Romance in Real Life.
Under the uKsuuitid name of Ellen C. Williams, m a little bouse m Eiiiraa-streei, Ghicat»o, Xarly Ellen .'. -iEWiesou'e died i;ec«:utly./jSir William Fortescue had to leave London m 1848 011 ncoount of Bonn' scmj»e, y and ' ami while m Hull ln>came ucquuinted With Ellen, daughter of Uajitain Murray a retired naval officer. They were niaiwd; but the nobleman V infatuation for gambling koou regained its hold and his estate went to L)n? do«*«. She persuaded- her hu.slian< I to gather up the fragments of hL* fortunuaritl go co.Atiteriipjt, which h** did m 1859. Dissipation had ruin-d her • husliind'a henltli, nud they travelled for a time m the ho\m of res^rihs it ;i»'it m 1862 lie di««l m asmall town m 'West^Virgini:!, leaving hi'V 'aioiie with a .liabv girl a ffw month** old. Sht» tau^hi:, an-l siyed up a tew hurtnr&il doilans with Which to prosecute Uiij stud y of hKJilieiue at' the Rush Mwlicnl Collogo m filial ' city. ,Bhe 'Ui:adun.te«l : iiml Le^in praetisui!;. The loss of her daughter m- 1873 unhinged her iniiul to v • certain ev.tHiit, ami since then she battled',. with"., jroVfrty m a ii<i|H*k.*Si4 fiilht. She dietl of apMjilvxy, anil the coroner was .-aUmt to ord««* her body to a pauj»er'B t»rave,wben a JKMer was; fbnhd >owQ:l uj> injwr clothes telling where a sum. ot nioney could be Ibund which she had hid. len up against lu»r death. 'With- it were sound papers* and.a j»lafe with tjiy Fortii^.-ue arms engrav.ed upon it, and the story of her 'ill-stared 'pv.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 137, 15 May 1885, Page 3
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255Romance in Real Life. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 137, 15 May 1885, Page 3
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