The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-07
,,oaET HELD A SECRET.
r%.S FIND EXPLAINS A
T0 HnrTrrFuL WIDOWS DisAP-
PEARANCE.

...t, Daughter Was Her rival
pre- that the Two People She Low
anu wight BE Happy Marry Mil
60 FAMOUS Texas Beauty, Died
leh and by Her. own Hand just
" tbe caves of Her Home
tHU as searched for Far and
% au, the Garrett Held &er
"'D 50 Wen That Though Fiji
yenrs Elapsed Her Jewel
,.c,,ed Bones Have just Been
Found. l., nhu,da,nb,a
Bal" Times.
5,vs ago, while half dozen men
'' ,..if,os the lumber of an old house
"'' s,3 blown down during the gale
WIZ. ..ss ago. they discovered among the
"" w.. the skeleton Of woman. Around
.,. ,.qs cIasped a string of diamonds
..,esled the PERSONS Identity there
,...,inr freshly back to the minds OF
oos here the strange and sudden dis
''''. -,,e4 many year ago of Mary Miller,
.b. b3ndsomest women in Texas.
.,s. section of country it is not I'M
f,r men to disappear in night ana
s.,.r he sen or even heard from again.
fart there as so many rolling
thai this sort of thing occurs fire.
They become dissatisfied with
fortunes and decide in few hours
,r. nm hoping 10 strike better luck
,b.rs And believing their manoeu-
/ ~. of no particular interest to any
y..,r. themselves, their neiShbors
/ s.,p nothing of their going until they are
Bur when a lone woman disappears
.e.st is entirely different. Not only
I.,t. reason that such cases are rarely
,..r...t hut because it is woman,
.+ref.h. of course. makes the affair far
i,,....tiug. And so in the case of
,,.r- MILLER il was enough to arouse the
1-. sset.on of country. No one could
4 I.ra tbar She had been killed, for she
"a M, enemies; therefore all hoped that
.. lsv she would come back TO the
a r,..t and make life in the future as bright
.+ss ronebrnen as she had in the past
was in the beginning of 1850 when old
80, MILLER and his daughter took up their
.s.ls Of Battle Creek. And a short while
b.r they were Joined by an old friend of
=, faniv who was only Miller's junior
Sy few years and bore the same name.
rd inst as were all the men at the
rrak they were interested in ranch.
"a Vary was years old and the only child
,arn iftv miles of the place. She was
trobt and pretty, and soon held warm
M snf in the heart of every ranchman. And
a she grew in years and beauty so she
rsv into their hearts. She was known as
HI net of the ranch. and she remained so
wH her disappearance, and even after
A9t the memory of her was cherished by
sss4 men. every one of whom had grown
o9 and gray loving her.
9y rba time Mary had reached her 18th
ysr she had developed into a beautiful
woman and the ranchmen no longer con-
reaed their admiration for her. They 'e
CARED themselves again and again and
each boued that he would one day be the
lucky man. But ere she was 16 her father
was taken Violently i'll, and while on his
dtath he'd, to please him, she married his
"a oll friend Marcus Miller The neighbors
81 thought it cruel in the two men to take
advantage Of her youth by persuading her
to link her life with a man so much her
senior and they bitterly censured them
iuthe action. Every one felt it a personal
sting but they braced up and attended the
wedding The affair was solemn for all
except the bridegroom-he was the only
happy person present-and the guests were
Cad when they could leave.
Not a ranchman went to bed that night
tere was no sleep for them. They drank
havly for the next two weeks, this being
leT only method of drowning their dis
R01tment. Finally. however, they shook
q The weight, or managed to conceal it,
sld called at che Miller home as formerly.
10 man Mixer died few weeks after
" wedding and trife over a year was
N@Ved by his friend Mary was a widow
va baby girl. Then indeed was the
1hdship of the ranchmen tested, but
uey stood it well, there being not one
noHg them who would not have given ali
'y possessed 10 this girl and her babe.
ne mad still a few cattle eft, and by
lhg one from time to time, managed 10
nIe very well
"1eh ner child was about two years old
F was stolen. Every man turned out
% their best horses and. secured the state
5 VI me parties crossing the border and
lt.t
W. one could be found This was the
4'est bow that had fallen upon Mary
sle was taken violently i'll. After
,, g' weeks she recovered. but her spirit
gone The bright merry girl had
a" mo a serious woman. Having no
10 depend on now, she was induced
Y5'o tne ranchmen. This kept her oc-
1 r9I ana insured her living. The fol-
, summer typhoid fever went
7a the ranch, and every man was
i.L rom four to five weeks. Marv
,lem through it, and when they
br wen as She would not accent purse
nh Iai made up for her, they made the
~ ss. pa'eHase of diamond necklace and
an, ~, ,na' 10 her in gratitude for her
MD. ANonesS's. There We're doubles.
.r. '-N3S that she would have liked
pd 'ul She smiled aud clapsed the
tHad h. 0'.u her throat and never Der
H. friends TO see her without them
ner ln We're as much in love with her
an. "d9 ever been, therefore she coull
Ae ,,5 "' any one of them: but wheo
ma, yen a widow nearly three wears
esr.a" me name of Davis made he an.
1o,sb re was a gentleman Of leisure
v Wv managed to write now and tber
ok,, York paper. He was poo,l-
lo7, o'N p)'iShed-two things thar %
ar WAY with woman-and he w9r
ee ma ,,'u, very difficult wooing. The
a. l'''' settled down and were han.
Tus. Sl, was and he apparentry