Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-08-25
MISCELLANY.
The Fury Of n Betrayed WOman-ThirIy-
two Young IeR Ruined.
IFrom the n. Y. Com. Advertiser. ]


IFrom the N. Y. Com. Advertiser.
MIR. Gould, one of the Vice President
of the Prison Association, relates Tia
story of fallen woman whom he en-
cOuntered in one of Onr penitentiar,
hospitals, which casts terrific ligh
upon the tendency Of RIGHTEOUSNESS t.
produce crime, and We reproduce 1t II
the hope that it may meet the eye o
some of the young men who are so bla
tant III their braggadociO about victor
lis over the virtues OF the weaker sex
The woman referred tn had been of ex
quisite bcanty and elegant culture
Her father a wealthy merchant of New
York failed In business, aud gave M
everything to his creditors. She was
reduced to the necessity of learning Il
be a dressmaker to earn her daily bread
She became proficient In the business
and her taste aud skill commanded
liberal wages, which enabled her to pro
vide an ample wardrobe for herself
She had been intensely devoted to the
glitter and gayety of fashionable life
and hope, (which springs eternal IN the
human breast" whispered that for
tunate marriage might vet restore her Il
the charmed circles whose delights sht
had tasted, aud which she lOnged to
rs-enter. She used every effort by ihe
charms of person, dress, voice and man
ners, To attract the notice and win the
love of eligible young men. st length
she thought she had succeeded IN hel
object; but the young man whose al
fectiOns she dreamed she had won
proved to have been cold hearted NIl
lain, who was IN pursuit only OF amuse
ment and qualification for the passing
hour. One evening he invited her Il
ride. Driving into the country. la
alighted at house of refreshment, IL
the neighbOrhOOd of the city He Of
fered her a glass of wine, which sht
drank. The liquor had been dragged
A profound stnpOr ensued, and SHE
awOke the following morning e.
find herself ruined With returning
consciousness, the whole magnitude al
the Injury burst upon her. She IN
SANITY resolved upon revenge, and the
plan for its accomplishment flashed up
ON her mind with the suddenness and
Tapidity of lightning. She betrayed
no emotion; she uttered no repronches
She treated what had Happened as Il
harmless Jest, aud blandly invited Il
continuance of the intimacy. The
young man exulted IN the ease aud
completeness of his victory; froGI that
moment she became the evil genius Oi
his life. Processing the tendt.rest and
most unselfiSh affection, she drew
money from him continually, with
which she hired shaFpers To furnish him
with pTOvOc3tives tn drinking, gam
bling, aud all the forms of vice and
debancheFy. AT every rally OF his bet
ter nature, by skillful alienation Oi
peFsuasIOn, banter, and menace, she
chOked the rising impulse. of virtue,
chained him TO the car of dissipation,
aud confirmed him In his career of vice.
Full well did she know whittier all thi,
would lead him; nor was she diSap-
pointed IN her malignant expectation.
Drunkenness clOuded his understand
ing; debauchery raimed his health, ana
gambling reduced him TO poverty
Not until this point. the goal of all hel
prayers aud efforts, had been reached
when poverty and disease had done
their work, and he was unable to pro
cure a Eretched bed or a scanty meal
except through her charity, did she
wreak upon him the full measure o
her vengeance. Then It was her daily
delight TO visit him, to load him witt
TeprOaches, and to reveal to him in bit
ter exultatiOn the whole scheme so Gun
niDgly devised, and so steadily pursued
10y which she had wrought his ruin
And when the closing scene drew near
sine sat by his bedside, and mingled
her execratiOns with the shriek
extOrted by his dying agonies. No
was her vengeance even yet satisfied
Her warfare Was against the whole sex
whom she regarded as accuTsed; an'
her insatiate revenge cried ont for still
other victims. Whenever she cOul,
fasten her faugs on y ing man of gen
teel famIly--One of the sort who bOaste'
of easy made victories over femal
chastity, and whose 'unclOuded pros
poets foretOkened brilliant career
she never relaxed her hold. She stud
led with kcenness- sharpened by eS
peTience, every point 10 his character
MS tastes. his passions. his hopes hi
fears, whatever attracted aud whateVe
repealed him; and then, with an almOs
unerring sagacity, adapting the mean
TO tie end, she seldom failed In her dt
mOniac purpose. She claimed in thi
manner 20 have
HUNTED DOWN THRTY-TwO YOUNG MEN
involving them IN disgrace, crime an
ruin. Some of them had ended thei
days In prisOny and others, hopelessl
fallen were on the road to the drnnl
ards aud the felOn's crave. Whe
asked whether MI her sisters I'm imam
felt the same hatred to mankind, sh
replied that she Thought the feeling {
be general, If not universal. anon
them; adding that, when a woman Ina
once fallen, she desired 10 revenge hel
self, not only on her seducer, bat on a
his sex; that no game was followed wit
greater Eelisl,thaH that Gf~involying a
that came within het,fOilsih came an
its consequent punishment; that mas
of them could number at least two {
three victims whom they had RUNE,
and that many of these victims went
the length of tine actual commission
crime.
A PARADox.-When a shoemaker
going to make boot, the first thing |