St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-26
AFTER MANY YEARS.
The. End of a minneapolis
Romance Is Near at
Hand.
The Caledonians Celebrate
the 134th Anniversary Of
Robert Burns Birth.
BoWkeP'S Divorce Case Gre
ates a Sensation Around
the Court House.
Lumhermen on a Jaunt--The
Anti-OptiOn Biblical
News.

About twenty years agO--when Min
neapolis was Just emerging from green
fields and assuming city garb, one or
the LEADING merchants of the city hur-
riedly, not to say mysteriOuSlY, LETT the
scenes of lis mercantile triunPhs, and
for long years to his relatives aud
friends was uuNn0wn.
I'm the autumn Of 90 rumors were
waited from the capital of the Centen-
NAL state of the Minneapolis mans eX-
istenca in that city. In the meantime
the absenteeS widow had remarked
ana reared a second family. The
children by the deserving father had
grown to adolescence. some Of then hay
ing married and rearing families OF their
own. Hence there was no great
desire on the part of any OF the
deserted ones to trace or verify the
rumors. But not so with others. When
the merchant lett Minneapolis beautl-
full woman. somewhat under middle
age. heretofore faithful wife and low
ing mother. mysteriously disappeared.
Ii is needless to state that the gosSlpS or
those DAYS were not long in linking
the names of the TWO together.
So when it was rumored that the mer-
chant was i'm Denver the husband of the
trnant wife set to work to ascertain the
truth or falsity Of it. Strange as 1t may
seem. his love for her whom lie had led
a hlushing maiden TO the hymeneal altar
in the wears OF long agO mad never
cooled. but. on the cOntrary,the one cen
trail passion of his soul was TO repOSse5S
himself of his lost. misguided loved one.
TO Denver he went, but ill success
attended his magnanlmous efforts.
Twenty years in middle life work great
physical changes in mans frall LOdy-
Of course. he did not hope 10 ind airy
assistance from the Denver directory.
as he wisely concluded that. If III Den
yer at all. they were living under an as
stunned name. Lonely, deiectedly, but
not altogether hopelessly, did he return
to this city.
While en- route pleasant, frank-faced
Young man made his acquaintance. He
stated that the object OF his visit was to
ascertain the description Of several
tracts. or parcels, OF real estate which
his father. who resided at Denver.
owned. adding that such descriptions
we're to be incorporated in his fathers
viii. Nothing, at the time. was thought
of the matter by the returning, sorrow
ful husband.
Within The past year one OF Denver's
weaithieSu and most hOnOred citizens
died. His holdings were not confined to
that city, much being in Minneapolis.
Again the young. faIr-faced gentleman,
who was two years ago fellOW-pas-
sengpr with the deserted husband. ar
t.fv i., fifY n f
tending 10 the estate left by his de-
ceased father. On the OCCASION of his
first visit he seemed to have CLEANED but
little information relative to his fathers
real estate. and when he requested
more accurate data from his father. he
was ordered by the latter to return
nome at once. a plausible reason being
assigned therefor. But this time he was
the Interested party, and his search
was thorough. although the facts
enclted appalled, him. He learned
the story of his fathers dis
grace and his mothers dishOnOr.
He learned that the property left by
his father to himself was in the possess
sion Of his fathers first and only lawful
wife and her children. He spurued
The Uare thought of disturbing the
WrOnged hut unlawful pOssessOrs. His
sole desire was TO leave them IN uudlS-
turbed possession. ana so far as in him
lay repair the cruel wrong done them
by his father.
To this end he consulted NJ. w. Mea-
CHER. OF Meagher Il Belts, and. with the
aid of that sagaclOus attorney, has
nearly completed all necessary legal
steps to secure them IN possession of the
property. which by law he could justly
claim Owing to the prominence of the
parties concerned no names are printed.
The matter VIII soon. however. come
before the local courts, in which event
their identity viii be revealed.