The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-07-10
AFTER NAVY YEARS..
A Georgia Bride ard Groom Are Reunited
after Years of SegdrdtoB.


When John Harwood brought
his bride home in 1867, and babe
her take possession Of the
pretty cottage which he had built
and picturesquely furn shed for
her, he was the happiest man in
north Georgia. But rs he saw
his wife of two hours or less throw
herself in the huge chair and heard
her sob for an hour ard knew that
tears of grief, or sorrow, were being
shed by the sad eyes he loved so
we!l,a change came over him. lie
offered bis blide sympathy, but she
repealed HIM. Another hour of
crying was INDUCED in, when he
begged in tones Of affection some
explanation Of his idols conduct,
she would offer him more. She tod
himth,st she hated him, detested him
and in anger at midnight he left the
house, bidding a faithful servant
to so to the cottage and care for
the young bride that he had de-
serted.
The mos! astonishcd, mortified,
and indignant man in the state,
next morning, was honest Farmer
Murray. His daughter, who the
Gay before had welded the
handson est and most prosperous
young man in the county, had come
back to his roof.
Don't blame John, papa" was
the only explanation he received un
til the evening mail cane, bringing
to him a decd at all the lanI and
property Of John Harwood to Mrs.
Lcttie Murray HARDWOOD. The
property was worth 100000. No
other explanation followed.
In 1880 people were dropping
dead il droves in New York from
sunstroke. Near Wallack's thea
ter the driver of a florists wagon
suocumbed to the heat. Tender
hands picked him up and he WAS
carried to the hospital, where he
seemed to recover rapidly. In a
sane momentum he had betn
bereft of reason-Le asked the at
tendent for pen and paper ana
hun iedly writing few lines asked
that the superintendent of the hos
pital lie requested to nail it for
him. a few moments later tie
stricken man wentinto commissions
and an hour later died. The let
ter was handed TO the superinten~
dent next morning. lie paIed. 1t
was addressed to Lis wife, for John
H.rwood was in charge of the hos
pItal uLder an assumed name. He
went down stairs and gazed at the
features Of the dead wagon driver
There lay in death Hollis Went
worth, his boy companion, his for
mer friend and playmate; aud a
rival for the hand OF Lettie MUIR
ray. Wentworth and Harwood
had been roommates at college and
were as brothers to one another.
Harwood mailed the letter.
In 1885 Harry Murray, a steady,
srlart, unostentatious young fellow,
returned from Franklin College at
Athens to his fathers, home i'll
north Georgia. Shortly afterward
in game OF football he tripped
over John Harwood and both fell
to- the s&ound. In the accident
| T1afWood received blow in the
forehead which marked him for
| lie. AS. be arose form the ground,
bleeding and besmeared, he accus-
cd Murray of kicking him. De-
mails, charges and counter charges,
the lie and blow passed, when the
young men we're parted and went
their way avowed enemies. Next
night Harry Murray was found
dead two hundred yards from his
fathers house, his skull crushed by
a blowfrom heavy blunt, instru-
ment. His watch and purse were
gone.
eat the Augusta National Exposi.
ton in 1888 a stern Rockingham of
pleasant face and neat appearance
had charge of one of the principal
exhibits in the mechanical hall.
On Monday of the second week Of
thefair he was explaining the work
ings ofthe machinery be was exhib-
itiug to a prominentSouth Carolina
cotton manufacturer, and glancing
around his eyes met those Of a
beautiful woman richly dressed
about forty years ofage. The la
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