Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-14


his second crisis of my life Fate again IL
teryened, for received letter fon Erg-
Land, which informed ms that Rosanpa
More had been run over in the stiests OF
London, and h nd died in sn hospital. TIE
writer YVES . young doctor, who had at
tended her, aud wrots home tt hin,
begging him TO send out o cert ficats OF
her d. alb, 40 that might be sure she was
no mere. He did SO, and ais, enclosed IN
account of the accident, which hal sp-
psared in q nswspsper. Thsn, irdssd,
felt that was fres,
and closing, a, I Thought,
forever, the darkest page OF my lies
history, began to look forward to the
future. married again, and my domesi l.
life was sipgulaIlY hsppy one, As the
colony grew greater, with every year be-
came even more wealthy than had been,
and was looked up to and respected by my
fellow. citizens. When my dear daughter
Margaret was born, l felt that my cop OF
happiness was full, but suddeoly / received
a disagreeable reminder Of the past
Rosanns's mother made her appearance
one dsy-a direputable-loobi1g creature.
smelling of gin, and in whom could net
recognize, the respsctably-dressed woman
who used to accompany Rossnps to the
theatre. She had spent long ago all the
money had given her, and sank lower
aud lower, uotil she now lived in q slum
of Little Bourke Street. Imade inquiries
after tte child, aud she tod me it was
dead. Rosanns had not taken 1t ID Eng
land with her, but had left 1T IN tec
mothers charge, and, no eoubt, neglect
aud want of proper nourisnmsnt wa3 the
cause Of its death. There now seemed tt
be no link to bind me to the past with the
exception of the CID hsg, WHO knew moth
ing about the marriage. Ibid not attempt
10 undeceivs her, but agreed to ALLOW her
enough to live o. if she promised never 10
troubls me again. and to keep quiet about
syeryth.n, which had reference ID my
relations with her daughter. She promised
readily enough, and went back to her
suualid dwelling in the slums, where, fo'
ali I know, she lives, as money has btel
paid 20 her regul srly every month by my
solicitors. ] heard nothing more about
the matter, aud now felt q7ite satisfied
that hsd heard the last OF R,sanna, As
years rolled on, things prospsred with me,
aud so fortunate was in all sp,culations
that my luck became proyerb!al. Then,
alas! when ell things sc ,med smile upon
ma, my wife died, and the NO Id oas never
seemed the same 20 me since. /, however,
had my dear daughter to conscls me, and
in her love and affection became reconc' I'd
TO the lOss Of my wife. A young Irish
gem l4msu, called Brian Fitzgerald, came
out to Australis, and soon saw that my
daughter WIS in love with him, and that
be reciprocsted that affection, whereat l
was glad, as l have always esteemed him
highly. Hooked forward to their marriage,
when sudden IL a series Of events oCcurred,
which must be fresh in the memory Of
those who read these pages. Mr.. Oliver
WHITE, a gentleman from London, ce !
on me and startled me wi h tire news that
my first wife, Roeanns Moo Q, was ST IL
living, and that the story of her death had
been an ingenious fabrication in order to
deceive me- She bad met with an accident
as stated in the newspaper, aud hao been
taken to hosp;kl, where she recovered.
The young doc or, who had SAINT tire car
tifcste of her death, had f5llsn in love
with her and wanted 10 marry her, and
had told me thst she was dead in order
that her past life might be oblitsrated.
The doctor, however, died before the mar
rage, and Rosanna did not trouble her
self about undeceiving me. Shs was then
acting on the burlesq1s stage under the
name of 'Musette.' and seemed to have
gained an unenviaels ro.oriety by her ex-
travagsnce and infamy. Whyte met her
in London, aud she became bis mistress
He seemed to have wonderful influence
over her, for she told him all her past life,
and about her marriage with me. Her
popul arity being on the wane in London,
Is she was now growing old, and had 10
make way for younger actresses, Whyte
proposed that they should coma out to the
Colonies and extort money from me, and
he had come to me for that purpose. The
viii ain told me all this in the coolest man
ner, and /, knowing he held the secret OF
my lite. was unable TO resent it. Irefussd
to see Rosanna, but told Wbyts wool
agree 10 his terms, which were, first, o
large sum OF money was to be paid to
Rosanna, and secondly, Whyte wanted to
marry my daugh'e-. l, at first, absolutely
declined to sanction the latter proposal,
but as he threat sned to publish the story,
and that meant the proclamation to the
world OF my daughters illegitimacy, i at
last agreed, and he began to pay his ad-
dresses to Madgo. She, however, refused
to marry him, and told me she wac engage J
70 Fitzgerald, 80 after severe struggle
with myself, / told Whyte that / would
not allow him 90 marry Msdge, but would
give him whatever sum be liked to name,
On the night he was murdered he came to
sea me, and showed me the certificate Of
marriage between myself and Rosanna
Moore He refused to take sum of NOR ey,
and said M sss consented to his marriage
with Madge he wopli publish the Whole
sffair. implored him to give me time to
think, so he said he would givs me two
dsyS, sut no more, and left the house,
taking the marrisge certificate with him
I was in desplir, and saw that ,hs only
way to ssve ysslt WAS to obts in possession
of the marriage certificate and deny every
thing. With this idea in my mind l fol-
lowed him up TO town and saw bin meet
Mcreland, and drink with him. They
went into the hotel in Rassell Street, and
when Whyte came out, at hslfp 81 twelve,
be was quite intoxicated. l saw him 60
along 10 the Scotch Church, near the
Burke and Wills monument, ard cling to
the lsmp-pcst at the corner. / thou2ht
would then be able to gtt the certificate
f;om bin, as he was so drunk, when saw
a gentleman in light coat did not
know il was Frtzgersld-coms up TO him
and hail cab for him. saw there wss
nothing more to be done at that time, go,
in despair, went home and waited for the
next day, in fear lest be shoull carry out
his determination. Nothing, however,
turned Up, ard wss beginning to think
that Whyte had abandoned his purpose,
when heard that hs had bte1 murdered
in the hanson cab. was IN great fear
lsst the marriage certificate would be
found on him, but as nothing Yves said
about il began TO wonder. I knew he
had i. on him, so came ID the conclusion
that the murderer, whoever Re was, bad
taken it from the body, and would sooner
or later come to me to GNtart money,
knowing that / dare not dencunce him.
Fitzgerald was arrested, and afterwards
acquitted, so began to think that the GER
tificsie had bsen lost, and my troubles
were at an end. However, l wal always
haunted by dread that the sword was
hanging over my head. and would fall
sooner or later. was right; for tso nights