Year: 1860

A FATHER NARROWLY ESCAPE


MARRYING HIS OWN DAUGHTER!


Some seventeen years ago young ant


Intelligent man married an accomplished


German girl in Rochester, N. Y. HI


had before his marriage unfortunatel,


contracted an intimacy with some Of tn


fast men of that city, and shortly afte


his marriage he was suspected of forgery


The suspicion was SO strong against hin


that he fled. His wife never heard O.


him afterwards. She died when tn,


child was some six years old, and on he


death bed gave it to German family


who had been her friends for long time


This family moved to this city when tn.
.child-an uncommonly y pretty little gir
was about seven years old The
family, after they had resided here six
months, had some property fall to them
in the German State of Hanover, and
concluded to go there and spend the re-
mainder of their days. They went
leaving little Christine, the child, with
a worthy German named Klingenheifer
He took her into his family and adopted
her as his child. He gave her all the
opportunities of education that his linn
tied means would permit, and the child
became beautiful and intelligent girl.


About six weeks ago a gentleman ar
rived in the city from the Mexican State
Of Sonora Mr.. Klingenheifer, seeing
his name upon hotel register, sought
him out for the purpose of gaining some
information of brother of his, who lives
in Sonora. 1t so happened that the
gentleman knew Mr.. Ks brother per-
fectly well-they were tried and warm
friends-and an intimacy naturally
sprang up between himself and Mr.. K.
He visited Mr. K. s house and there met
the young lady Christine. They became
friends and subsequent visits ripened
their friendship into love. He offered
her his hand in marriage, which was ac-
cepted. He had lived in Sonora for
several years and had been connected
with many of the revolutions of that
singularly revolutionary country, taking
side with the Liberals. The present
government of that unhappy State is not
Liberal, and the gentleman was re-
Gently exiled by Gavalando, the Cover
nor. The gentleman had no difficulty
in proving all this. Besides, he had
plenty of money.


Monday last was settled upon as the
wedding day.


Sunday, while he was visiting the
young lady, his attention was directed to
a locket ring which she wore upon one
Of her fingers. He laughingly asked
her whose miniature the locket con-
tanned, and she told him it was that of
her dead mother He looked at it and
became deathly pale. He knew the
miniature was that of his wife and felt
sure that the girl by his side was his
own daughter, though he had never be-
fore supposed he had child upon earth.
The mingled pain and pleasure he felt
pain at the thought of the frightful act
he had been about to commit, and pleas
ure at his most happy escape-cannot be
described.


His daughter, after the shock which
the discovery caused her, had passed
away, was overjoyed at meeting her
father


News had reached him, while he was
n South America, of his wife's DEATH
When exiled from Sonora he determined
70 revisit Rochester, and endeavor to
clear up the suspicion against him. He
Knew thathe was innocent. He travelled
1nder an assumed name, but it had been
nis intention to impart the secret to
Christine ere the marriage ceremony was
performed She, it will be borne in
mind, had adopted the name of Kiln
5enheifer and the gentleman had sup
posed she was Mr. X s own daughter


He was happy to learn, as he did from
lis daughter who had received the in
diligence from her mother, that all sus-
,icion against him in regard to the for
,ery in Rochester had been entirely al
aged, years ago, by the confession Of the
guilty party.


He will 60 West with his daughter and
ettle there.


We get these particulars from relia-
lie source, but we do not learn how the
,xile excuses himself for never advising
lis unhappy wife of his Whereabouts
1Ieuela1.d Plain Dealer. ..-