The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24

general manager of the concern at an
enormous salary The announcement
of his marriage to the daughter of the
senior member of the firm in question
creaCed quite sensation, as they We're,
socially speaking, not suited for each
other, she being of very high social
standing in the metropolis of the great
but little island, while on the other hand
he was comparatively ignorant and OBJ
scure in that respect. This was the
primary, If not the principal cause of
frequent quarrels thereafter. Time
passed, and two children were born to
them.
We will now take trip back to his
former, or American, wife and children,
from whom he was forced to part sew
eral years previous. After his escape
from prison the news spread rapidly
over the wires that a man answering
his description was killed at Lancaster,
Pa. This news was received as official
by the authorities, although the body
had not been identified as the escaped
convict. The poor woman also re-
ceived the news as positive proof of her
husbands terrible fate. Herself and
family accordingly remained in mourn
for over year for man who was then
alive and who was to be untrue to his
devoted wife and children. The expi-
ration of several years of supposed
widowed life brought back to light the
great mystery and an awful tale
On a cold December evening tat
tered but intelligent looking boy, APP
parently of sixteen summers, appeared
at the door of her residence and po-
litely asked for some eatables, saying
he was on long, fatiguing journey,
and without money. The request was
readily granted, and after politely
thanking her for her kindness and tell
ing where he was from he took his
leave. No more was heard of him or
seen of him there.
The summer of IS witnessed q
grand steamboat excursion on the Miss
issippi from st. Louis. Among the
large number aboard was the boy who
appeared in Dubuque as an outcast, but
who had now grown to respectable
manhood under the rays of Southern
sun. As fate would have it, the gener-
Gus old lady who had befriended him
when he was destitute was also aboard,
accompanied by her daughter He i'm
mediately recognized her, introduced
himself, and an interesting converse
ton followed, in the course of which a
pressing invitation was extended to him
to pay them visit in their Dubuque
home. The invitation was accepted and
short time afterward fulfilled. 1t may,
perhaps, seem strange, but it is never
theless fact, that the names of both
4. al 4
OF his visit. Imagine their position and
the friendship that arose when the facts
became known and the inquiry which
followed may be termed the "keyo to
the deep mystery existing, the circum-
stances of which are already known to
the reader The scene following the
young mans story of his early life, his
parents, ETC., beggars description, as it
was now settled beyond particle of
doubt that the supposed dead husband
and father was no other than the man
before alluded to, and what is still more
remarkable, the mysterious aequaint-
ance proved to be his son, born to his
illegal wife, He said that he left home
because of his fathers brutal treatment
of his mother. A secret correspondence
between the wronged woman in Dublin
and her son in Dubuque ensued, when
for the first time did her terrible po-
sition as an illegal wife become known
to her. A pen picture of his grief and
CONSERVATION on receipt of the news of
this startling disclosure is beyond the
writer's ability; it can be better i'm
agined than described. Suffice it to say,
the meeting of herself and husband was
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comes at later stage.
The correspondence was uninter-
ruptedly carried on until the actual
situation of all concerned was revealed,
and in some unaccountable manner the
United States authorities were made
| cognizant of the fact that an American
convict and murderer had been discov-
cred in Dublin. The Secretary of State
made prudent investigation of the
case which resulted in establishing the
true identity of the man in question,
but for some reason or other his arrest
was not demanded, consequently we
have no more to add to this chapter.
During this time his American wife and
daughter were sorely afflicted, and in
perpleXed state of mind, not knowing
whether to recognize the young man as
an impostor, or endeavor to obtain the
real facts in the case. They chose the
latter, and at once dispatched letter
to the address given by the informant,
but no answer came. A second and a
third was written with the same result.
Many long and anxious days and sleep
less nights were passed in vain.
Now that all efforts to communicate
with him by letter were of no avail, an
other plan was concocted to carry out
their purpose. The mother was grow
ing old and feeble and unable to I'M
dergo the hardship and fatigue incident
to sea voyage, this being the only me-
dunn through which the proof OF the
| young mans story could be ascer-
tanned. Not to be baffled, the daugh-
ter, who was only in her teens, made
the sensational assertion that she would
dispense with petticoats and don the
pantaloons. This was accomplished,
and she at once set out on her long and
perilous journey, leaving the feeble
mother to take care of herself, the other
two children having died in the mean
time. As she presented more of mas
culine than feminine appearance her
plan was very successful, but she ven
tured no familiarity with any of her
''fellow men," although she dined and
made her toilet in the same rooms as
those occupied by the other male pas
sengers. After long and tedious voy-
age she arrived in the beautiful and
home-like city Of Dublin. Her next ex-
plot was to endeavor to procure en-
ployment at the establishment where
her father was supposed to be employed.
To this end many shrewd and ingenious
inquiries were made relative to the firm.
The desired information being OBJ
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