The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-12
MET AFTER MANY YEARS.
The Romantic Reunion of a Separated
Family.

The Romantic Reunion of a Separated
Family.
Not all the romance of life is found
In the pages of novel and realism
frequently outdistances idealism. tale
Of family reunion in Nashua, N H.
reads like an interesting chapter from
the pen of some eminent delineator of
character.
The people interested are Mrs. Will
liam E. Davis, Stephen A. White Of
Boston and Belle Lavero, a reader of
some note.
In October, 1871, Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen
A. White of Weymouth, Mass, after
struggling hard to keep the wolf from
the door, decided that they must pars
with two of their three children. After
consultation it was decided to place the
two daughters, one aged and the other
s. in home from which children were
adopted. The boy who bore his faith
er's name, was to remain at home.
The father took the two daughters to
an institution in Boston. The younger
one, Rose, was adopted, but there was
no call for the elder one, who was later
turned over to the care of an uncle, and
in the course of time married William
E. Davis of this city.
The boy Stephen A. White, jr., start
ed out at a tender age to make his own
way in the world. He prospered fairly
well, and in 1896 was working in Bos-
ton. cdr
One evening in the fall of that year
he attended an entertainment, and
there was introduced to the star of the
evening, Miss Belle Lavero. a reader.
With him it was a case of love at first
sight.
Fate threw them in each others paths
and an acquaintance soon ripened into
mutual love. The young man, however,
fearing that his suit would not meet
with favor, kept his love secret until
just before Christmas day, 1898. One
evening he told Miss Lavero 1.-The old,
old story" and to his surprise and de-
light found that his love was returned.
He was accepted, subject to the con-
sent of the girls parents.
That night the girl told her father
and mother of the proposal. Neither
offered any objection, but the father
told the girl for the first time that she
was not his daughter; that she was
adopted by him from an institution.
The next day the girl told her lover
the story told her the night before by
her father, and together they sought
| the institution from which she was ia
make her his wife, no matter what the
| records might reveal; she with feal
that it might be discovered that she
was a poor nameless waif.
! The superintendent of the institution
questioned the girl at length and Their
began to look over the records of the
| institution. Finally he found what hi
was looking for and read:
Brought to this home in October
1871, Rose A. White, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Stephen A. White of Wey
mouth Mass, aged 3 years"
In an instant Mr.. White grasped thu
meaning of the situation. 1t was a sis
ter, not a wife, that he had found ano
loved. The girl tainted, and after. re
covering consciousness was told thu
story of her early life.
AS soon as she recovered sufficient,
from the shock she accompanied he
| brother to this city and for the frs
time in a quarter of century met he
sister, Mrs. William E. Davis. The re
union can be better imagined than de
scribed.-Chicago Chronicle.