The age-herald., 1897-11-24

goes about 1nfs great eState with a brace of pistols in his belt and a Winchester rife upon his shoulder, threatening to Kill any man, woman, Or child who seeks to prevent The return of l1ls young wife. He is not without hope that she will. His sons are the most active against It. He threatens to shoot them on sight if they cross his path. There is little doubt that he will. Cassius M Clay seldom made promise or threat that he did not keep.
 Gen. Albert Ordway, father of the some what famous Bel ina G rard, died Monday morning at the Hoffman House in New York. This adds another chapter to the case of the well known opera singer As was stated a few days ago, Betina Gerard. the swayward daughter of Gen. Ordway, was an inmate of Bellevue hes pital having been taken there after be- ing stricken down with paralysis. When this took place, General and Mrs. Ord- way were in Europe, and had with them their granddaughter, the only child of their daughter. They heard of the condi- ton of Betlna when in Europe and they read of it in the New York papers. Neil ther the father nor the mother had seem their daughter to speak with her for more than ten years. As she lay upon her cot in Bellevue she was, as she be- lleved, practically an outcast, without home and without friends. On the ar- rival of General and Mrs. Ordway in New York. Mrs. Ordway with her grand child went immediately to Bellevue hos- pital and there found the once famous beauty, a very frail and emaciated wo- man, who looked twenty years older than she really is. A reconciliation fol- lowed. Arrangements were made to take the invalid to a private sanitarium conducted by friends of the Ordways. She was removed on the day before yes- terday. The reconciliation with her mother was far more beneficial than the skill of all the physicians. She showed jnmediate signs of recovery. Her eyes grew brighter and her old-time beauty seemed to return ito her. Gen. Ordway would have accompanied his wife ito see his daughter if he had not been taken sick on the morning of his arrival be- fore leaving the steamer. When he arr rived at the Hoffman house, he went immediately to bed. It was sad termi- nation that he should die at the very
 
 between the family and the daughter.
 
 General Ordway was Iovable man. He went into the war from Massachusetts. At the close of hostilfties he settled in Richmond, Va, where he lived for a number of years befone moving to Wash- ington. In politics he was a democrat. For the past ten years he had been at the hIpa oaf in ict1 ~intr ryfC lumbia, the finest citizen soldier organi- zatlon in the United States. The career of his daughter was, of course, a severe blow to the proud general. Her name was constantly in the newspapers There was httle of anything written about her that reference was not made to her dis- inguished father. Those who knew him best, never heard him discuss the cancer of his daughter He bore the dhstgrace with calm and digniied silence. She could have returned to his home years and years ago, had she evidenced a de- sire to do so. He was kind and gentle to her. He lovsd her devotedly. His love for her was one of pity rather than of censure. He knew her weakness and made due allowance for it. He was mod est and retiring, she was bold and au- dacious. She had the benefits of refined surroundings in her youth, and when she grew to womanhood, she developed a desire to be tough" She was un- controllable. Headstrong, van and sel- fish. It was a strange coincidence that at the very time her father was dying she was sitting up in her bed at Bellevue hospital singing. The newspapers had said her voice was gone. She was dem- onstrating to the physicians the contrary. It was not as sweet as in years gone by. Dissipation had left It's mark. She, of course, did not know at that time that her father was in such precarious condition. She has promised to return to her old home in Washington. Whether she will keep this prlomise, remains to be seen. Should she be restored to health again, she may return to her former haunts, and if she does, all will be lost. To live a quiet life will be contrary to Betina OrdwayS nature.
 ESTELLE EDITH MARMADUKE.,