AN EXTRAORDINARY ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3650, 31 March 1869, Page 4

AN EXTRAORDINARY ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.

(FROM THE " DETROIT FREE PRESS," NOVaMBUR 21.) Thuue passed through this city yesterday, en route to Chicago, a lady whose history is one of the mosb remarkable ever brought to publio notice. It has been well said that truth is at anger than fiction, and the details of this lady's history abundantly verify the adage. For reasons which all will sea the propriety of, we withhold her name, merely relating the faots »8 they were communicated to our reporter hy one who had heard hor "strange, true story " from her own lips. In 1838 her parents emigrated to this country from England, leaving behind them an only sou some ten years of age, who had engaged as cabin-boy on a merchant vessel in the East India trade — they landing in New York, wheie, a few months later, the subject of this ftketch was born, While she was yet a helpless infant both her parents died, and she was sent to the Foundling Uome, where xhe remained some time, when she was finally adopted by a lady and gentleman who then resided in Elmira, N. Y. Of coarse she knew nothing of her sailor brother, and she grew up in the belief that she was really the child of her foster parents. At the age of 18 she married an industrious young mechanic, and set out for the great West. After travelling in various States.they finally settled in Missouri, where they continued prosperous and happy until the pfcorm of war burst upon tbo country. Then her husband, in common with the thousands of bis misguided countrymen, enlisted in the service of the rebellion, and was assigned to Geueral Price's army. He served faithfully during the first eighteen months of the war, but was finally killed in one of the Southwestern engagements, from the breaking oue of the war, the lady of whom we write had lost all traoe of her foster pavents, owing to the disturbed condition of that portion of the country in which the resided, and after her husband's death she removed to St. Louis, where she sought to maintain herself by serving. Tn 1863 she again married, and her husband embarked in business ia St. Loais. This last marriage wa3 a thoroughly happy one, and in the course of time two ohildren were born unto them. The husband gradually extended his business operations, so tbat muob. of his timo -was necessarily spent in travelling about the country, and during one of his business tours he visited Chicago, where he became acquainted with a lady and gentleman who, by a fortunate chain of circumstances, he ascertained wer« the long-lost foster parents of hiu wif ». Delighted at the discovery he had made, and pleased, no doubt, with anticipations of the joyful surprise he should give his wife, the husband at once concluded his business with the intention of returning to St. Louis and bringing her to Chicago for the purpose of reuniting her with her friends, without having first prepared either party for such an event. - On the night of his contemplated departure for home, while conversing with Mr. and Mrs. , it happened that he was led into a recital of his adventures about the world, and before the narrative was finished his listeners knew that their sdopted daughter had married her own brother, who, before she was born, had sailed for tho East Indie). Horrified beyond expression, the wretched man fled from tho house, and from that hour no tidings of him have ever reached hit) friends. This was in March; last, and a few weeks later the wretcbedsister-wife was rendered comparatively poor by the destruction, oft a large portion of the property i toft in her, hands by i&re. t ' Although written \lo by hep stricken friends their letters never reacheovhar, and a few weeks trace she started for Elmira Jher, early home*. Upon her arrival hereshe learned the address of her foster parents, with, whom she at once communicated, giving them j fall details of her experience since she had first bade them farewell, upon setting out for hot Western home. Their answer to her letter contained a statement of the terrible discovery of the identity of her husband and brother, together' with an affectionate invitation to come to them with her ohildren and share their home. •>' '\! *>'. . \ , \, Heartbroken, and nearly crimed by the strange denouement of her happy married, life, .the" wretoKed womau ' hastened to accept the 6fferh and this morning will doubtless see htr reanit«d to her earlieit and ttyufoat 'friends: -Vj"'*- 1 .VKf-c. w l i^ ;;./, ,r -' -

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