The morning times., 1895-09-01

and had married Miss Matthews, who had
evidence to prove that Wellborn had made
/ a deposit OF about a thousand dollars with
the. This evidence found she had obtained
from letter OF Helen B. Hunter to James
II Hunter at Summerville.
''The matter was aired a little In the ne VS.
papers at the time, and one night was nota
little surprised to receive a call from one OF
the most flashy OF ourtheD demimOnde. She
was a beautiful woman still, IN the way
that phosphorus beautifies and muminates
decaying wood. 1t did not take her long 70
show me by an old daguerreotpye that she
was the little beauty that called with tha
gallant artilleryman in 1854. The type
was OF both OF them just as they appeared
that day. Wei, she had lived the best ahs
could and had sent a daughter to school for
ten years, and then losing her place she sent
her child to friends in the country near
Baltimore. She produced a marriage cer-
ficate and the letter which she wrote to
Hunter just beforeshe went astray. He had
replied that he had withdra wD the money
from me and vas about 70 desert. This
OF course cut off all communication. he
was afterwards killed in a saw min accident
at Ridgeville, S. G..
Il believe that he intended 70 returL
eventually to the first wife, for as q
matter OF fact he let the money remain
with me. succeeded in selling the lot
for S23, 900 to a Western man, who wanted
merely 10 increase his front yard The
best part OF this story i s that the daughter
OF Hunter received her mother with tearH
OF joy, redeemed her without the aid Of
church or reformatOry home, and they are
now in the swim in Chicago The lawyer
who represented the WeIIborn claim waE
T. r. Tighe, OF summeryilIe, S. O.
a BANKERS STORY.
'one Of the best instances Of late yesrI
was told me in this way by a yenerabIs
banker, who died only a year ago. The
hero Of this case was a soldier OF the
Fifty-fifth Massachusetts COIored Regt-
ment- He died two years ago at Norfolk,
Va.
After the var he came here with some
Jewelry, one piece OF which was diamond
necklace to the value Of about S2,5OO
He also brought with him as a compa MON,
but not wife, cOIored girl who had been
the maid on Que OF the barOniaI estates on
the Ashley River. I have forgotten
whether the name was Middleton OF Dray-
ton. A any rate, the hiding place OF the
buried teWelryF was revealed by the sol
dieT's inamOrata, and be brought her the
bounty money and bis 1ewelry to Wash
ingtOn. De went through a great deal
OF II rapidly, and at last nearly thirty
years ago pawued the necklace for $500.
This OF course went, and then the girl
went he had been a good contributor
/ to campaign funds, but he was so ignorant
/ that he could hold only a meuial position.
Under the first Cleveland adminfstra-
/ ton he lost his Job and failed 70 get In
again under Harrison He went away 70
Norfolk 10 see some old friends, who sent
! him with great gratitude to the poor
house, where he died / was not sur
prised to be remembered in his VIII, as
I had done several kindly turns FOR him
I got an old box by express. and In The
effects was a pawn ticket More cut OF
/ curiosity than anything else / called az
the pawnbroker's and showed him ths
ticket Just as a souvenir
IN show you another souvenir,
said the pawnbrOker, who went to his safs
and showed me from his books that I had
cashed the check on which the old soldier
had received tue $500.
And here is sill another souvenir
said the pawubrUEer, as he produced the
necklace
Il went back to the old box and found
in it q small prayer book which had besa
used at the Goose Creek Episcopal Church
There was a nase IN it, and after .
little correspondence I wOve the soldiers
adventures and the necklace into a tFsS
story The valuable heirloom was restored
to the owner after the payment sf ths
$500 and interest"