The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11
JOAQUIN MILLER'S DAUGHTER.
RecOnciled with Her Father After
Many Years.
From the Chicago Tribune.

FROM the Chicago Tribune.
San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 4.-Naud Mil
Ter. the actress, and daughter Of Joaquin
Miller, the poet, has become reconciled TO
her father after many years of estrange-
ment. It is romantic story:
In the early days of Oregon Joaquin MIL
Ter was editor of a paper in one of the
small towns of that state. Among its ,on-
tributors was one who signed her poems
and sketches Minnie Myrtle" They
pleased the editor A meeting was follow
cd by brief courtship and marriage.
Their Compartments were too similar for
them to dwell together long. After re-
peated futile efforts to make each other
happy Joaquin and Minnie Myrtle separ-
ated, the daughter remaining with the
father
Minnie Myrtle went away and became a
lecturer. She died many years ago.
The daughter was placed in the Convent
Of L0retto at Ontario Canada After her
education was finished she went abroad.
chaperoned by Mrs. Hotchkiss wife of
the revolving cannon inventor. At the age
of IS she went on the stage. Some years
later she met Loudon Mccormack, a hand
some ACTOR. She married him against her
fathers wishes.
advised marriage, but there was one thing
which cut him to the heart It was an
interview in a New York paper in which
Maud was quoted as upbraiding him for
neglecting her. He disinherited her and
forbade her name 10 be spoken in his
presence or. out of it.
That was ten years ago. Not long ago
Mrs. Frank Leslie, Chauncey NJ. Depew,
and several others who were interested in
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ter endeavoring to bring about a recon-
ciliation. Maud had grown i'll and dis
couraged. She was fighting an unequal
battle with poverty. She longed for er
fathers forgiveness, but was too proud
10 ask aid from him, or, indeed, from any
one. Then Mrs. Leslie wrote out here to
Harry Wagner, Joaquin Miiler's secretary,
but it was too delicate a task for even so
old and trusted friend as he to disobey
a fathers command.
Then Maud came West. Twice she called
at her fathers and twice he received her
as a stranger.
A third time she approached the poets
home on ''The Heights" Joaquin Miller
waited for her to come nearer. He reach
ed out his arms, which We're filed with
flowers and offered the blossoms to her.
Not word was there between them.
Then he took her hand and led her up the
y.
tangled hair blowing about her face, she
had walked in the Oregon valleys beside
him.
Joaquin Miller, which asked last night
about the return of his daughter, said that
the story was true. Il left Maud at
home in my cottage with her boy" he
said, land she is happy there now. We
like her since she is willing to stay at
home and my mother is especially fond Of
her. She occasionally goes down to San
francisco to take some minor part in the
plays that are given there. but has given
up the stage and expects to stay with us.
/ have promised to build her a cottage
near mine. and there viii be little COM
munity of us with my brothers cottage
and the home Of my mother close at hand.
81 educated her az the best convent
schools of Quebec, but she became rest
less and left school without my knowl-
edge. After that / took her to Wash
ington. where she met the President. and
later / sent her 10 Paris in charge Of
friend She left her companion there and
returned to New York. where she went
on the store. ID was then she married the
actor. ana after that ] did not see her an
iii she came home. She used 10 write to
me ana ! asked her to come home when
she wanted 90. She is a good girl and
am glad to have her there"