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Show 5iS JAMES HOAR'S EXILE. A Qtier and Romantic Story From the Mountains of Pennsylvania. The death of Mrs. Jennie Hoar at her mountain cottage back of Jumonville removes one of the most romantic characters char-acters that ever dwelt in the mountains of Fayette county. She -was born where she died, and her Borrowfully romantic life covered a term of 93 years. Seventy years ago there came to this county from Massachusetts a young man uamed 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 seenrod work as a day laborer at the old Wharton furnace. Everything about this stranger bespoke the gentleman of cuiture. This fact, added to the mystery mys-tery of his life, led to the conclusion that he had left Massachusetts for reasons rea-sons which he did not care to divulge. One day as he was handling a large piece of metal it fell and broke his leg. He was taken to the home of Benjamin Branson. Bronson had a daughter named Jennie, a typical country girl. When Hoar was taken to her home, her spare time was devoted to the care of the new arrival. After the patient was able to bo about his attentions to Jennie became be-came apparent, and a quiet country wedding followed. They took up their abode in a little log house about a mile east of Dunbar. A household of children chil-dren came to their fireside. James Hoar had become a typical woodsman, and many stories of his prowess as an athlete ath-lete are still told. The tranquillity of the little mountain home was broken by the appearance of a southern planter named Le Clair. He was accompanied by his wife, and together to-gether they secured quarters at Hoar's cabin. The latter had a daughter 21 years old. Le Clair pretended to have become enamored of the fair haired mountain girl. The secret of his pretended pre-tended love was kept from his wife, and when the Le Clairs left she disappeared. disappear-ed. What became of her is still a mystery, mys-tery, and it is believed that she was kidnaped by the Le Clairs and taken south. The broken hearted mother never nev-er recovered from the loss, and from that time life for her was one long sorrow. sor-row. James Hoar died at the age of 83. It is now known that his connection with some of the Cape Cod pirates drove him into this mountain exile. He waa a cousin of Senator Hoar of Massachusetts. Massachu-setts. Jennie Hoar made a livelihood after the death of her husband by selling sell-ing roots and herbs. Pittsburg Dispatch. |