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THE DAILY LEADERA ROMANTIC STORYHOW .lAMKN HltOW.S'1YW \('OI IKKII VU.IUtf.K C’O.%1. I.AM sThe following story apieaieil la i he Richmond Tlnr's-DlHjmtch 0r Sunday and in many rtwpe^Ui it Jh correct. Col. Browning was principal of a graded rchood at Bland. Va., when he met the only daugb’er of Dr. Wm. E. Hoge. of that county. Their acquaintance soon ripened Inti* love and the young teacher was a frequent visitor at the doctor's hom**It was in the daya oil Mahon lam'\ is It is now called, and Dr. Ho go was an ardent champion of John W. OutiiH for governor wlt;hi!e the young teacher wa* equally enthusiastic In his support of WU’lam E. Cameron Camercn won and his fit end Brown.• «* was made a colonel. Dr. Hogc never forget a friend and never forgave an enemy, and any man wa« differed from bun iu politics or r»' Ilgion waj likely to be classed as an enemy. He forbade his daughter ! to marry the co'oaet and when sV married against his wishes lie Unowned her.When her father’s will wiu* read and it wa considered fhat her portion was of little value, we understand her brother^ jnsi.sted that sh 1 should share alike with them and : Mrs. Browning was given a portion t oi her father’s estate equal In value at the tltne to the other heirs. Since then t has proven tQ have been of ! many times the vn'uo of the other*. *Dr. Hoge was a man of strong I prejudU- s. but deep down in Ills | heart there was much of the milk of human kindness, as the poor of the neighborhood where he Lpent hi*1 could testify. He practiced ns much substantial oharity as any I man and no one was ever known to •offer from hunger in his com mun ty .
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Bluefield Daily Leader
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Tue, Mar 23, 1909
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