Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-07-02

singular Story Of Love and Swindiing-A
Cunning Adventurer and Precious ScOun-
dFeI In France.
One Of the Havre journals has the follow
ing somewhat improbable story
A widow, Madame R, possesses q
large farm in the department Of the Rhone,
and manages IL herself assisted, however, by
her daughter, Helene by mamie, who is twenty
six years of age. One morning, some time
ago, young man wearing foreign costume,
and speaking French with strong German
accent, presented himself at the farm, aud
solicited work. Madame R told him
that she had no more need Of laborers, and
that besides he appeared too weak for the
heavy toll of O farm On that he burst into
tears, and cried: "1 am very unhappy /
belong to a noble Hungarian family named
Jublonski, and had the misfortune TO be con-
cerned in a conspiracy against Austria. The
plot having been discovered, had to take to
flight, in order to escape certain death. am
at this moment without money and without
home, but here's letter from one of my
uncles announcing that he will send to M.
Parding merchant of Havre, ten thousand
francs to enable me to go to America but in
the meantime, what can doW
Madame R., moved by this sad tale,
offered hospitality to the exile. Before long
the latter pretended TO fall in love with Hell
enc, and succeeded in inspiring her with a
passion for him. He proposed marriage, was
accepted, and he showed letters which he
said came from his family, and which gave
| their consent to the union; but he pretended
that in his quality of exile he could not OBJ
tain from Hungary the papers necessary for
| the celebration of the marriage according to
| the French form. He, accordingly, suggested
| that the young woman should accompany
| him to America, where marriages are more
| easily celebrated, and, strange to say, her
mother consented. What was more, the
mother gave her daughter a draft of -four
thousand francs, on Paris banker, and some
bills to collect.
The couple went to Havre, and the mar
affected to be greatly panied on learning thai
the ten thousand francs which he expected
had not arrived; he, however, made the young
woman give him the draft Of four thousand
francs, which he got discounted, and he like
wise obtained from her an authorization tC
receive the other sums due to her mother
He took up his residence with her at q hotel
6uI ne neglected her to spend his time in bad
company. AT last, having spent all the
money she was toreceive, and having pawnet
her jewelry and effects, he abandoned hel
altogether.
Having then made the acquaintance of {
! respectable young man, he affected to fall il
love with his sister, proposing marriage tC
her; but he borrowed money from the man
and then broke the match. Finding himsel
without resources, he had recourse few days
ago TO an extraordinary experiment; he wrote
to Madame R letter, purporting tC
come from her daughter, giving an accoun
Of the scandalous manner in which she hac
been treated, and the distress to which sht
had been reduced, and implorng money tc
enable her to return home. The mother i'm.
mediately Dispatched note of two hundred
francs; but when the man presented himsef
as the address to which. by his direction tht
letter had been sent, he was arrested by the
police, the young woman having denounced
him. He is, it tappears, a liberated convict.