Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1888 — DISGUISED AS A TRAMP. [ARTICLE]

DISGUISED AS A TRAMP.

A Wealthy Californian's Peculiar Visit to His Faithless Lady Love. Atlanta, Ga., special to tao -Globe-Democrat. One day last week a tramp, about 50 years of age, called at the residence of one of the most prominent citizens of this county, and while eating the meal which the lady prepared for him, asked her several questions which aroused her curiosity greatly./, At laflt, overcome by emotion, she asked him: “Are you Henry Miller?” ■ The old man looked at her a moment, and replied: “We had better leave our knowledge of eactfother where it is.” In Hampton, where the tramp changed his attire for one becoming a man in prosperity, he told the story of his life. He was the son of the late Jndge Miller, whose recent death was announced. He entered the Confederate army at the age pf 18. Before leaving, however, he had a final meeting with Elaine Marstep, the daughter of a neighbor, and they vowed unceasing fealty for each other. When the war closed Honry received information that his lady-love had proven faithless and married another. Henry, therefore, went West and sought to forget his past. He met with success, butiiaally felt alonging to revisit the old scenes, especially as he had heard that Elaine was a widow. To test her he decided to appear as a tramp and see what kind of reception he would receive. The discovery during his conversation with her, however, that her husband was still living, disarranged the object of his visit, and heiice his abrupt departure. .He has returned to his home in California, and says he will never return to Georgia.