The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-25

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rssssf tcmuifiee sssi her there 10
thrfst 81 Nsmaa and Arthur iypn
m1e ihe afuef whh tbem The
.aR#g7ff n lir nua4an ls iust
fognT i4na had taken a great fan
~ ID gAe GiiiF sifi und shs 70 him
10 aNea went % hsr auuts house IN
gtw sng dWbar zoe nert ton years. aud
thee ise fwo ncfs separated b. yery
nNattable ecsurfence. ~ less than
ghe elerHfion ~ Aribar Lynn TO be-
EsH n DenlproNEh
Thc estate q Edhhs father yielded
her . fem hundred dollars which was
ttai npfn hsr education Later she
lnheyiied q pitmnce from her saai.
A fer days before the johnstown
catastrophe lgeouard Ttuwbridge went
70 New York ard borrowed 5000 Of
iaBmn Edllurer & Co. with which brm
he had bad some preYions dealings
BE put on Is collateral for this loan
s00po shares o. stock ~ the yellow
Eagle sod mine u California. which
siork VAS then quoted around 20
thus The aQ0a0 shares were worth
about $4,000
~ The terms o. the transaction 10
Hurer a CO were authorized 10 sell the
mining sbaret; II the note was not paid
a maiurlty. pay II and place the bal.
snce 10 The qceouni of Trowbridge. u
any ~ TroWbudge's friends knew OF
This transaction or u bis ownership Of
that stock they persisted IN The iood.
During the four months Ia which the
note YVES maturing there occurred o
bonanza nud in the Yellow Eagle
mine. The $4,000 shares were eventual
y sold by Edllnger 4 Co. at sli a
share They actually obtained $4,000
net Originally the transaction may
have bten honest. az least In sem.
blance, for the account Of Leonard
Trowhridge was duly credited with the
surprising balance 10 which II was en-
iltled. bot subsequently this money
was juggled over into the personal ae-
count OF Julian Edllnger.
These facts were discovered by an
aged clerk IN Edliager & Co.'S employ.
a man pamed Wilbur Nash, He seems
20 have bad an old fashioned honesty.
f0r be went TO Julian Edlinger and In.
quired whether any attempt had ever
been made % find Trowbridge's heirs
The result was that Edllnger turned
Nash out upon the street. not knowing
thar the old man had obtained eyi
dence, leGnlly valuable, Of the Trow-
bridge transaction.
Nash Immediately began search for
an heir 10 the Trowbridge fortune, ac.
tuated chiefly by motives Of common
honesty. but partly perhaps by resent
menl aud the hope Of reward. He
found Edith Trowbrldge In New York.
where she was earning her living as
stenographer The discovery was due
more 10 accident than good work. for
Nash's Investigations at lohnstown
he'd revealed only hint that q daugb.
ter OF TrowbrIdge bad survived him,
IN the confusion incident TO that ap.
palllug disaster identincations were
necessarily hasty. and nobody really
Knew whether The little girl sent west
was actually TrowbrIdge's daughter
The only dlscoverable witness who
bed known her before and after the
catastrophe was Arthur Lynn. now
iAr OF Deuborougb. aud he was In In
dn IN the service Of his government.
3at he had kept up struggling cor
espondenee with Edith. and she
lueW bis wherea bouts She wrote him
q full story of the affair. according 10
We Information Obtained from Nash.
nd awaited al answer with natural
anxiety. Greatly to her surprise and
% The qualification OF her lawyer. Mr..
Hrnydon. she received n letter OF
warm congratulatlon from Denbor-
ugh. who said that be would 30 TO
lhe ends of the earth TO serve her and
to be 10 New York on the
following 18th Of April
Meanwhile legal proceeding Tor
the recovery Of the money had been
teElln. Int had been kept ont OF the
ourts Edllnger1s defense was de-
llal 81 Miss Trowbridge's identity. and
Inc struggle Of hIs lawyers was 10
set ut the amount Of evidence In the
psspssIon ~ The other side, They
inally seemed 20 have decided that the
trbt could be proved. but that Miss
identity could not. They
ia not get track of the Earl OF Den
Aur0ngh's connection with the case
lntll the very last minute. Then they
earned that ne was 10 be In New
a ipril ~. but they did not
W ~ was coming IL they
ttWn that they wonld have In.
f,b HIN. for They were inform
90 his poverty.
H,h | had heard this story the |
Wis as plaln TO me as II the facts
sen placarded on the wall. Den
li had arrived In town and had
81 unre 10 Edlinger's Office. The
ai,ss Tper could not have failed
mat Ediinger would pay for his
urc Edllnger had bribed him TO
aay aud had Entrusted the bride
Hrr 80 his nephew. Henry, TO be
M when enborough should be
y out u the way.
lad alfeady learned from the cab
lhst Ice WAS going 20 the cunard
~ A shin sailed at = o'clock. Re.
gnl q doubt Henry Edlinger and
iia Isarl Of Peterborough would have
sea passage and the price OF de
rudlng Edith Trowbridgc would
,aee been paid 10 some far away