The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-24
THE s1AoKEY ROMANCE.
The Poor Nevada widow Whose Dau yhter
Has Just Welded the Prince Colonna.
IAflanfa Constitution

Has just Welded the Prince Colonna
Atlanta Constitution
Some twenty odd years ago there dwelt IN
California family OF three persons-faths r,
mother and daughter. The latter was
mere chic. al were young. The father
was a physician Unfortunately he in
Jured his not very extensive practice
b. intemperanoe. His habits b.
came so dissiyated that the poor
wife, despairiDg of his reformation, and
also OF the possibility Of independent action
on her own part 10 secure support for herself
and child, proposed a separation. TIE man
agreed to it; but he Wss not put out like
RIP Van Winkle.n He was assured that
while ne lived she would never cease to bel o
him, and that when he mended bis WAYS
their old relations should be restored. He
departed to cure himself If possible and
become worthy OF the woman who. sOrely
beset, undertook the maintenance of the
family. Encouraged by his wifes prayers
letters, and heroic conduct the Doctor
redeemed himself At least he thought
so, and his poor wife was more than
willing 70 believe it. He returned 10 her
home and heart, warmly welcomed back 10
both. Unluckily. he had either miseslcu-
lated his will power or the demon az iadul.
gence was simply asleep, aud by 10 means
dead within him He went back 10 his cu8s
ard very soon tne skeleton fiDger of poverty
WIS laid upon bis domestic afiairs The de-
perimeatal SEPARATION and unable 70 remain
where she was, determined to try what
change Of scene would 10 fer this miserable
msn vho, naturally kind talented aud
whole ONE, seemed to oe insansly abandoned
to the devil OF strong drink. Just at this
criSis mors had reached Calitornia OF the
Comsi ok lode discovery, and thither many
Of the mining population drfted. Across
the SierIas 10 Virginia City this little and
most wretched family journeyed
The Doctor pulled himself together for
while and did some business, but his health
wss gone. aud very soon he died. Widow
aud orphan were lett ia The very depths Of
poverty. The generous miners had dubbed
{ gether 70 bury the doctor. They made up
purse for the mother and child from time
ID time, and thus saved both from utter de-
pfiGatiOn Of food, shelter and raiment. There
Was az that time, Superintendent Of one of
The mines, sturdy young lrishmen, who,
bom the lowest rounds Of the ladder had be
gun to push his way % fortune He Wss not
then more than moderately well Oft, and
little dreamed If the Monte CristO cssket
IN store for him. He used 10 carry
the weekly or monthly stipened to the
widow, ana his visits bee anne more aud more
fteqUent. At last he married her, and her
days OF tear on the score OF poverty we're
over. She posse sad well-to DO husband
who was the master OF his possessions aud
certain to make his way in the world. Bat
had resOTttd TO the morphine habit. and
could not, OF her own effort release herself
from 1t. A young physician at Virginia
City, who mad recently graduated in France
informed her that II she would visit Paris
and put herself imT licilly under the care of
HE { Id master there, her care could be guar.
ante d. While the husband remained to
uncover, with the present jGnI0r Senator
rom Nevada, the richest silver deposit the
world Eas sver known, the wife crossed the
seas and submitted 10 a rigorous medical
treatment. 1t was successful after many
months Of endurance. Mean w lille the ia
nous California and Consolidated Virginia
mines were penetrated by the husba nd. aud
the world renowned bonanza. Of which he
~ principal owner, made him at sasi forty
times millionaire. The wife in Paris, now
perfectly cured and blooming, at once rose
into prominence and celebrity, for how
could the maryel-loving Parisians hep
adorlng woman whose talents and beauty
were matched by such fabulous wealth so
romsntically discovered? For years this
lady. who is no other than Mrs. John
haekay, has been a silver queen 10 the most
splendid capital OF Europe. She has lived in
palaces NObiemen and men Of genius have
paid court st her shrine
Now all Paris, aud therefore all the uni
verse, is in ferment over the approaching
marriage OF Miss Mackay and the Prince Co.
loDna. The drift Is nuptiallv to Rome the
City of the Soul. and to Itaiian nobility. Ii
IS miraculous bridging of the chssn that
hes between the mining gulOn of the Ma.
vada Mountains and 81. Peters Church
where stands in sUpernal splendor the
grandest dome that mortal hand has painted
against Gods lcyeliest sky" Little did the
widow of the wretched doctor OF Virginia
City IMAGINE that she would fairly roll in
wealth, dwell in palaces, be coarted By the
church and State, be Familiarity associated
with the pIoudest names Of the descendants
OF the crusaders, and finally become the
mOther-in-lsw of Prince Colonna, whose no
bility dates back almost to the tine OF Sala.
din. The family name is as famous as any
IN history, and the heir OF the COlonna
family is st twenty-seven years OF age, 70
we'd the daughter of thu poor doctor who
fell by the wayside in Nevada sud sleeps
MS last sleep Ia that stony desert.