The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-05

The story OF Mr.. Rosaire is a curiou
one. From the earliest time in his lii
OF which he has recollection 10 live.
with well-to.do Canadian family in
small town in southeastern Michigan
and was brought up to believe that h,
was child Of the family. He wa
treated in every way as such until, III
narrated in the letter which follows be
low, his supposed father, in fit OF an
ger, declared that he was n natural son
an announcement which go keenly af
fected his sensitive disposition that he
left his home never to return. That was
in his 23i year. Eis life from that mo.
ment until the receipt Of the aforesaid
letter was full Of miserable uncertainty
which he succeeded in covering from
the notice Of bis acquaintances BY per.
sistent attention to the work and study
which he had undertaken.
,a CLEARING VI THE MYSTERY. ~
No satisfactory explanation, indeed nc
explanation whatever, Of tho vague
charge made against him by his foster
father came to clear the mystery in
which it enveloped him until the letter
made the history Of his life less Of an
enigma than It had been. Following is
n literal translation Of tho letter:
~ write this under the, inspiration OF
the moment, although it is but the cues.
ton Of few months, for my physicians
say l cannot live more than two months,
Two years ago you recited at the Hos.
pltai of'St. Luxe. | was in the audience.
| recognized you at once, but although
had been looking for you for three years,
l was not satisfied to find Won again.
Besides, had been cured OF my sick.
nees; people like me do not suffer With
remorse, only in the valley Of the dark
tess Of death.
First. you are legitimate, and the
Child OF marriage. I cannot keep the
secret because l cannot retain life much
longer, and because nil human ven
geance seems useless. / can reveal to
You almost all your life. You think
that no one in your present life knows
anything about you but yourself, and
you have shut them in the bottom OF
your heart. To make sure that the
things am about to tell you are true,
listen:
his FATHER A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER,
Until the 9th Of October, 1854, you
believed yourself the son oi George La.
than, Of L., Mich. In moment
ofgreat anger, he told you that you were
a natural son. That night you left, and
you have never spoken one to tho other
since. They believe you dead. George
Latham, | am sure, believes you to be
what he has said, but he regrets bitterly
that he has betrayed the confidence OF
his sister.
u! am going to tell you about your
family. Your grandmother, the mother
of your mother. was the Duchess De
Saint Allaize Of Normaudie. Her mar.
rlage was very miserable, the Duke De
Saint Allaize being well known. After
havlngspent the fortune OF your grand.
mother he commenced against her suit
for divorce. Having lost love and cour.
age, the Duchess He'd to America, taking
with her her oaly child, baby-youi
mother, Victoria De Saint Allaize,
"But little while after her arrival in
America the Duchess entered the Con.
vent OF the Ursulines at New Oileaus,
where she died five years later. Hei
child, Victoria, remained in the care oi
the sisters until the age OF eighteen
when her great talent for music caused
the Mother Superior to have her choost
between the world and the convent
During her probation she met aud loved
a Confederate soldier by the name O
Claude Hector Rossaire. This man
your father, was only OF French extrac'
tion, tracing his French blood from hiE
great grandfather, who was Creole
The 9th OF October, 1868, they were
married, as you will see by the enclosed
certificate. Immediately they fled te
Canada.
REJECTED sUtToR's REVENGE.
Now this man Rossaire was not the
only man who loved Victoria De Sainl
Allaize, but he was the only man she
loved. never pardoned them, and fol-
lowed them as hunting dog would. III
May OF the next year you were born in
Quebec. Three weeks after your birth
stole you from your nurse and carried
you to the south Of Ontario, among q
colony Of Canadian Quakers. Marguerite
became your foster mother:u No matter
how. some women live strangely.
"Thcn l returned to Quebec to GEEK
my revenge. It arrived, but with little
satisfaction. Your father, crazed with
grief on account Of your loss, threw him.
self from the head Of the Fort. I was
waiting for Victoria to follow me, but
she was made OF iron. She came and
went with q face OF iron, then suddenly
and mysterionsly disappeared. ! never
found trace Of her. shs must have en-.
tered a convent, for only those walls
could elude my vengeance. 81
II cannot write more, because I will
not. l hate yeu as | hated her, l have
greatly enjoyed To sec you struggle
knowing that it was useless, for my
mslediotions rest on the fruit OF thei.
marriage. am foolish to talk OF the
etalu tuat IL Ou you, Duta hlan mas tWC
natures, and caunot resist my better
nature which compels me to try to re-
pair the wrong I have done you, II it Ii
possible. Besides, there are moment.
when I am really and profoundly peni
tent, and it is at s1ch moments that
write this. X
"You will never be able 10 dlscove
me. You have no possible means o
Identifying me. However, your motlle
guesses-yes, she must know. Perhap
her child can lind hor in spite OF all, bu
then it will be too late for your ven
geance." =.
The letter 10 unsigned. With 1t wa
I the original document certifying to tn
i. marriage Of Rosaire's mother and iathe,
Mr.. Rosaire will make every effort t
find his mother, and will search a
Catholic converts through the countr,
j. His interest in the authorship Of thi
!. letter is oyershalowed by his desire |
. lean the whefeabouts Of his mother an
leI the resting place Of bis dead father,
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