The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-07
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In 4 ~ 4 SyaSs 81
One OF the most beautiful young
lwonlen that ever graced Colorado so
cieJv with her presence died a few
days ago at Cripple Greek. The news
sent a flutter OF interest throughout
the entire State for the young wo.
man had been widely known and the
romance of her life had attracted at
t,tention TO her far beyond the circle OF
her Immediate acquaintances-
Five years ago the young woman
made her entrance into society Her
family was prominent. but it was not
due alone to this fact that she was
success from the Very night OF her
coming out bail. Her Eraces Of mind
and BODY were too many to allow her
to pass .unnoticed whatever her sta
ton might have been. She was stat
uesCue. a pronounced blonde in type,
and her brightness and evenness OF
temper were in keeping.
Denver youths paid their court 70
the new beauty with devotion that
was as ardent as it was hopeless.
| The East in time added its quota OF
loveIorn SWANS to the group that
| danced in attendance on the young
girl, but apparently il made no differ
ence whatever to her. She liked
| them all and bestowed her smiles as
| inpartia1ly as though she did not
| know that they were willing to do
anything if only they might win her.
Then the first of the unexpected
things of her career happened. a
young ranchman drifted across her
horizon He was picturesque. as his
business demanded, he was rich ana
he was susceptible, for he straight
way fell madly in love with the belle.
He was absolutely untutored in the
ways of society, but he was honest
and when he got a chance to avow
his devotion he seized it without an
instant's loss of time.
The advent of the ranchman had
been an event of the bellies life she
found his indebtedness a rellet
from the artificiality that marked the
men who had been surrounding her
She liked his directness and she must
have liked the breeziness of his WOO
ing for she looked with favor on IL
and in the end gave him her heart.
The first obstacle arose here to
mar the plans of the young people.
the girl feared, and probably right
IL. that her family would oppose her
choice, and so an elopement was
planned after much deliberation. one
day the young people slipped away
from Denver and in few hours the
word was on its way back that they
had been married.
The family received the news phil
osophically enough and the bride was
never able to learn whether the
elopement was the part OF discretion
or not At any rate the marriage was
formally announced and society hao
a nine-days wonder. 1t prattled about
the romance of the affair for the al
lotted time and then turned its at
tention to other things, for the young
couple gaily turned their races away
from the capital to establish home
of their own.
This home was in Cripple Creek,
where the husband had many min
ing interests. Cripple Creek, even
now, when it has reached the years
of discretion and has well-establish-
ed business interests, is very unlike
Denver. but the society girl seems
never to have noticed the change or
to have regretted the things she put
behind her. Instead she took up her
new life with all the enthusiasm OF
the youth that was still hers and APP
parently enjoyed it to the utmost.
In the end, however. 1t was TINS
happy acceptance of new conditions
that turned her romance into tras-
edy. The high altitude of Cripple
Creek was more than she could
stand. She fought against the dis
ease that followed but its course was
resistless and she died suddenly, be-
cause she loved life itself less than
being by her husbands side.
1t is said in Colorado that the mar
ried life of these young people was
among the happest that State OF
marital mistakes has ever seen. 1t
was happy from the very day it be-
gan and it was happy until the tragic
fate that ended it had done its work
1t will be long before it is forgotten.
II is incidents like this that keep