Church and State lie ia
mil arly associated with the rrouie>t
names of the descendants Of the cru
sa.lors, and finally become the mother
in-luw of Prince Colonna, who.d no.
bility dates back almost to the time OF
Sa.adin. The family name is IL famous
Il, any in history. and the her OK the
COlOnna family has. at twenty-ocvcn
years of age. welded the daughter of
the poor doctor who fell by the way
side in Nevada, and sleeps his last sleep
in tipat stony desert. ConSii-
tuition.