The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-06

asked how she escaped from her
room and where she had been. Her
only answer was "Thou liend in
human shape ; allow you.just one
hour to remove your effects from
this house. You have long de-
prived me of my property,
and meant to through life but you
are frustrated. | am mistress of
my own house. ! am married, and
my husband is here p
We must leave the newly married
couple for the purpose Of giving the
history of Mrs. Tudor. She was
the only child of II wealthy gentle
man. Mr.. A., his daughters
name being Eliza. He had been at
great expense educating her she being
only object of his care, his wife dy-
ing she was quite young. A short
time before his death he madea 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 died 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 fam
lily. She soon discovered that her
uncle intended she should never
marry. He shut her up in one of
the centre rooms in the third story
and refused her associates by telling
them she had gone on long jour
ney, when they called on her. The
unfortunate girl was thus shut out
from the world for three years. Her
scanty breakfast happened one
morning to be carried to her by her
old servant Juan. Seeing the face
of her old friend and servant, Eliza
burst into tears. Juan well under.
stood the meaning.
"Hush, Eliza =! Some of your old
servants hove long been planning
means for your escape"
'What p exclaimed Eliza, sis it
sossible that am to be delivered
from this vile place ?"
1t is unnecessary to detail all the
minutia of the escape. Suffice it to
say that ON the morning of the
fourth day after the interview she
made her escape. This was about
daylight. She Immediately bent
her steps to the wharf where the
Boston vessel lay.
The amazement Of Tudor and
transport of his wife at the sudden
change of fortune may possibly be
conceived but cannot be expressed.
One pleasant morning some days
after the marriage the crew of the
Boston vessels attention was drawn
to Il splendid carriage approaching
I the wharf. The driver let down the
steps and gentleman and lady
I
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 vessel, permit me to make you
acquainted 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 betallen. You may judge OF
the congratulations that followed.
The captain regretted the harsh
judgement he had at first passed
upon the young lady, but un-
like the mate being mar
ried man, he was spared the ad,
ded modification of the latter that
he had spurned even to consider so
fortunate an offer to 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 common sailor both brought
suddenly and unexpectedly to posi-,
tions of freedom and afiluence-has
a parallel in all history. The unior
thus formed proved to be very
happy one. The large fortune thai
then fell under the active manage
ment of Frederick Tudor, was wisel,
handled and largely increased. In
due time Mr.. and Mrs. Tudor trans
ferred their residence to Boston.
With shrewd foresight, Mr.. Tudo
entered largely into the ice busincs
being the first person to make ship
meats of ice by sea. His ventur
was made in 1905, when he sale,
himself with a cargo of 13O tons, il
: his own brig to Martinique, Yves
) Indies. In 1915 Mr.. Tudor obtain
r ed the monopoly of the Havana lie
=. business, and important privilege
r from the Cuban government. |