Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-12-23
NUMBER l5ls


to him, for this Italian pripee,. whose only IA
resource was to become tenor, was forced
TO depart and to follow the orders D" the u
miserable manager who paid him.lSngllis91I
But he would return. he would dedicate, "
his life TO her; one of these days he should o,
recover his estate, etc, and then he would
return to claim her, the idol OF his heart. 'nI
With this exit speech he closed the gate Il
between them, while Mary threw ber, arms n
round her friends neck and sobbed, ~,
The tenor prince kept his word; the let.
tiers were frequent, all Of course, inelosedt =
in an envelope to Adele, which, precluded 10
all danger. h.d gaE.ty1 .lH .uyJg sey
Mary continued, Of course, her delusion
and her letters; the tenor would not return
for over year, so prolonged was the tour,
but Mary learned to love him desperately
from their impassiOned correspondence,
Meantime her friendship for Adele IN
displayed, and such CONVERSATIONS ias
these took place: soq 81 bnS 20 yldisg,i
"Mary, now don't stir, lft, me look At -
you; why, how well. you look, 70 be sure,
and what a stylish hat, oh, II Tiofly had
one-but no, what am i Tsayfng?"sidT .,hlod
"You shall have q hat, Darling Adele, (
amt rich and amt you my friend" ..fdrr
II wonder" it would be another time,
"whether shall ever have mofre antique
uItSo, anu UlOIIG dulllut WIS LuC ANpig
For two years this went on; /; then Mary
Somers, after a Irritation Of about three
months, married the very man she ought
TO have married, and became Mrs. Herbert.
She tried hard to persuade herself that b
she was a prosecuted heroine, but the fact
was that the Zralldi affair was the mere
whim of her girlish imagination, while her =
affection for Herbert was The genuine feel ,
ing of her heart. IN" fN .THl .dI rg.uTdI
~, hos fr;a rafbpr
continued to visit her on intimate terms, Tor
Mary had lost her esteem for her, and would ?
gladly have got rid Of her but that shewasni
afraid--thcre was that terrible secret be-
tween them. Adele continued TO profit by
the friendship, making quite an income out
OF Il; tor though size never referred TO the
italian, she always asked tayors in snch o.
a way that implied she was not TO be re-
fused. t
One day Mrs. Herbert, reading the paper,
uttered half suppressed exclamation. 3
"What is the matter?" said her husband.
''0h, nothing; merely my delight az the E
nice concert we are going to have;" and she
gazed at the advertisements seeing only one
name-Zralldi, not with love, but with
loathing for herself and the past; and with
fear trembling In her heart, for she, wo-
man now, had learned to estimate at his
true value the man who would so entangle
young girl .' HHuE.a IfI.
Adele, of course, was summoned to con-
sultation. ~ ..,... .,..f..,.
2 "Get my letters-that is all I ask"
. ayes, my darling-I must-I will-you
know l am devoted toyou." T.
After few hours absence Adele returned.
"oh, my dear, such villain as he is-he
wants $4,000"
"That cannot get; Adele, what is to be
done ?" 90 H. n
TRY and get the money" 80 ..
"Yes"
'Or he may apply to Mr.. Herbert or your
father, you know; he might put the letters
in a newspaper . ..Tf
, Il will think of all this" said Mary, look
ing steadtastly at Adele.
! As soon as her friend was gone, Mary,
! without further hesitation, walked into the
room where her husband lay, thinking of
nothing, on sofa smoking cigar. -.
"Herbert," said she, 81 havea confession
to make-now don't move, I'll kneel here
and tell you ALL" .'f.HIHJ gu -.-HH' .-
So she knelt beside the sofa, looking
straight into his eyes, and told him all,
ending with-"well, Herbert?"
"My poor, distressed darling, how wor-
ried you must be, but I'll get you out of the
scrape. and il your mother had looked after
you as mothers ought to do, you would
never have got into it. Now let me be off"
| Herbert, where are you goingW 2uil1
| "Never mind wait till come back.n %
Mr.. Herbert proceeded to Zralldi, and in
peremptory terms stating his rights, first
demanded the restoration of Miss Somers'
letters. .. -F 5000. LuIHI3a
Then came an explanation; Zralldi had
never received single letter from Miss
Somers, knew not of her existence.
i Herbert proceeded to Adele; he was a
shrewd man of the world, and understood
all at once. 80 5t.s.f... I.......s r- al.
miss Jones, give me my wife's letters to
the man you passed off for Zralldi."
"Ie will not give them under $4,000" 900
81 have seen him and i knowlall. 1 am
sorry to deprive you OF such source of
revenue. Bring the letters, ,,,,-,.,. Il.
Adele knew resistance was useless; she
brought them without a word. li19q
;, "rhank you, as we have no need, Mary
and /, for your peculiar talents, will dis !
pense with yOury visits for the future. So.
good morning" 4l''y Ni- 'ili "'
"Mary foolish little school girl, but true
and honored wife, there was no cause for
fear, but here are your letters, now listenl;"
i When he had finished telling her all, he .
concluded by a long kiss and these words:
"Mary, If ever we have y daughter she
shall never got such school, for then she
can come across no black sheep-no such,
women as Ade1e-a wicked woman is more
danger to another woman than aiwhole.
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