The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-30


o,m opm,cn of this work IL is not necessary to be &C
ouantco with n ihe title alone sufficient 10 form ar
opinion The work and Of young girl who admits IN .
She dehphis IN IL.
To combat suca iacinaM ms how much care, how much
vgani SUPERVISOR would have been necessary Angelina
ne6, OF neither although her mother appeared
vol. her whole lille, not To hc separate from nor
not 10 entius her Ia strangers, Aime Lemone ht her
daughter privately educated by govern S. bur ),
would thai her object merely to emulate, out OF
caprice by the wcahiest or most devoted
OF mothers She attended but irregulary while hef
daughter taking her lessons left her fr entity alone
at home whist SHE about the town. or even whilst
she made short excursions In the enyrous Al tae same
ibe young girl took the habit Of going out alone 10
the sees haunt workshops OF the artisans Ia the
yhood and nouge while there in expressions OF
the shcc king improperly and OF going 10 the
cellar with the servants ana 70 give herself up 70 mis-
Arrived very carly at the age Of womsnhood
Angelina became, whist still child In years, re-
,nes ihS 0' t dssuns Of her
coupled with the forwardness Of her demeanor,
attracted the attention OF men, Ono day, during
the procession standing alone in her balcony, two young
having stared at her. she observed 70 smile to
tbeD snN Der attitude was sucn that one Of the young
men took the liberty Of whisting TO her. and becSonng
her TO down stairs 10 him. She had not the mo-
desty 10 retire.
Under these circumstances, Angelina having reached
sons that henccforh she free TO marry thus giving
that she intended awaiting herself Of that liberty.
Nevertheless, would DO difficult TO imagine upon whom
she fixed her choice.
Her mother bad In her employment servant,
named Jean Fets whe looking at his past life as whole
appears 70 have been OF average morality without
any very salient qualities defects thoroughly teraie
apd to the evidence that will be laid before the
Court, remarkable only for his uyness This the man
whom MILE Iemone about 70 choose for her 0ver,
with the ultimate view, It appears Of making him her
husband.
How this extraordinary intercourse brought about
In that respect mistress and servant not agreed But
il be kept in mind that evidence is produced OF Fets
having been berne, that great analogy exists between
the statement be made at the time To his fellow servants
and thai Angelina shows very little assurance In repcag
the accusation Of having made the first advance, feels
inclined think that ouch the fact However that may
be according 10 Fes her advances commenced by playing
ana joking with him. in the presence Of her mother,
who laughed very mprudenty at what she considered
ch6sbness She then proceeded kiss him secretly and
thence concentrations frghtully indecent that
cannot think of relating them At last the night Of the
LIST OF October ing that her mother to start for
Tours or the following morning. and leave her alone in
the house, she met F.s by appointment in her
Fes asserts that not only she knew the natural
quenc Of her conduct but that she wished them to ensue
In word they both agreed to marry, and, fOreseeng
the opposition OF the girls family, hoped to overcome
it by pregnancy, the shame Of which
her very words Thus, abiding to the kind Of
Ssailionce the mother had contracted, Angelina said ~
am rich enough for two my mother made my father .
happiness, will make yours" Thus again, her mother
having lightly spoken In her presence of young girl in
love with her music master who had given herself up to
him compel her relatives to consent to their marriage
she added My mother did not suspect her daughter
IN precisely the came position
After this it will surprise that Nile Angelina To-
Prise every is the extent to which Nine. Lemone
red her blindness and careessness It will be easily
understood from the fact that at that very time respect
able ecccsasc having warned her OF the reports which
then began TO circulate touching the candestne
her daughter, she not only treated it unfounded
caumpy but was so unmindrul of her duties as not to
detect the shameless intercourse during the three months
following, and kept her servant.
