Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-06-11

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The first one who addressed her was her
uncle, who asked how she escaped from her
room and where she had been. Her only an
swer was: 'Thou fiend in human shape; l
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. l am married,
and my husband is here!"
We must leave the newly married couple
for the purpose of giving the history OF
Mrs. Tudor. She was the only child of a
wealthy gentleman, Mr.. A, his daugh-
ter's name being Eliza. He had been at
great expense in 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
til his daughter was married, when it was to
be given up to her husband, but if she died
without marrying, the property was to 60 to
her uncle and Instantly. 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 notintend she
should ever marry. He shut her up in one
of the centre rooms in the third story and re-
fused her associates by telling them when
they called that she had gone on a journey.
The unfortunate girl was thus shut OFT from
the world for three years. Her scanty break
fast happened to be carried to her one morn
ing by her old servant, Juan. Seeing the
face of her old friend and servant, Eliza
hprct inf foorc Iuan wpl1 upnarStOO0 the
meaning.
"Hush, Eliza! Some of your old servants
have long been planning means for your es-
cape" 49,
that l 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 inter
view 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 YES
sells attention was drawn to splendid car
riage approaching the wharf. The driver
let down the steps and gentleman 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. Atlast, turning to the
captain and calling him by name, he said {:
Captain, before leaving your vessel, per-
NIT me to make you acquainted with Mrs.
Tudor" The captain and those about him
had not recognized him to be their old
C. -, o{oT II fIn1
posed some fatal accident had befallen.
You may Judge of the congra tulations that
followed.
The captain regretted the harsh judgment
he had at first passed upon the young lady,
but unlike the mate, being married man
he was spared the added modification of
the latter that he had spurned even to con-
slider so fortunate an offer of marriage.
This remarkable marriage, the bride be-
ing 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 unexpectedly to positions of
freedom and affiuence-has hardly a paral-
lei in all history. The union thus formed
proved to be a very happy one. The large
fortune that then fell under the active man
agement of Frederick Tudor was wisely
handled largely increased. In due time
Mr.. and Mrs. Tudor transferred their resi-
dence to Boston.
With shrewd foresight Mr.. Tudor entered
largely in the ice business, being the first
person to make shipments of ice by sea.
His venture was made in 1905, when he
sailed himself with cargo Of l30 tons, in
his own brig to Martinique, West Indies.
In 1915 Mr.. Tudor obtained the monopoly
of the Havana ice business, and important
privileges from the Cuban government. In
1917 he introduced the business in Charles
ton, S. c., the next year in Savannah, and
in 1920 into New Orleans. In May, 1888, he
sent the first cargo of ice to the East Indies,
which was delivered in the autumn of that
year. OF the 180 tons, nearly one-half was
wasted in the voyage and in going up the
Ganges. The ice was sold Immediately, at
no more than half the cost of that prepared
by the natives. In 1884 the first cargo of
ice was shipped to Brazil by Mr.. Tudor,
and until 1886 he had monopoly Of the
shipment of ice, but it finally became so
large and profitable that others entered into
the business from various ports.
Mr.. Tudor's foresight secured to Boston
the chief position of the Calcutta trade, and
gave her ships cargoes for Southern ports,
thus reducing the cost of freighting South
ern products to the North. The extensive
and valuable Tudor estates in Boston and
vicinity, where representatives of the fami-
y still reside, are we'll known. The Tudors
have always been noted for public spirit, in
telligence and refinement.-BOStOn Com
naonWeaHh.