Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-04
The Fury OF N Betrayed Woman--
Thirty.two Young Men Ruined.

MI. uOulu, QUO VI TIC NiSS kiSSAuSAiAe
of the Prison Association, relates the
story of a fallen woman whom he encoun-
tered in one Of our penitentiary hospitals,
which casts a terrific light upon the ten
dency Of RIGHTEOUSNESS to produce crime,
and we reproduce it in the hope that it
may meet the eye Of some Of the young
men who are so blatant in their bragga-
docIo about victories over the virtues of
the weaker sex. The woman referred to
had been of exquisite beauty and elegant
culture. Her father, a wealthy merchant
of New York, failed in business, and gave
up everything TO his creditors. She was
reduced to the necessity Of learning the
trade Of dressmaker to earn her daily
bread. She became a proficient in the
business, and her taste and skill COM
manded liberal wages, which enabled her
10 provide 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 hu-
man breast" whispered that a fortunate
marriage might yet restore her to the
charmed circles whose delights she had
once tasted. and which she long-d 10 re-
enter. She used every effort by the
charms Of person, dress, voice and man
ners, 10 attract the notice and win the
love of eligible young men. At length
she thought she had succeeded in her OBJ
iect; but the young man whose affections
she dreamed she had won proved TO be q
cold hearted villain, who was in pursuit
only of amusement and qualification for
the passing hour. One evening he in
vited her 10 ride. Driving into the coun-
try, he aligh,ed at a house Of refreshment
in the neighborhood Of the city. He Of
fered her a glass of wine, which she drank.
The liquor had been ~drugged. \ pro-
found stupor ensued, and she awoke the
following morning to find herself ruined.
With returning consciousness, the whole
magnitude Of the injury burst upon her.
She instantly resolved upon revenge, and
the plan for its accomplishment flashed
upon her mind with the suddenness and
rapidity of lightning. She betrayed no
emotion; she uttered no reproaches. She
treated what had happened as a harmless
Jest. and blandly invited q continuance OF
the intimacy. The young man exulted in
the ease and completeness Of his victory.
From that moment she became the evil
genius Of his life. Protesting the tender
est and most unselfsh affection for him,
she drew money from him continually,
with which she hired sharpers TO furnish
him with provocatives to drinking, gam
bling and all the forms Of vice and de-
bauchery. At every rally Of his better
nature. by u skillful alteration Of persua-
SION, banter and menace, she choked the
rising impulse of virtue, chained him to
the car of dissipation, and confirmed
him in his career Of vice. Full
well did she know whittier all
this would lead him; nor was she
disappointed in her malignant expectation.
| Drunkenness clouded his understanding;
debauchery ruined his health, and gam
bling reduced him to poverty. Not until
this point, the goal Of all her prayers and
| efforts, had been reached, when poverty
and disease had done their work, and he
was unable TO procure a wretched bed or
a scanty meal, excep: through her charity,
did she wreak upon him the full measure
of her vengeance. Then it was her daily
delight TO visit him, to load him with re-
breaches, and to reveal to him IN bitter
| exultation the whole scheme so cunningly
devised, and 80 steadily pursued, BY which
she had wrought his ruin. And when the
closing scene drew near, she sat by his
bedside, and mingled her excavations with
the shrieks extorted by his dying agonies.
Nor was her vengeance even yet SATISFIED.
Her warfare was against the whole sex,
whom she regarded as accursed; n her
insa,ia,e revenge cried out toI stnl o'Ser
victims. Whenever she could iasten hef
fapgs on a young mar OF genteei iamliyL
one Of the sort who boosted OF easy maze
victories over female chastity, and whose
unclouded prospects f~oretokened a brilliant
career-she never relaxed her hold. ohe