Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-01-14
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THE DIAMOND BREAsTPJN.
at will cost two hundred dollars, Anna"
said George Blakely TO his young, proud,
and cxtravagant vito. The tone 10 which he
said this, showed that her request bad start
ed him. u know it will But what are
two hundred dollars for a diamond pin ~
Mrs. Blakely's voice was half contcmptuous.
Mary Edgar's diamonds cost over thou
sand dollars"
"Just one thousand dollars more than her
husband could afford to pay for them," said
Mr. Blakely.
Hes tho best judge of that, presume"
retorted his wife.
But that doesn't signify. IcannotAnna."
"What do you do with your money! pray n
Tho young wife turned sharply upon her
husband, and her words and tone stang him
into rather harsh reply. But this only
aroused her anger and made her more un-
reasonably persistent.
80, very WE'LL" said her too yielding hus
band at last, "go to Camfeld's tomorrow
and get the pin. Tell him to send in the
account On the first Of January, and it vii
be paid"
Mrs. Blakely was in earnest. There wa
not one of her fashionable acquaintances
but had diamond ring or brcast-pin, and
until she was the owner of one or both, she
could no longer hold up her head in socie
ty. Her husband was receiving teller in
bank, at a salary of fifteen hundred dollar
per annum, when be was married, whicl
was about year before, and he still occu
pied the Same post, at the same income
For young man in his position, he hat
not married wisely. Tho handsome fac
and captivating manners Of dashing bell
bewilGered his fancy. He proposed il
haste, was promptly accepted, and led t
the marriage altar, not a true woman to b
transformed into true wife, but weak
capricious, vain creature, incapable of ger
une love, and too selfish and narrow -mint
ed to feel the influence of honorable prir
ciple.
An extravagant 1--we for dress and orn;
ment, characterized her from the beginning
. and she would hearken to mono of hcr hui
bands gently offered ,emonstrances. Nearl
half his income she spent during the frs
year Of their marriage, in dress and jewelr,
The demand for a two hundred dolls
breast-pin, coming on young Blakely as
did, at time when he had just made th
unpleasant discovery of deficit in his il
come, when compared with his expenses
of several hundred dollars, sadly dishear
ened him. But he was not brave enoug
to meet the exigency, and therefore, weak
yielded TO demand that should have Doe
met by an unhinching refusal.
The first Of January found Blakely shol
of funds by considerably moro than Ii
price of the diamond pin. Camfelds bi
: came in, and must be settled. 1t woul
. not do for him to hold back in the matt,
Of payment, for the jeweler was an acquai
tance of moro than one of the directors
the band, and questions might be aske
and inferenees drawn prejudicial to his stan
: ing. In an evil hour, under distress
/ mind, and strong temptation, the your
man made false entry which enabled hi
: to abstract two hundred dollars from Il
funds Of the bank.
This was only the beginning of a seri
of defalcations, which ran through maj
: years, before the exposure came which 8
T. ways follows such crime. II was easi
e now to supply tho extravagant demands
!, his wife, whose annual wardrobe, and bill
3 for jewolry, for which she had that passic
d which is characteristic of weak minds, I
= most reached the amount of his salary
e But the snd came at last. Ono ey
ming seven years from the day Of the
marriage, Mr.. and Mrs. Blaksly were abo
leaving for the opera, when the bell W
rung violently. Mr.. Blakely started al
turned pale with sudden presentiment
evil.
"What is the mattcri" asked his wi
who saw the singular change in his cou
tenance.
,, Mr.. Blakely did not answer, but sto
listening at the door, Mems voices we
now heard, and the tread of heavy fe
along tho passage. e.--ThOre was a start al
a hurried movement by Blakely, and tn
he stood still as if riyeted TO the spot.
"Who are theyi what is the meaning
this I" asked Mrs. Bakely in alarm.
T. the same moment two men entered the roo
70 "You are arrested" said one Of them, q
n charge of defalcation."
Z Mrs. BlakOly shrieked, but her husba