Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-02-26
frasie Romance eff IA white Girl and
Her IadIaa Lover

Wichita has Jast witnessed q romance
which in its tragic end and dramatic de-
tails is pathetic IL the extreme. The vic
tins Of this hapless love We're a Young
Kansas girl named Ella Richards OF well
u do parents. excellent education and
delicate refinement and q young, fun
bloeaed Indian brave. Jack Flinthouse.
who had felt the touch OF eivilization's
hand and had become an intelligent and
ambitious citizen. Both died afflicted BY
s terrible maIady. though their deaths
We're due 10 fearful eSazseFations OF love,
Ella Richards Was brought up in her
fathers home at Malvans. Kan. sur
rounded b. ali modern refining influences,
She was heart whole until a year ago.
when she visited Wichita Then She met
he nan who could gain a power over
her, who awakened her susceptihilIeies.
and she forthwith fell in love with him
and he with her.
THIS was the growth Of a month that
Miss Richards spent at Wichita. But
the sweetness had 10 end eventually. aud
she went hack to Mulvane in due time.
On both sides protestatiens of undyjng
love were made. and the two were happy
IN their consciousness. even though IN
fortunate necessity separated them by
Ice miles or more.
Both hoped aud eagerly awaited the re-
union which they expected would follow
his appointment 10 q COVE ament post for
which he was IN applicant and which he
was assured by political influence of Sc
curing. But the reunion came earlier IN
der much different circumstances than
they anticipated.
They corTesponded constantly with on,
another. Daily letters came TO Mulvane
to Miss Richards. For nine months this
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ed. Ar a loss TO understand the cause
she wrote three or four letters. but none
were answered. There were a fortnight
silence and bitter grief and ~disappoint
ment. Then this was relieved. only To b.
heightened. 10y a telegram
Jack Penthouse is i'll with smallpox
il read. "Au communication with him l.
forbidden"
The poor girl was frantic. She deter
mined Ia go to him. Her parents forbad'
it. fearing the danger OF infection. The.
would MOI aid her. But love was TO
strong 10 be denied. She ran away fron
them and walked 100 miles between he
home and Wichita. When she arrived
she rushed to the house on the outskirt
in which her lover was isolated. She wa
by his sid despite the discussion OF tn
doctors and happy in the thought tha'
she could nurse him back to health.
And this she might have done had 1
not been for an unfortunate misundeI
standing. One day the two doctors stoos
without the door Of the sickroom in con
sultatiou. They talked of his recovery
but she misunderstood and thought the.
had predicted his death. She was vile
He should not die and leave her. Sh[
would join him in disease aud death.
Uniappily the means We're at hand. 4
scalpei lay close at hand. She seized if
thrust il into a vein near the surface .
his arm. As the blood started Der liz
covered the wound. She drew the poi
soned blood between her lips and thei
swallowed ii. bsndaged the arm an
awaited the hand of disease.
1t soon afflicted her. Weakened by tn
worry and stress of nursing, she fell !
ready victim. She grew rapidly worse
Her life was despaired of. and in fou
days she died.
Meantime the stronger constitution o
the son Of nature had asserted itself. Fl