The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-23

known as the Bonynge story, and then
everybody would have said it was far
fetched. 1t was. but it was fetched by
the history of our times Neither Scribe
nor Boucicault told the story, in fact, it
never has been told. 1t has lain like
worm i the bud' for years. covered up
by social wrappages, and it is doubtful
If twenty people outside of the imme-
date circles most deeply interested ever
heard Of it.
WHENCE SHE CAIdE-
The Vsicountess Deerhurst, beautiful
and estimable lady, basks in the favors
of an English court The queen has twice
received her. She has many warm
friends among the proudest aristocracy
of England and it is everywhere &C
knowledged that she is entitled to all
the affection and favor she has won, on
account of her personal character and
her many virtues. English society has
always known her as Miss Bonynge,
the daughter of the once conspicuous
cosmopolite, C. w. Bonynge, of London,
New York and California, a Millionaire,
man of the world, banker, miner, club
man and bon vivant of excellent society
repute.
Under the name of Bonynge his daugh-
ter became engaged to an English noble
man 1t was a genuine love affair on
both sides, and the preparations for the
marriage had been settled upon, when
there came suddenly the shadowy but re-
lentless enemy, who is always sure to
walk in in any properly constructed meio-
drama.
Try and fancy the situation. Here Is
the beautiful Virginia Bonynge, personal
friend of the Princess Christian, patron
lied by the queen, adored, fattered. wor-
shipped, virtually safe from al the rude
blasts of envy, malice and jealousy, II
wealth and power and social influence
have not lost their pursuance.
AWAKENING FROM A DREAM.
Then stalks in the mysterious person
age that you have seen a hundred times
at the end of the second act, and an
nounces the most incredible things
complacently as if love and happiness
were after all only the ashes that are
strewn by fate. The beautiful girl is in
formed that she is not the daughter of
Mr.. Bonynge. Not at all. She Is the
daughter of a California miner, who COM
mitted a murder and finally blew out his
brains This is bad enough for the girl
herself to bear. But to be properly accu-
rate 1t must be the family of the young
man to whom she is engaged that is to
hear of it, and, worst of all, it is true.
Here it is in brief:
Virginia Bonynge was the daugter of a
plebeian English gardener, whose name
was William Daniel. He married in Eng
land a housemaid, and together they emf
grated to America to seek their fortune.
From New York they worked their way
across the continent, stopping for a while
at Pennington, ILL.,, where they under
took to run a quarter section of land.
Here it was, on the prairie on Illinois, in
a rude shanty, Virginia was born. When
the California gold discovery was made
her parents sold out and started across
the Rocky mountains.
THE FATHER A CRIMINAL.
What the girls hardships and dangers
were. we shall never know. To cross the
Rockies in those days was equal to be-
ing shipwrecked once and burned out
twice Once on the Pacific slope her
father went to work as a common miner;
# was a rough community. almost every
body's hand was against everybody in the
endeavor to protect himself. Daniel one
day got into fracas with crowd Of