Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-11-21
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since, wealthy merchant, OF Boston retired
to tne classic region of the White Mountains,
to enjoy his declining years, the quiet he so
much needed, after having lived two~thirds of
century among the busy marts of Il crowded
city and during which period he had seldom
permitted himself to go on pleasure excur-
sion beyond the boulevards of the Athens of
America. But having acquired, not a compe
tence merely, but a fortune that would entie
him to position among millonaires, he
hoped to find that happiness in retirement
which lie had vainly sought amid the noisy
rounds of business, and the monotony Of mer
z camille lite.
Nor, judging from the surface, where his
hopes i'll grounded. Having passed his sixty
fifth year, he was apparently out OF the reach
Of those useful fOe which so frequently rum
younger men not protected by acuVe employ
ment His health was much better tllah tlat
of most men at his age; lis conduct had al
WAYS been exemplary, and he was not re.
ouired to spend the latter half of his life in
atoning for the trailtes Of his youth. His
wife to whom he had been united for more
than forty years still lived to cheer him. and
his children were all happily settled around
him. The spot he had chosen for his retire.
ment was peculiarly adapted to CRAFTY ing
every legitimate desire. The classic scenery
the pellucid lakes and rivers, the noble forests
was decorated with everything beautiful and
pleasing that cultivated fancy could suggest
His grounds and gardens were such as novel
isis delight TO describe, and artists to paint; in
word, all things around him-both in nature
and art-were all that any rational mind could
desire.
But in this paradise, the serpent entered.
He who had successfully resisted all the
temptations OF the city, who had happily over
come all the foliics OF youth, fell like Il shat.
tered citadel, when the danger was apparently
past.
l, is unnecessary TO relate the manner in
which the temptress wound herself into the
old man heart after sXty-eight winters had
passed over him but, SO she did and he con-
scented to leave home, friends relatives wife,
and fly with the greater part OF his fortune to
the West Arriving in Cincinnati he and his
paramour, beautiful girl Of nineteen, took
rooms III a retired part of the city, where they
lived, unknown TO the world, for about two
years, when the old man, who had been rem
dercd miserable by his new life was made
still more wretched, by the intelligence OF the
death of his deserted heart broken wife. His
sorrow, the compunctiOns of conscience, the
pr0mptlngS of his better nature, however,
were Of no avail to disenthrall him from the
subtitle coil o. the serpent vice that had firmly
fXe his worldly doom.
His paramour has, up to this time, appar
emily used every eXertion to render him happy.
She was playing for an enormous stake-,he
old II ans tortune-and she hoped by kindness
to induce him to settle the greater portion of
il upon her, to the exclusion of his children.
Now that his wife was no more, she de-
termined at once, to place herself in a position
to command that which she had fOped to win
by caresses She therefore represented to him
that as all obstacles to their legal union had
been removed their ansgression might be
blotted out by a legal marriage, which was
Consummated accordingly.
But the ambitious bride still failed to induce
her husband to settle his estate upon her and
hoping that she might, by coercion, compel him
to do so, she changed the whole line Of her
conduct, and was as studious how to render
him wretched as she had before been solici.
tous for his happiness until he sunk beneath
the weight of his cares, and his once well.
balanced mind gave indications of alteration.
At this juncture, she applied for divorce,
having been told by legal adviser that she
could by that proceeding at once come in pos
session of one-third OF the estate, without
waiting for the old mans death and as that
portion was sufficient to render her atf1uent
she unhesitatingly made the application. The
Court, however, on learning the facts, granted
her nothing but a life annuity of $500 and the
bill of seperaion thereby apparently defeat
ing her aspirations forever. But she was not
thus TO be thwarted, but Immediately offered
TO be reconciled to her former husband, and
once more united to him.
She was, however, too late. His reason had
left him, and he was taken to the lunatic asy-
lum, near Cincinnati, where he remained until
last week, when she made appca ion To the
Probate Court Tor writ OF haJedS corpus, and,
in accordance with it, he was brought out,
with the view OF trying the question of his
sanity.
When taken into Court, he declared his
willingness to be remarked to his tathless
spouse, and even manifested some anxiety on
the subject, but the alterations Of his mind
were too apparent to admit of his discharge,
and as h was remanded to Longvew, where
he still remains. What course our heroine will
next pursue, we nave no means OF judging;
but the probability is that she will not ren-
quish her excrti0ns while any success,
however distant, remains.
GAMBLING IN PARis.--A dashing woman
of considerable notorety in Paris, under the
name Of Madame de Marsay, was on Thurs
day tried by the tribunal OF correctional pc.
lice, on the charge OF keeping Il clandeStine
gaming house at Is Rue Ladtte. The case eX-
cited some interest. "Your real name is Ed
NEE Raullot," said the president, "and your
age is e? ?" The accused answered in the
affirmative. you occupy an apartment in
the Rue Lafitte-what is the rentF 1T is
450Of" "What resources have you? 81
have an income Of 4000f allowed by gentle
man with whom | lived" GLOW can you
pay 45OOf rent out of an income of 4O00f9'
''In addition to that | have 2000t a!month from
another gentleman" "Your resources are
not clearly established, and yet you live in a
style which must cost large sum yearly ;
you keep carriage, you have servants, you
give grand suppcrs and parties. Are not these
ente tainments got up for the sake OF play,
and is it not from that source that you derive
your income ~ "Peope only play occasion,
ally at my house" "They do so constantly"
Certainly not l give balls and musical par
ties, and invite persons to take tea; sometimes
they play, but only occasionally" Large
sums have been played for in your house g
"Never more than seven or eight louis at a
N .se" "Persons declare that they have seen
1200f., 150Of, and 2000l., lost in the course
OF an evening, at your parties = II know
nothing OF it," "a merchant is stated to
have lost an enormous sum y "The person
referred to won more than he lost y You
levied sum on each game - "Never ,
" You played on parole :" Sometimes.