The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-16


girl ak years old. Virginia, the daughter of
his deceased Isl ter. lie had son who had
been left at school, but ran away and shipped
for China. Five years after Lewis Went 70
Lee family named Marvel also settled there.
Young Walter Marvel met and Loved Virgin
ia Lewis. Alice Marvel, Walters sister, and
Harry Lucas also met aud were reported To be
in love with each other. At the opening of
he story person purporting 10 be the miss
ing son of John Lewis arrives at Lee. iWalter
Marvel proposes for Nirginias hand TO her
uncle. telling him that his uncle, whose name
he bears, was villain and convict
CONTINUED
After a time he recovered sufficien,
" TO be removed from the hospital, and
in the natural order of events would
have been taken 10 prison but for the
interest which my sister eyinced in
him. Naturally she possessed much in
fuence with the officers and she repre-
scented TO them that. though well
enough to leave the hospital, he was
still so weak that if confined in cell
he would probably not survive. Thus
she succeeded in having him paroled.
So there was opportunity for them to
meet and exchange loving vows, al
though they conducted matters so adroit-
~ that ], who WAS present all the time
in the home, never suspected the true
state of affairs.
AT last came the end of the war,
and, stricken at heart by the outcome
thereof, my father returned home.
Moreover, he had been severely wound
cd and his wound, not having re-
Ceivcd proper attention, had never thor
oughly healed. Great care was nCccs-
sary 70 insure its not giving more
trouble Meanwhile it transpired that
during the latter part Of 1864 Marvel
had lured my sister into a secret mar
riage, pitfall into which so many in
nocent and inexperienced women fall,
forgetting that their parents have their
interests at heart, and therefore are en-
titled at least to advise about so i'm
portant step. She would have con-
fessed TO my father on his arrival were
it not for his weakened physical condi-
tion and the danger which any great
excitement might entail.
SO time passed until at length it be-
came imperative that she should make
confide her story TO my father when I'M
fortunately he discovered it himself.
He questioned her and was at first re-
lieved to hear that at least she was
married woman, but when he learned
that her husband was a detested Yam
kee his rage was simply terrific. He
stormed and ragged until his strength
was exhausted, and he fell to the floor
in a swoon.
My sister screamed for help, and the
servants rushed in and picked up their
master. They bore him up to his own
chamber and laid him on his bed, but
an ominous train Of blood marked their
progress from the room below, and
when, in response to a hasty summons,
the doctor arrived be found that the
wound had opened and was bleeding
dangerously. Other surgeons were sum-
moned and after great difficulty the
flow was stopped, but the loss of blood
in his already weakened condition left
him scarcely any strength. Besides, his
mental trouble, occasioned by the news
which he had that day heard, made his
condition critical indeed.
when the doctors had made him as
comfortable as they could, and there
was a moment to spare TO other consid-
erations, / thought Of my sister and
sought for her, but one of the servants
informed me that she had left the house.
/ suspected at once that she had gone to
her husband, and, knowing where he re-
sided, hurried thither. / rushed into
the house, and was Mortified to find the
apparently lifeless body of my sister
stretched on the parlor floor Assistance
was summoned, and, as soon as il was
safe to do so, she was removed to our
own home 1t was not until months aft
er that learned the events which led
up to this last catastrophe. 1t seems that
she had, as / had supposed, sought for
the villain who should have been ready
and anxious to care for her. When he
heard that her father had refused to ac-
knowledge the marriage, he coolly told
her that, in that case, it would be best
to part, that he would not separate o
girl from her father, and other things
equally heartless. Then he left her.
1T was not surprising that my Sis
ter's little girl should have been prema-
turely hurried into the world by these
exciting scenes. Afterward the mother
improved slowly, but surely, day by
day. With my father it was different.
For months he lay between life and
death. When my sister had sufficiently
recovered her own health, she divided
her time between her baby and her IA
ther, and her experience as a nurse now
became invaluable. At last there came
q change, and one morning my father
awoke, apparently better.
Matilda, my sister, was at the mo-
ment having her breakfast and was out
Of the room, ! taking her place for the
time. Father spoke to me, asking me
to relate all that had occurred. / tried
TO answer evasively, but he immediate.
ly showed signs Of excitement, Insisting
on reply TO his inquiries Under TIE
circumstances ] deemed it best to tel
him the truth. He listened Will ut
comment until ] told how her husband