New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-26
al eptres. you TO let Cheri come as onee.'
Upon the strength OF this letter, NJ. Cheri de- X.
WI ote on the 4th of April as follows:


"My father gives bis marriage In consea
of Whist you bsve told II b. me sssr
ey r Pssss ooAS ss shics
vi.h % r,ste yer, pretty 10 receive you .i MAKE lawn.
for to talk about you lie teld .ks II viii have
you s wi he viii give bis consent and the marriage may
On April II. NJ. de X. again wrote 70 an
nounce his departure AMI added that he was very
sorry Miss B. could not come to Pau because
bis father did not ike to be separated from him.
A day or two after, in company with young
fricrd, who understood not word Of English any
more than himself he started of for Englsnd,
where they arrived April 90, his father a. it was
alleged being still sick that it was i'm possible to
speak to him on any subject likely to csuse ex-
citement, OF to ask ht formal consent to the mar
risee. The young men. proceed ng BY way Of
London, stopped a. tee PautOn Hotel, kept by II.
Brunier Frenchman TO whom they communi-
Gated their errand. He begged them to be eau
tious, and TO consult lawyer. He hsa learnt, he
tod them, after sixteen years residence 10 En-
ssnd, what stuff English parents aud their mar
riaseabe daughters were msde Of. "You csnuot
imagiLe," be said. what these two sets Of be-
irgs are capable Of doiug-the one for the sake
''of money and tie other to got bold of hus
bsnd." However, the ardent young Frelch-
man would listen to nothing, snd. accom- panied By
bis friend, fastened to Ledbury, eight miles from
Worcester, in pursuit Of bis bride. The reception
they met With, at least so it was alleged BY the
plaintiffs advocate, answered in all respects to the
representations made in Miss Elen's .etter n.
Cheri de x Vas presented to his new family.
Her sister, the wife OF the physician, Insisted on
bringing her owp carriage and livery servants from
her country house to corduct the yoang couple 70
the church. where the iDdissoiuble knot WA tied
according 10 The forlna,,ies of English law. Prep
srations were made for speedy return 70 France.
NJ. De Y. was told that bis wife's baggage had sl
ready been sent on 10 Padding.ou 20 be forwarded
10 Psys. He vas shown receipt, pnrporting To
Come from the railway station, enuInerstng,
amorg many articles Of value, piano-forte. and
two bor.e., one white and the other black one.
which the ladys rsmma had given her ua we'd
ding present together with the expenses Of their
carriage 10 Pau, because the dear arinals were
pets of hers when she lived in the country. l. 20
the 1900, iha. was lodged al Cout:s's Baok in
London, it Nigh. be had whenever wanted, BY
simply drawing check upon that celebrated house.
81. de y. wss thoroughly persuaded that the money
was there, BY little incident which occurred in
me- diately after lis marriage. The clergyman Who
performed the ceremony hsd been paid his fees oy
check ou Cout.s's, drawn b. Miss Ellen. This
check Was shown to NJ. Cheri de \. two days
after the marriage, as having been returned dis.
hcnored for want of his signature as the adys hus-
band. lie signed the check, and, never hearing
any thing more Of il. naturally supposed that it bad
been paid in due cour~e. The interesting pair IN
stead u setting cut A. cnee for Psu, as had beer at
fri proposed, wen. 20 v,ss their honey uooa ~