Show A BLUE BLOODED BEGGAR the daughter of a titled english mau becomes a tramp port JARVIS no Y july 12 days abt a shabbily dressed feeble woman of about forty three years of age was visible on he the streets here at the police station where she bile slept she gave her name as eli elizabeth zabe th bete benjamin of St staffordshire offord england on the ath she disappeared but WM was beard from yesterday esterday in middletown mrs men benjamin ja min is on her way wiy to new york Y or ric and has bus walked all the way from san francisco fraucisco I 1 inquiry in revea reveals Is the fact that she was tte the kiy daughter u ahter of sir edward harcourt at one time one ond of the most brilliant young english orators her mother waa was a variety v a ry actress who lived in wales to escape the persecutions of sir edwards wards family who opposed his mes alliance allian ce when the babe was born she wag was christened pauline elizabeth harcourt she was wn given nil all the advantages of a superior education and early in life evinced a great poetical genius her mother was a direct descendant of sir philip francis who is believed to have been the author of the celebrated political 1 essays which startled all va england gland from 1709 to 1777 and which were signed junius Jun tas walter P benjamin min of south carolina nephew 0 U dab P benamin I 1 at one time treasurer of tho the confederate states of america met misa miss pauline at swansea a wales when she waa was but seventeen years of age A mutual attachment TBS was formed her fathers death lo wever summoned her home benjamin who was but twenty two her and contrived to see occasionally finally the young adys ladys mother learned learne of these stolen interviews and a terrible scene ensued pauline begged t to 0 e allowed to marry her american sweetheart but her mother remained firm and finally sent her to st andrews in scotland to school by means of prearranged signals he the young lady previous to leaving lome managed to inform her lover whither she was going young benjamin found it coave convenient n bent to visit st andrews andrew frequently and n 1860 they were married an paul nes twentieth birthday when liady lady harcourt heard the news of daughters secret marriage m 1 rr a ge and earned learned that she had fled from the school at st andrews she was stricken ricken with paralysis and died hartly afterwards young ben amin came to the united states at once upon hearing bearing of the rebellion and enlisted in the confederate navy where he remained iema ined until the close odthe of the war he then in cotton made considerable money mony and started by water to cal fornia rills accompanied by his wife in 1870 they had one child who died on the voyage to the isthmus were delayed in leaving inwall wall and pauline and her husland husband were both stricken with a ter fever which resulted in the death of mr benjamin after the burial of her husband at sea the young widows reason was partly destroyed and at san francisco she was placed in an asylum six years later she escaped and walked to virginia city she was next heard from at corinne utah in the fell of 1878 she wandered through wyoming when near the site of the custer massacre along wind river she was captured by a and band of indians of what tribe she docs does not remember although her description of their life and habits is very accurate and proves that her atory story is a true one the indians finding that she was returning to the home of her paleface pale face friends gave her some dried meat and started her on her way rejoicing clu from fort reno wyoming clr ter to fort pierre in dakota sho she was in company with some soldiers coming east cast and in 1879 the she cam came from fort pierro pierre to yankton and thence by rail to omaha from there he she followed the track of the chicago burlington fc quincy railroad in a beeline bee line across the state of iowa to burlington from fro in where she sho made her way to peoria ill she remained there ft few months mouths in the care of the poor authorities thorit ties leg and then haying become rested she again began her tramp at fort wayne she was enabled to ride to toledo from thence she walked to cleveland remaining there until january let of 0 f the enk ent year on that date she again pushed forward following the turnpike road she found herself at lenith length in olean N Y from whence sa she is rode in an empty freight car to Horn ellaville when n she tried to steal another ride from Horn ellaville to painted post she was unfortunate and the car in which she had bad secreted herself was locked and rt run LU upon a eide side track a and nd she remained in it without food or water for three days until I 1 her xer pounding upon the lide of the car attracted the attention of ono one of the yardmen yardman and anti she was released almost dead when she reached elmira she got a ride on the bumper of the express car but a spark k from the engine fell e upon her sa dress and the rapid motion of the train fanned the spark into a blaze and she had another narrow escape from death she reached this city by walking on the towpath from ton she has the key of a safe deposit vault in new york city where she says her husband left a large sum suni or of money this she intends to secure and sail immediately for wales where she hopes to end her days |