St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-22
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ROMANCE OF A RICH
Deprived of His Property by Woman
Wifh q Business Turn.


Deprived of His Property by q Woman
Filth a Business Turn.
An interesting little romance, says a Lew
istown Penn. j telegram to the Philadelphia
Times, was developed yesterday in the Mitfiip
County Court of Equity. DR.. Worrall, prom
inent physician of this county, resided here a
few years ago With his young son Clarence,
an only child, and Mamie Bailie, sort of
adopted daughter and housekeeper educated
| in the family. At his fathers death, in 1877,
Young Clarence Worrall inherited the bulk
of the family property, consisting of real es-
! tate in Lewistown and Philadelphia worth
S50, 900, and Mamie Bailie received $4,000
as a reward for faithful service. Clarence
| Worrall was at this time dreamy, pOetical
youth of Is, with a striking genius for
painting. However, he was in extremely
precarious health BY reason of disease of
the heart and slight touch of insanity, in
herited, it is said, from his mothers side of
the family He was, indeed, sort of by
| pochondriac; he lived in morbid fear of
death, excluded himself entirely from society,
| and was not known to have been half block
distant from home for twelve years back.
He was wholly Ignorant of business matters,
and was quite devoid of aim or ambition.
Shortly after he had attained his majority,
in 1879, he was taken dangerously ill, and
was thus rendered still more apprehensive of
early death. Upon his recovery he set about
providing for his nurse and foster-rnother,
Mamie Baltic and accordingly made over to
her his property by deed, to be recorded only
| in case of his desth. Mamie Baltic retained
this deed and young Worrall continued to-
live in his home with her, visiting no one
and receiving very few visits.
This was the state things were in when, in
the following summer, Miss Leonora Montague
an aristocratc young laiyof Philadelphia, paid
long visit to her country cousin, Clarence
Worrall, at his home. Miss Leonora, By her
| sprghtliness and vvacIty, soon brought
! young Worrall to healthier state of mind.
He lost his morbid fear Of death He became
| interested in the active work around him.
The young cousins were speedily the closest
friends and were constantly in company at
parties, picnics, drives and all sorts OF out
door amusements. And thus, amid the
dreams Of love, art and quickened ambition
and the delights Of health regained, the sum-
mer to him sped quickly away. In the en-
suing summer the lovers married and re-
moved 10 Philadelphia
his cnanBe III CiaTeuce'S cOuulllOU uaIuT-
| ally blighted the monetary prospects Of
Mamie Bailie, who, by the why, has fine
head for practical business. She at once
caused the deed in her possession to be re-
corded, unknown to the unsuspecting
grantor, who was then working away at his
easel in Philadelphia and scarcely earning
livelihood. The legal effect of Mamie
Ballie's action was scarcely comprehended
| By young Worrall at first, bat gradually the
| fact dawned upon his perception that he had
/ rendered himself pennless by his own igno-
| rance. AS soon az ne realized his situation
! be eudeavored ID secure an advocate to push
/ his cause. but being without funds he en-
countered considerable delay. Recently,
/ however, be succeeded in enlisting in his be-
| half two eloquent champions in the persons
/ of J. Fl. Adams and L. d. Edbert, and
through them. yesterday, after delay of
I fou years, he urged his rights in equity be-
! fore Judge Butcher. His honor has not yet
rendered his decision, but considering young
Worralrs Misrepresentation of the nature of
the instrument conveyed to the defendant
aud her fduciary relation to him at the
time, it is probable that he will ultimately
recover his lost inheritance.