The Dawson journal., 1885-06-04

"eaIthy gentleman, Mr. A. =
his daughters name being Eliza
lie had been at great expense ii
her education, she being the only
object Of his care, his wife dying
when she was quite young. A
short time before his death-he
made will by which his brother
was to have possession of all his
property until his daughter was
married, when it was to be given
up to her husband, but if she dice
without marrying, the property
was to go to her uncle and his
family After the death of Mr.
A. his brother removed into his
house and Eliza boarded in his
family. She soon discovered that
her uncle did not intend she should
ever.marry. He shut her up in
one OF the centre rooms in the
third story and refused her asso-
ciates by telling them when they
called that she had gone on a
Journey. The unfortunate girl
was thus shut out from the world
for three years. Her scanty
breakfast happened to be carried
to her one morning by her old
servant, Juan. Seeing the face Of
her old friend and servant, Eliza
burst. into tears. Juan we'll uL-
derstood the meaning,
"Hush, Eliza! Some of your
old servants have long been plan
ming means for your escape"
"What?" exclaimed Eliza, "is it
possible that l am to be delivered
from this vile place?"
1t is unnecessary to detail all
the minuita of the escape. Suf-
flee it to say that on the morning
Of the fourth day after the inter
view she made her escape. This
was about daylight. She immedi-
ately bent her steps to the wharf
where the Boston vessel lay.
The amazement of Tudor and
transport of his wife at the sud-
den change of fortune may posi-
bly, be conceived but cannot be ex-
pressed.
One pleasant morning some
days after the marriage the crew
of the Boston vessels attention
was drawn to a splendid carriage
approaching the wharf. The dri-
yer let down the steps and a gen
tleman and lady elegantly dressed
alighted. The gentleman asked
the captain what port he was
from, and many other questions
all the time avoiding his scrutiny;
at last, turning to the captain and
calling him by name, he said:
Captain, before leaving your YES
sci, permit me to make you ac-
quainted with Mrs. Tudor" The
captain and those about him had
not recognized him to be their old
friend and shipmate, Tudor, whom
they supposed some fatal accident
had befallen. You may Judge of
the congratulations that followed.
The captain regretted the harsh
Judgment he had at first passed
upon the young lady, but unlike
the mate, being a married man he
was spared the added mortifica-
ton of the latter that he had
spurnod even to consider 50 fortu-
nate offer Of marriage.
This remarkable marriage, the
bride being snatched from prison
walls, as it were, and the groom
called from the hard and humble
lot of a common sailor, both
brought suddenly and unexpected
ly to positions Of freedom and at
fuence has hardly a parallel in all
history. The union thus formed
proved to be a very happy one.
The large fortune that then fell
under the active management of
Frederick Tudor was wisely han
died and largely incressed. In
due time Mr.. and Mrs. Tudor
transferred their residence to Bos-
ton.
With shrewd foresight, Mr.. Tu-
dor entered largely into the ice
business, being the first person to
make shipments of les by sea.
His frstventure was made in 1905,
when he sailed himself with a car
90 Of 1870 tons, in his own brig to
Martinique, West indies. In
1915 Mr.. Tudor obtained the mo-