Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-05-05
STORY OF HER LIFE.
written for This Paper.

Npnkeu nN tnoONlnNr OF DOOR fthtti-, nut :
as she has never sought publicity for her
aelf | will not force il upon her by reveal
lng her name IN this little story Of her life.
twenty years ago she lived iae &c OF
society favorite in New Yo.h IS BY
society ! do not mean the wei ,hy class
Of the exclusive 400 Of Gotham, Tot the
more numerous class Of peope whose in
comes are reckoned by thousands instead
Of by millions or hundreds Of thousands.
In this class she was a leader Her name
was found on all the entertainment pro
grammes for private entertHinmcrisi she
was included In every cast for private the
atricals she was found at the balls IN
the winter and the seaside IN the nlmprri
IN fact, she was popular IN al that the word
implies Ia society circles. Several men had
sought her hand in marriage, and several
more would have done so had they not
been afrnid OF the results, but il remained
for a young Methodist minister, without
influence or without wealth. 20 win the
fair prize.
Alter the marriage ceremony had made
them one, they left this country for the
interior Of India, TO carry the Gospel TO
the benlghted millions Of that ccuatry, and
1t was here that her first success WIS won.
4 Methodist bishop had seen the ac
counts as rendered by the church mission
aries in India, and considered them cx-
travagant in their mode Of living. lie had
noted the fact that several servants were
kept by each Of them; that in their letters
home they never spoke Of anything hut
silk gowns, that they went to the noun
tains TO spend the warmest portion Of
each year, all Of which he considered nm
necessary, and, TO be in a position TO criti-
else, he determined to live among the mis-
sonaries Of India for year.
He and his wife and daughter fettlcd
in the town where our heroine and her
husband were laboring in the cause Of
Christ. At first they limited themselves
to one servant, but soon they found that
that servant would sweep the house but
would not cook, his standing in the com
lnanity would not permit OF his lowering
hiJnsef 10 such a position even for the
munihcent salary Of q few pennies each
month, For that reason it was Necessary
to add another servant, and even the next
one would not perform Ill OF the work
that waA left TO do, and still another had
to be added and so on until the bishop
had more servants thau the missionary and
his wife.
When Mrs Bishop needed new gown
she found that il was cheaper TO buy one
Of silk than Of any Of the mere Ordinary
materials, but the bishop insisted that they
would draw the line on a "Trip to the NOM
tains during the SUMMER that at least
they would abstain from as an example
10 tho others, and they did. As resu T.
his only daughter Died OF the terrible
fevers which none but the natives can
stand, and at the end Il the year &c came
home a convinced but brcken-henr'ed man
Our heroine bid the bishop and his wife
good.by as they started FOR the coast, wher,
they would sal for the home she would
80 much like TO visit, and then, dry ng hel
tears, she set about putting the mrry little
incidents Of the bishops conversion into
a story, She was thoroughly familiar Will
each and every one Of the little happening
that had changed the bishops views o.
the expenditures Of the missionaries, an,
she wove them together so cleverly, will
the hnnor and the pathos, the JOYS an'
, the sorrows so charmingly PORTRAYED, tba
il made an interesting book. When Il wa
published by a New York house the critic
and the public voted 1t q success.
Success is usually accompanied by scr
row. l;ut few OF the successful pope o
the world have won their aurcls withcu
paving dearly for them in one wel or ga
other. and Just when our heroine wa
rloryng IN the success Of her hnpe hc
husband and little daughter were strickel
and taken from her by the terrible ievers
Al thought Of her success was lost IN be
sorrow, which was not yet complete, 10
after the loss Of husband and daughter, sh
saw her best and truest friend in all Ind
taken from her to live the life Of a leper
which is even more terrible than death.
a She returned to her New York home
but il was not the home she had left, 70
her fathers wealth had been swept away
and he was bankrupt without the mean
Of providing for her. And then again he
book came to her rescue. II was seliin
well. and the publisher desired another
lie offered her an opportunity to go {
D Hawaii al the expense Of his hrni, tina
she might study the people OF the httl
! islands and portray the native WAYS an
customs in story form. She was to be give
six months time in the islands in which I
, secure the material for her book.
In the islands her fame had gone b
: fore her, and she was welcomed by pc
country people only as they can welcome "a
-, stranger. She was feted and dined as Is u
coming the successful man or woman. I
her success they knew, Of her sorrows the
!, did not In time Of course they lcarne
that she was a widow, that her husban
d, had been Methodist missionary to II
u dia, and that he and her little dnught'
had died there, but the depths OF her so
row they did not fathom.
In Hawaii there is but one class
!, Americans, and everyone from the DEF
! native land, whether he be rich or poo
Is belongs to that class, and all delight to d
equal honor to their countrymen whe
y. they visit the islands. Al the time OIL
Is heroine visited Honolulu an American MAJ
r of.wur was anchored in the harhor, az
+ its officers formed welcome part OF u
American colony. Its stalwartcommand
3 met the authorcss and was infatuated WI
n her sweet face and gentle manners MAJ
II the sweeter by her depth Of sorrow
As she went from place 70 place in b
r search for material for the book she W
n writing his thoughts followed her. In b
IT story she pictured herself as a man hath
he old maid, and as the story grew she wo
"a dered sometimes whether or not she "
sr not living the character she was pictI
Re ing Disease had taken from her the o
in man deur to her during her life in Ind