Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-18
A ROMANCE oE coru..
How an Outc.st Girl BEGAN. q.
millionaire

tne WIFI
millionaire. OF
A beaming. placid, fine.loo,;
woman OF 50 attracted my notice o os "a
races the day of the great Sub ~ 'nf
says New York Correspondent, vi otoan
Cincinnati Enquirer. She wa. VI lad
box. and about her were manv III. IA
handsome men and beautiful wom 'a
that make the history of high so Uiis
hereabouts. A girl of Is, possessi r's
pair OF handsome hazel ewes 4 \
proved her a daughter of the ba sus
some woman was eagerly watcb;n~ ~
horses as they drew up to the starf;. sa'
post. The girl will be one of tbe i bais
OF the town when she comes ont t6ne
seasons from now. 'H'e
| looked at the mother Not ...
OF the miserable suffering endured 1 ~
her in her youth remained in ,S
beautiful face. 1t is so long aeo r ,u1
that can only just recall her sforv
much has happened since to bury 4
One night seventeen years ago Edd;0
a bright, handsome, and DISH
youth from uptown, was wa,rder;n
about the slums of the CITY alone u,
had quarreled with his father tbe r;as
railroad Spectator, who seemed TO he
reaching out for all the millions II
Wall street, and had decided mot y
go home to the parental roof until soms
sort OF an apology was made. If wa,
O'Clock in the morning when h.
passed through Blocker street wb;np
was thoroughly deserted and very darL
Suddenly he heard cry of pain, and
then door opened on the opnosta
side of the street. feminine tionro
was thrown out onto the sidewalk, n
fearful volley of oaths filled the air
and the door was banged to. leayino|
the woman outside. As she gazedI
about the street Eddie saw thai sbsI
was remarkably pretty girl and aIli
the sympathy in him, of which he hsdl
fine share, was instantly aroused.
he was preparing to cross the street,
to offer his aid to the outcast whenI
she turned and fled away FRONT
him. He called to her softly to|
wait for him. but she took no heed
gliding along with rapidity that he
could hardly equal Not a policeman
was met in the flight, and so the pair
sped on unnoticed.
A sudden realization of the girls in.
tentions struck the young man when
she flew across the last avenue before
East river was reached, and he now
began to regularly run after her, while
she hearing him behind her caught up
her skirts and endeavored to escape,
striking straight for the long wooden
pier extending over the river.
Had the distance been little shorter
the girl must have carried out her
desperate purpose of suicide but
by the time she had gained the
middle of the dock her pursuer had
overtaken her and was holding her
tenaciously by both arms. while she de-
manded to be released and struggled
to throw off her rescuer The young
man was sharp and sensible, and the
words that he uttered were such as to
convince the girl that she might DO
better than to die He met her
declaration that she would not 90 back
to the old life with the assurance that
he would put her into an honest BUSH
ness position, where she could be free
and comfortable. He was Influential
and he would certainly see her pro.
vided for. She listened. and she went
up into the streets again with the young
man. He took her to an ail-nighi
restaurant, and, by ordering an i'm.
mense supper, gained the privilege OF
sitting at table there until morn.
ing. Then he left her, after making
her promise to meet him at an APP
pointed place the same day.
At II o'clock he was at his fathers
office, penitent. apologize, and de-
claring on his honor that he would live
inside his allowance henceforth. His
father thought he saw an expression
in his face that bore out his words
and gave him the money he had re.
fused that morning, saying they would
begin fresh. and if the boy kept hi'
word he would go up little on the
old figures.
The young man kept his word for q
year and that was up to the day OF MS
fathers death, and then he found HIM
self the possessor of more millions than
he knew what to do with. The first
thing he did after the estate was settled
was to sail away to Europe, and the
passenger list of the ship contained the
only public acknowledgement that 4
wife went with him. Five years later
he returned to New York with his wife
and child. A happier household could
not exist, and, though no one is sure
about the ancestors of his wife, there Il
no question that she is great orna
ment to the fashionable circle in when