The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-16
is IT ROMANTIC ENOUGH?
TIE HEROINE'S NAME BEGINS WITH
GENUINE Double L.
Odd-Wns Betrothed to Her Twin
Brother-Found Her Mother, Who
Didn't Know She Had Ever Lived.
And q Lot Wore Ike II.
From he Chicago Inter-Ocean,

Occasionally things happen in real life
that make the widest romances seem col
orless Uuanitai lie Clerque, a Chicago
| girl. living al Fifty-ffth street and Cot
tage Grove avenue has a life story beside
which the plot Of BaIzac novel is unin-
teresting Uuanitars own mother never
! knew of the girls existence. She was
adopted out Of an orphan asylum when
| three months old and carried 10 India by
wealthy foster parents who idolized Eer.
| She was educated in two OF the most fash
| ionable girls schools in this country, aft
| er living sixteen years in India She fell
in love with her twin brother and would
| have married him but for the chance dis
| covery Of her real mother, and of the re-
| lationship between herself and her broth
er. She Is now engaged to marry her
| foster brother
| few weeks ago Mrs. May Wright Sc
wall of Indianapolis, who goes 10 the Paris
fair as commissioner from that state Of
fered Miss lie Clerque position as pri-
vate secretary Miss lie Clerque planned
to go, but her iance opposes the PROPOSE
tion on the ground. perhaps, that by some
| East Indian jugglery the mysterious young
woman is likely to disappear altogether.
| The story Of Uuanital lie Clerque begins
twenty-five years ago, for that was when
she was born in Rochester, N. Y A short
time before her birth her mother and ia
| Their had separated. Mrs. lie Clerque left
| her husband in New York city and went
| to live with her relatives in Rochester
! Uuamtai was one of the twins. Her broth
! er was lusty, healthy chap whose very
! appearance at the beginning of his career
| IN the world announced 70 all and sun
! Dry, Il mean 10 live Whatever hard
| knocks may come, here | am to stav."
| uunttai on the other hand was a puny
child. very small. and not much inclined
| TO fight for her delicate life When The
! mother began to recover from her long and
almost fatal Illness she asked at once for
! her child.
Here he is" said her sister bringing in
| the little boy.
"A handsome boy, that" said the cid
FAMILY doctor. who had been made party
| to the scheme of Mrs. lie Cleroue's rela-
tives. The relatives meantime had decided
that In case the mother did not recover
two orphan children would be a rather Sc
| we're tax upon their charity. In case he
| did lice, they reasoned one child was bur
den enough for widow. without the extra
| tax OF a sckly little girl So while the
mother tossed about in the delirum of
| fever they took he girl and placed her
IN me New York Orphans Home now
| standing in New York city on Seventeenth
street Her mother was not told of her
| existence BY strange oversight of the
relatives, who were so anxious to conceal
the TACT of her birth the child was enter
ed at the orphan asylum under her own
name. But for this her identity would
never have been discovered
Three months after Uuantai was placed
IN the asylum gentleman and his wife
haywood by name, came in search of a
| child TO adopt They had three sons. and
| the dream of their lives was a little daugh-
ter. Uuanitai suited them precisely. Her
mar was a silky black, her eyes dark
her tiny thin face was brown. and she re-
sembled them and their children physically
TO remarkable extent. They took the
enid adopting her by process of law. and
insisted that all evidence of her name end
history be destroyed. Immediately after
| adopting the child they sailed for India
MT. haywood was man of Independent
means and had become interested in mis-
sions in India. He went there 10 take an
executive position connected with the
hhances of Methodist missions The Nav
WOOD family remained in India sixteen
strange and musical name UuanItai Cpro-
nounced Uneta), and the child believed
mat she was theirs by birth and nor by
adoption. Scarcely a wish in the life of
the slender, oval-faced dark-eyed daugh-
ter remained ungraufed. The boys were
devoted to their little sister Like all
American and European families in india
the Maywoods employed g big retinue of
native servants, and the gir.w attended
like princess. She learned the soft IAN
gle OF native tongues the queer supersti-
uonS of the natives, and came TO love the
queer land of SHOWS and parched plains.
where sits the God in his car and often
the potters thumb has a trick of Slipping
for strange fates
When the Worlds Fair year arrived
the haywood family decided to return ia
America They Travelled leisurely through
France and England. stopping three
months in Paris and three in London.
Ihen they came TO Chicago and STAYED
through the season of the fair. after
ward going to New York to live at the
Metropolitan Hotel. Unanitai was placed
IN MSS Phelan's school in New York. and
| graduated there after a couple of wears
She then came 10 indianapolis to Mrs.
May Wright Sewalrs school, After a
term there the girl went on visit TO
relatives OF her foster parents in Jack
sonvllIe, ILL., In Jacksonville she met q
handsome young fellow, VIII lie Cleroue
by name. He was there with his father.
hne-looking, middle-aged man of sill
diery bearing. The girl and Willie lie
Cierque fell in love with each other, and
when she went back to New York they
began a correspondence
Willie lie Clerque?" repeated Mrs.
haywood In n frightened voice when the
| girl told her of it, and all the family fell
into strange confusion at the name. Una
niua was puzzled, although she had. of
course. no suspicion of the real state of
affairs
Here's a mystery" she thought. "and
III find out what ii is"
The Maywoods meantime employed a
lawyer and sent detectives on the trail of
the lie Clerques. One night when all of
the family were out except herself and
Fred haywood, the Oldest son, an attor-
ney's card came
IN see him" she said, in all the pride
of Is years old, and the only daughter of
the house.
NO, I'll see him." interposed Fred.
'Why?" said the girl
Never mind replied Fred; "Iu see
him myself and you needn't come down. -
Uuanitai felt hurt and more resolved than
ever TO solve the mystery that all seemed
TO understand, except herself.
She lstend at the kcYhole They were
talking of an adopted child. property. or
phan asylum, etc. When Fred came out
she asked what IL all meant
we were discussing your cousin, who