Show ROMANCE OF THE MOUNTAINS the of A fugitive and the or ilia Ua seventy years ago says the pittsburgh dispatch there came to alie county named from massachusetts a young man named james hoar son of a prominent citizen of boston educated at one of the leading eastern colleges beyond this nothing could be learned of his life he secured work as a day laborer at the old wharton furnace everything about this stranger bespoke the gentleman of culture aliis fact added to alie mystery of hiis life led to alie conclusion eliat lie had left massachusetts for reasons which he did not care to divulge e one lay us he was handling a large piece of metal it fell and broke his leg iio taken to the home of benjamin aronson Ur onson aronson had a daughter named jennie a typical country girl when izoar was taken to her home her spare time was devoted to the care of the new arrival after the patient was able to be about his attentions to jennie became apparent and a quiet country wedding followed they took up their abode in a little log house about a mile cast of dunbar A household of children came to their fireside james boar had become a typical woodsman and many stariea of his prowess as an athlete are still told the tranquillity of the little mountain home was broken by the appearance of a southern planter named lc clair he was accompanied by hia wife and together tog ether aliey secured quarters at haars hoars cabin the latter had a daughter le claar pretended to have become enamored of the fair haired mountain girl the secret of hiis pretended love was kept from his wife and when the le clairs left she disappeared what became of her is still a mystery and it is believed that she was by the lo 10 clalra and taken south the brokenhearted mother never recovered from the loss and from that time life for her was one long sorrow james izoar died at the age of eighty three it is now known that his connection with some of the cape cod pirates drove him into this mountain exile iio ans a cousin of senator hoar of massachusetts chu jennie izoar made a livelihood after the death of her husband by selling roots and herbs |