Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-09-25
THE EVENING STAR.
"A Man Deserts his Wife and Elopes with
her Cansip-Death of the Heart. Or Oh en-
Wife. - Ef- F-AFE-El-
IFrom the Toledo Blade \

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From the Toledo Blade
There aie offences for when the law pro-
Nldes no adequate penalty r-GHenc es which e.-
taSlish bsyond peradyenture The doc riue OF
total GeprayIiy, ana Of n character so hsipous
that thOse who perpetrate hem should be on
Jects of detestation ever aiterward One OF
thee crimes ls that OF deserving wife and rob-
In the vicinity OF one OF the larges, ana most
wealthy towns on the Iine Of the New York
Cenuai raiiroaNd<here resided n family consist
Ins 81 y. man, ms vile and one child. a lovely
Sirl OF Ten summers. and until within q year
pTIOr 20 August 1, 1895, conjugal love, seemed
10 r'ign supreme II The house hold. For a year
Pie.Iousiy me whe had suffered Greatly from
III attn, and n dIsian la ion was ems ed
10 take charge of the child, minister TO the
molher, and direct the Affairs OF the house.
he wife was confined 10 her room much of
inc TINE, and very litle OF the time WINS she
able To have her child near her; mel her could
she see The growing istinacy between her nus
her mother. the chiId's attacnr,ent for tns
father Increased, and the latter iudulgea her
In every spect nm Ill she rather stunned the
siss T0on, ana on,y 'ei. eappy with her fuhsr
cOyery of the wife and mother timiuis had
slowly, and about the lat or August An elona
mfhi having been planned by the man and
woman, at a late hour Of the night the couple
taking the child-leaving, however n person
10 take care OF the inyai,d-Ieft the place. IN
king the cars for BuNalo =
The little girl, IL appears. felt some appre
hehs'on that all was not right as q passenger
on the train, who was couipg throHxh to tins
CITY, overheard her making inquiries conceru-
ing her sick mother At home. and receiving in
reply that her mother knew her father and
cousin were going West on a visit to some
Trends, and 'poor mother would be kindly
cared Tor. This Quoted the appre bensious Of
the child, and consequently the exc,teu ept
and novelty with which she wAs Surrounded
IN measrr re banished her mother from her
mind Arriving al Buffalo, a hack was pro-
cured, in which the party rode 70 one OF the
steamers, where a passage was secured "a
Ioledo One stateroom suficed for the trim
and the occ Upaney of one berth by the man a nd
woman was the first that the child was I'M An ca
10 suspect or remark upon, the intimacy OF
her father and cousin.
The morning after leaving Buffalo the ATTAIN
ton of some OF the passengers was directed TO
the couple by the child remarking to a giri \
little above her own age that father and con sin
occupied the same berth. The man overheard
the remark, and in q stern manner called the
chlld 10 him, and the trio went out of the
caols Afterwards, during the trip, a sur
Se'Iianes was s kePtover the child, yet while at
Win the girl TO whom she made the above
pi-- she narrated much Of that above
feftarh, her mother and the eiopement.
stated aoot. der Of the trip the man and
Durlng tne refnai- Hseryed-not 1t all dis.
woman were very L. eintauce
posed 10 extend their aeqL- mt 10 a no,.,
and af,erward secured rooms a. private
clearinghouse, where they remained
days. While at this house party Of lan,>s
visited the landlady, and among them two ,
.'oOarders' and one of them related the cir.
cUmstanees which become public on the boat
The mex; day the ''boarders" were dismissed,
and shortly afterwards left the city-going to
Chicago
Let us return to the home of the invalid
After much weary and fruitless watching, all
the time hoping against hope. she became sat.
isfisd that her husband had deserted her
Heavy as was this burthen, she felt in her
feeble CONDITION she could nave endured it.
were II not for the fact that her child vas tn
suffer portion Of the ignominy of her father.
This was too much, and with ali the yearnin9s
OF a Rachel she sighed for her child and vyouid
not be comforted until the death angel sc vered
tne silver cord, and her spirit returned unto
Him who eaveit