Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-04-10
From the Lexington Atlas.
AN DER f. TALE

We wal give it, as near as we eau recol-
lect, IN the language OF our informant. aud
vouch iorIts being true-every word. Our
narrator says:
Ia the tall OF 1873. business called me to
Batavia, in the State of New York. At the
hotel where | took lodgings | became a%cauaiu-
ed with a young m1u. a Mr. e.. d book bin
der bv trade, and his wife. q. seemed 10 he
a business, stirring man, and was doing well.
His wife was a beautiful and lovely wumln,
apparently dOating on her husband. and in
return. idoiIzed By him. | left Batavia. but
often my mind reverted back to the Young
couple whose acquaintance ! had made, and
whose prospects bId so fair to secure them a
long happy lie.
Time rolled on. Two years after | was at
Batavia, / arrived one day in Columbus. Ohio.
Stepping into a large and fashionable book
store, to purchase a book to while away the
evening with, whom should | meet with but
G., VINO proved 10 be the owner. His busi-
ness was prosperous, his wife never looked
more lovely, or himself more happy. As his
prospects Engineered, he seemed to look upon
his chosen companion with even more idUla-
try-alas! that one so lovely, should be 50 un-
worthy--an angel to look upon, a fiend 10
know. bid adieu to go, but as left him
l thought to myself, surely, il there be a hap.
Bl iiii vi W. IL Is Tie. Dul no man KNOW
eth whats day may bring forth.
Ayear subsequent TO the period last men,
toned, on a bright aud beautiful morning. [
met, at the post office in Cincinnati, my old
friend g.. He seemed slightly changed. Up
on inquiry, as to his health and prospects. he
informed me that he had failed in business,
and that his baggage was at the Broadway
House, pawned Tor his lodging. | had his
baggage removed TO my residence in Cincin-
natl. and his wife became an inmate of my
family, whilst her husband went to Louis
vile TO engage in business.
During G.s absence in Louisville, | no.
ticed a dark complexion, gay young man,
frequently call for his wife. One dav, the
two drove out together. and not returning, |
began to suspect all was not right. | immed-
lately wrote to e., at Louisville, informing
him OF the state OF affairs. He came, thun-
dei-struek, and frantic with despair. He
pursued the party to Columbus, where they
satisfied him that nothing improper had taken
place, and his wife promised TO go to Louis.
Vile 1t he would return there, and send her
sixty dollars. G.. returned TO Louisville. re-
mitted the money, and received in return,
"a letter from his wife, informing him that
he could never see her agaln--that she loved
another man
e.. bowed to his fate with heroic fortitu1c,
and manly ~stoiclsrn apparently. But his spirit
was crushed: | saw him in Louisville a lew
months alter; his head was perfectly grew, his
countenance marked and haggard. The joy
Gus drcamoi lite had ned-the gorgeous glory
OF morn had become the murky darkness of
midnight. Poor man my very soul grew
sick as l gazed on his shattered frame and bag
gard countenance, and read on ii the dark and
desolatofy despair that brooded, where once
had cleaned so brightly the sunshine of hope
and happiness.
In the meantime. Mrs. G.. had married her
guilty paralnour, who, for improper conduct,
on her part, had sought and obtained a divorce.
She was now an ontcast upon the world; but
being an attractive woman. she soon invelgled
into her traces an inexperienced young man,
who married her. He, too, soon. Tor Just cause,
Obtained d divorce. Mrs. e.. or now Mrs. M,
was again married TO an old man, a Mr., L.,
but not untll she had made him settle a large
properly on her first. He soon died in a mys-
FERROUS manner-every BODY belle sing he had
been poisoned by his wicked wife.
Tn next ! heard of her, she was married to
a young Mr.. s., OF New York, a sprightIy, tai
ented young man, Belonging to one OF The
first iamllies III that State. 5. was an intin-
Grant lecturer, and in company with his wife,
spent several weeks in this city, (Lexington,)
) about two Years ago, where he lectured 10
crowded houses. Here, she was noted for
her beauty ami angelic appearance. About a
year after they Were in Lexington, tidings
came OF a dreadful murder in New jersey
5. had killed his beautiful yet wicked wife,
and thus ended the dark career OF woman,
whose graces and accomplishments, should
have made the circle in which she moved
brightly with JOY, instead OF dark with woe, S.
is now an Inmate of he New York Lunatic
Asylum.
saw G. in Louisville, a few days since.
His head, a few years ago darA as the ravens
wing, Is now white as the driven snow. His
; contenance. once SO bright and happy, is now
iugrowed with care. Silent and gloomy--he
never speaks, save when on a bacchanali ian
revei-and then he raves over the blasted pros
poets OF an suspicious youth, and the wicked
ness ola fallen wife. Without one raw of
hope to cheer his desolate pathway in lite, he
mopes about, presenting that most fearful o f
all spectacles, a broken hearted man.!