The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-25
TIE mAoKEY ROMANCE.
The Poor Nevada Widow Whose Daughter
Has just Welded the Prince COlOnna.


The Poor Nevada Widow Whose Daughter
Has just Welded the Prince CoIOnna.
Atlanta Constitutional
Some twenty odd years ago there dwelt In
California family Of three personalities,
mother and daughter. The latter was
mere child. All were young The father
was a physician. Unfortunately he in
juIed his not very extensive practice
by intempeTanoe. His habits be-
came so dissipated that the poor
wife, despairing of his reformation, and
also of the possibility of independent action
on her own part to secure support tor herself
and child, proposed a separation. The man
agreed to it; but be was not put out like
Rip Van Wrinkle" He was assured that
while he lived she would never cease to help
him, and that when he mended his WAYS
their old relations should be restored. He
departed to cure himself, if possible, and
become worthy OF the woman who, sorsly
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 bis poor wife was more than
willing to believe it. He returned TO her
home and heart, warmly welcomed back to
both. Unluckily, he had either miscalou.
lated his will power or the demon of indul.
geDce wss simply asleep, and Dy no means
dead within him. He went back to his cups
and very soon the skeleton finger of poverty
was ia q upon his domestic affairs. The de-
voted wife, unwilling 10 undertake ex-
perrin ntal separation and unable 10 remain
where she was, determined to try what
cbaDls of scene would do for this miserable
man who, naturally kind, talented aud
wholesome seemed to be insanely abandoned
to the devil of strong drink. Just at this
crisis rumors had reached California of the
| Comstock lode discovery, and thither maay
q ~ s,..w -t-AsD Hi
The Sierrss to Virginia City this little and
most wretched family journeyed
The Doctor pulled himself together for a
/ while and did some business, but his health
! was gore, aud very soon he died. Widow
and orphan we're left in the very depths of
! poverty. The generous miners had dubbed
| together to bury the doctor. They made up
| 2 purse for the mother and child from time
to time. and thus saved both from utter de-
/ pIivation of food, shelter and rsiment There
! was at that time, Superintendent of one of
the mines, q sturdy young lrishmen, who,
from the lowest rounds of the ladder, had be-
| gun to push his way to fortune. He wss not
then more than moderately well OF, and
| little dreamed Of the Monte Cristo caeket
| in store for him. He used to carry
the weekly or monthly stipened to the
widow, and his visits became more and more
| frequent. at last he married her, and her
| days of fear on the score of poverty were
over. She posses well-to do husband
| who was the master Of his possessions. aud
certain to make his way in the world. Bat
i 10 the days OF distress the unhappy woman
! had resolted to the morphine habit snd
could not, of her own effort, release herself
from it. young physician at Virginia
| City, who had recently graduated in France,
informed her that if she would visit Paris
and put herself imT ltcitlv under the care of
| his old master there, her cure could be guar
auiesd. While the husband remained 10
/ uncover, with the present janior Senator
/ from Nevada, the richest silver deposit the
world has ever known, the wife crossed the
seas aud submitted to a rigorous medical
! treatment 1t successful after many
months of endurance. Meanwhile the IA
nous California and Consolidated Virginia
mines were penetrated by the nd, and
| the world renowned bonanza, OF which he
Wa principal owner, made him at least forty
times millionaire. The wife in Paris, now
| perfectly cured and blooming, at ouce rose
/ into prominence and celebrity, for how
could the marvel-loving Parisisns help
| adoring q woman whose talents and beauty
/ were matched by such fabulous wealth Sc
Economically discovered? For years this
/ lady. who lie no other than Mrs. John
/ Nackay, has been a silver queen 10 the most
! splendid capital of Europe. She has lived in
palaces. Nobemen and men of genius have
/ paid court at her shrine.
Now al Paris, and therefore all the uul-
verse, is in fermeDt over the approaching
marriage of Miss Mackay and the Prince Co
lonns- TIE drift is nuptislly to Rome. the
| City Of the Soul. and to Italian nobility. II
Is a miraculous bridging OF the chasn thai
| lies between the mining guiOn of the Ma
vsds Mountains ana st. Peters Church
where stands in supernal splendor "thC
! gTsndest dome that mortal hand has painted
against Gods loveliest sky" Little did TIT
widow of the wretched doctor OF Virgins
! City imagine that she would fairly roll In
wealth, dwell in palaces, be coarted by th'
church and State, be Familiarity associated
with the proudest names of the descendant
OF the crusaders, and finally become tn
mother-in-law of Prince Colonna, whose no
bility dates back almost to the time of Ssls
din. The family name is as famous as an
in history, and the heir OF the Colonn
family is, at twenty-seven years of age, t
wed the daughter of the poor doctor VIII
fell by the wayside in Nevada, and sleep
his last sleep in that stony desert.