The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-05-17

. Some sixteen months after her nus
bands death she married for the fourth |
time!o The present husband was q
young lawyer named Harper Mayue.
He owned some property, yet his pos.
sessions were not to be compared to
those Of his wife. She was very veal.
thy---so mnch so tha. It was said she did
not make use of all her interest money
but kept adding portion of it to the
principal every year % 'aif a. "o.-
Many of the envious Of her sox pre-
dicted short lease of life for her hus-
band, and in less than three months
their predictions bid fair TO be verified.
Mr.. Mayne grew thin and pallid his
gait, usually SO elastic, became slow aud
feeble, as though premature decay had
seized upon him. His relatives grew
alarmed, and, urged on by those who
envied the fascinating woman, they re-
garded the mysterious creature with
fear and hatred. Suspicion once fully
aroused, assumed threatening proper
tions !; a secret committee of three went
to New York to ascertain accurately by
what manner her two former husbands
came to their end Their mission fail.
ed in its principle object--namely, to
strengthen the suspicious of foul play
against Mr.. Mayne. Mr. Layman, her
first husband, was noted chemist, and
lost his life while experimenting with
some explosive compounds. The oc-
currence took place in the presence of
two of his employees, one of whom was
slightly injured at the time by a frag.
ment of glass. His wife, the present
Mrs. Mayne, was out Of the city at the
time of the accident. nr .7s6L .'il
Her second husband, as has been sta
ted, lost his life by collision of two
trains on the railroad hence no one
could accuse her of the death of either
one. .ef..r.e.l zaitr9Gu .i'7 1a..1'.
When the gentlemen comprising the
committee made their report, Mr..
Maype's relatives were more favorably
disposed towards her; but when they
saw the wreck of Harper Mayne, and
Remembered what he. had been four
months before, they could not but be-
.lieve that fatality was attached to the
woman, and that all who united them.
selves to her we're inevitably doomed
In view of this they dreaded Mrs.
! Mayne, and urged Harper to try the
effect Of the sea-shore. By the request
of his wife he agreed to follow the ad-
viee.of his friends. He went to Cape
May and remained two months. He
returned in health and spirits, though
not the same man exactly as he had
been still he was in fair health and his
step was more firm than of late. But
his recovery was OF brief duration he
sank more rapidly than before, aud after
eight months of welded bliss be was
conveyed to his tomb! s1A -1s.
4 Suspicious of foul play revived, and,
though Harper with his last breath
pronounced his wife an angel, his rela
tives ordered post norton examination
to be made upon his body. This wa'
done by three eminent chemists from
J New York, but not a trace of poison
} could o be discovered 10 the stomach
: 1t was healthy, and in state usual,
found dtwo or three days otter death. "a
= i What then could this mystery mean
! asked they ins5s-5 1-a, te- ''n"3t .
t b "Gentlemen," /" said one Of the facul
I ty, f" l will venture an assertion, barrel
. an assertion, remember, for / have n
: foundation on which to base positiy
! belief thatsI am correct. There hav
l been cases where a woman had sue
! abundant vitality as to be fatal to thos
with whom she associated daily. Tk
a facthas been proved, though such case
!, are Of rare occurrence still Ibis perso
may be one. Whether she really is on
t of those women have no means (
}, positively knowing" Poor Mayne W;
s finally buried, and Mrs. Mayne on
D morning left HaEelton before any of i
d inhabitants even suspected her intel
E tions. lsaa .u. 4. r3uH.at. -tt .
: Gerald Mayne, a cousin of Harpe
It had occasion to visit Charleston abot
Il four years later. He was engaged
d conversation with gentleman befo,
i, hotel when that person drew his a
tention to an approaching two. .hor
d conveyance in which sat lady and ge
n tieman! ~ 'H.-.... ~
, "See," said be, "there comes Il
a fairest other sex, the fascinating wilo,
1t Mrs. Denim 7i N. -' 20
it Gerald looked in the direction poi
r ted by his companion, and as the ca
d riage, driven by mulatto, came nea
he started as though he had been sho
3 the fair occupant of the vehicle was Il
h widow Of his cousin Mrs. Denim, al
y a widow then she had buried anoth
If victinl perhaps half dozen! mental
1t sad the young man. Hl.as 1. no.
s. Ah = cried his friend, jocularl
Is seeing how agitated Gerald was, so Y
r. swell the number of her admirers ~
ID dD" Admirers?" cried the other, wi
y horror then changing his tone, ho CO
le cluded not TO make known bis form
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