A Ghost of Brother Johnathan's: Shannon Delaney Series, Vol. 5 by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox

Author:Elizabeth Eagan-Cox [Eagan-Cox, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: azw
Publisher: Write Words, inc.
Published: 2014-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Luke and I sat at the same table as before. Our order was in and we were passing time before our meals came. I had explained to him the connection that Frank Dazi had to Rupp. Luke jotted down some notes as I talked.

He looked up from his notes and said, “According to what Dazi claims, he is in direct lineage to Jonathan Rupp’s only child, a daughter named Ella Rupp, who married Antonio Dazi. Ella’s husband became her manager and together, thanks to Ella’s immense talent for singing, they made a huge a success of her career. After traveling throughout North America and Europe, they settled in Seattle, Washington. Together, they had five children, to which Frank Dazi is in lineage to their oldest child, a son named Franco Dazi. And, from that time to present, the lineage is intact and names presentday Frank Dazi as a legal heir to the Ella Rupp and Antonio Dazi ancestry?”

“Yes,” I answered.

“And what of Ella’s mother? Was she married to Jonathan Rupp?” Luke asked.

“All I know is that her name was Francessca. She was

a circus performer, as was Rupp, that is how they met.

Also, she too was a proportionate dwarf. Tragically, she died in giving birth to Ella. Ella was what we call today, an average size child. In other words, Ella was not a dwarf. And evidently, Francessca was married to Rupp, at least it indicates so on Ella’s birth certificate, which is not an actual vital record, rather, it’s a church record of Ella’s baptism. However, for that era, a church record is considered legal

documentation of a child’s birth and parentage.” “You know that to be true?” Luke asked.

“Yes. I know from having studied genealogy that at

that time, all aspects of public government, including

the military, accepted church baptism records as proof

of birth and lineage. Dazi showed me the original church

record. It names Ella’s parents as Jonathan and

Francessca Rupp. Luke, if your only contact with Frank

Dazi was by phone, how did he convince you of his

identity?” I queried.

“I did my own checking using law enforcement

sources available on the Internet,” Luke answered. The waiter appeared with our meals. I unfolded my

napkin and placed it on my lap. In doing so I stole a

glance at Luke. He was quiet and brooding. I thought

he would have been pleased with my revelations about

the Rupp dynasty.

“Luke, what is it about what I found out that bothers

you?”

Luke leaned in close to me and said, “You’ll have to

listen to the EVP recording to understand. So for now,

ignore my discontent.” He smiled and then added, “Ask

me what I found out today.”

I laughed and said, “Okay, Luke, what did you find

out today?”

I began to eat, and listened to Luke while he talked

in-between bites of his dinner.

“I discovered that Jonathan Rupp did not build the

Edgewild Tavern. Or at least not the entire structure.

He bought the land and its structures in a tax sale, mere

pennies on the dollar is what he paid. And the Edgewild

Tavern was built out of a remnant of a much older

structure that dates back to the 1860s.

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