This man encouraged by much forbearance began to
lose any doubt he might have had the realization
Wishes his calculations word be preferable In the
neghborhood and among his friends and associates he
openly stated thaon such day he would ask Angelinas
mother for her daughters hand. He traced beforehand
his plans for housekeeping Madame Lemoine, he said
must give us an income of 0 year. at the very least
(fl6o); shall want a nurse, servant maid and am
establishment And some told him that he ought tell
Madame Lemcne IN time to prevent her buying ball dress
es for her daughter Bah" he exclaimed hese
VIII be useful to US when we 60 into company after
marriage
However, the day close at hand which was to dis
pei the blind ncreduly Of the mother, and If not the
projects at least the boasngs of the servant On the 2h
OF January, 1869, Fetis at country house In the
neighbohood Of Chinon, busy in arranging bottles in
cellar under the super OF his mistress. Suddenly
madame, be eaid 81 ask your daughter in marriage
Madame Lemoine at first took these words as JOKE
But Fesis having acquainted her with the terrible
merely replied by ordering him to put the horses
70 sns saI.aee On Tho following morning she
without any explanation, made him leave the house
instantly together with her coox. Louise Delacote,
Fetis with whom she was on bad terms. Before this
climax Angelina had appeared at window looking to
tue anu, seeing lOVcr OelOW, nave 70 tell
you (sbe sa) hat this morning you will be turned
out. with Louise" Your mother, then (retorted Fes)
won't allow me to marry you" enc, mamma tells me
she make pass" The Of these last words is
but too plain. They be looked upon the FIRST
in the fearful drama which, elk months later to day
was TO be enacted on the same spot.
The dismissal Of the cook had the same meaning. Sup
posing her aud not without cause, to be acquainted with
the facts especially with the situation Of her daughter
Madame Lemone wished TO witness swhose
presence might be fatal 10 the of designs
Her plan which her daughter adopted unresrctedly
may be briefly summed up To dispel the suspicious
aoa and meet the inuendoes and reports current by
bold and unconscious attitude and TO procure at any cost
the dsappearapce Of the child OF which Angelina was
about TO become the mother. II admits that this
the plan Of Madame Lemone, it cannot be doubted that
she carried 1t into execution with the most unlnchins
energy.
enough to be able to appreciate her character
her as remarkable for her unbendng pride, her invnc
BILE obstnacy and her impotence of and al
vice. To such an extent was this the case, that
these witnesses, who had already warned NJ. Lemone
the separated husband of the in circulation
ChinoD, added, "Take care your wife has probably al
ready made up her mind as TO what ste will do and II
you do not interfere, will carry out to the last Wha
then, replied the husband do you believe my wife ca
pablo Of a crime ~ To which the witness replied "You
know her better than do"
These fatal preseDtim ns necessarily realized.
MINNIE Iemoine began TO take Der daughter out to balls
where the latter underwent an amount of exercise quite
inconsistent with her state OF pregnancy. Later, she
made her take baths hot she could bear them made
her ride donkeys and take long walks At still later
period, come peasants at work In field saw her in the
distance Leading her daughter tothe foot of steep hill
lock. The daughter climbed to the top, and
then rolled herself down the steep incline like
barrel This too significant performance was
twice repeated The daughter Angelina has partly
fesseo it, She adds that occasion her mother
wanted her to roll down staircase, and only desisted
her say ing, "But mother, you don't want 10 kill me p
However, the vigorous constitution OF Angelina set all
these criminal attempts at defiance It became cv
dent that the ACCOMPLISHMENT would take place at maturity
and under the usual conditions This situation nc
cesstated another remedy, correctly, anothey
crime. Madame Lemone and her daughter did not shrink
from il.
At the beginning Of August began 10 circulate
that Angelina had been delivered. She had seen
YEARLY dragging herself along in company with her
tbcr towards the Pablo promenade the night of the
3lst Of july She wore "pamcla' bat, frnged with
lace, that fell her face the shawl which for some
time rast had concealed her figure replaced by sik
manelet notwithstanding all these precautions her
paleness and debility had been remarked Soon the Pro
cureur Imperial was informed.
But pregnancy and scandal were out Of the ques
ton The word Of iDfantcide every lip.
The duty Of justice then commenced.
Madame Lemoine was summoned TO the Procureur I'm
pcrai's Office She protested against the caumDy which
was uttered against her daughter. She asked why