The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-02-06
An Rlopement and its Result Ena,.
getio Conduct on the Part Of Il.
Lady's Relatives.
From the Washington star.

From the Washington starl
About four weeks ago young rsntI.
man, who gave bis name a. Nye, ap sss,.s,
at the boarding house of Mr.. Parf ~ :,
street, between Second and Third stres,. :
with young lady who he Represented !.
his wife, and asked to see the rooms. IN
keeper Of the house showed the pair ses..s,
rooms, and finally they chose the hal q.
parlor; the young man obtained pi.so
for the lady, and soon they were living com:
fortably. The young man, also the lads.
informed the other occupants Of the honss
that they had recently been married. "a
that he, being mail agent, cotldn't 4.
home during the day. He appeared 70 &
very regular 10 his habits, and was at hons
every evening, and q short time they Rss
looked upon by their fellow-boardan =
quite an acquisition. Christmas tim,1
came, and the couple mixed With the Other,
in the amusements COTTON up in the hou,s
and seemed to enjoy the fun amasineIv.
but on New Years eve there came cbsnvA.
The occupants Of the house had mostly =.
tired about 10 o'clock, not feeling inciiusd
ITO watch the New Year in !" but ven
destined to have precious little sleep.
About II o'clock the jingling Of the door.
bell awoke some of the occupants, and the
servant found at the door a stout middle.
eyed LADY, accompanied by an able-bodied
young man. They informed the servant
that the LADY was the mother and the gentle.
man the brother Of Mrs. Nye, whom thew
wished to see, and asked which was tho
room ofthe couple. The servant desipna.
ted the room in question, and started M
stairs, but had rot gone many steps before
screams Of murder from the room awoks
the house. The proprietor, Mr.. Parf
sprang out Of bed and hastily attempted "a
change his nightshirt for thicker apparsl
but the frequency Of the cries and the din
from the room, induced him to disregard
all laws Of etiquette, and down stairs he
went to the room in question, followed bv
some of the boarders. Here they found that
Mr.. and Mrs. Nye had been hauled from
bed, the former by the big brother, and the
latter by the mother Of the lady. The
young man was walking into MIR. I'VE with
q stout stick, which he used mostly on hia
victims head, and he finding discretion the
better part Of valor, made break for the
window, carrying the greater portion Of the
window-sash with him, and took refuge 10
the stable. While this was going on tha
mother had her daughter over her knee and
was applying raw-hide to raw-hide, giving
her, IN the language Of a witness, "Haii
Columbia" The spectators thinking that
here should be moderation in all things,
nterposed and stopped this castigation,
md heard the explanation of the parties.
rom which it appeared that the daughter
1ad been recently married to gentleman
n New York, and had run away from him
Md came here, taking up With Mr.. Nye.
Who had been former lover.
The mother and son were induced Ia
cave the house, aud the daughter retired
% bed, suffering smartly from the effects Of
he cowhiding, and Mr.. Nye, came out.of
lis hiding place in the stable after the coast
vas clear.
the trouble was not all over yet, however.
md. in about m hour, there was another
ing Of the door-belI. The servant vos
'dlnonished to be careful whom che let 10.
Ind opened the door ajar, when the former
'isitors pushed forcibly past her, and i'm.
nediately went to the room of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nye, when the brother dragged the former
rom the bed, and gave him another tire.
nemdous whackiug, continuing to apply
ne stick until he was stopped BY the pro-
,rietor OF the house and boarders, who went
o the rescue. At this visit the mother
lid not use the hide, but, while the son was
stacking Nye, gave the daughter terrible
ongue-lashing. AS before, the boarden
equested then, to leave the house, which
invitation they finally complied with. On
urning their attention to the injured man.
hey found he was badly cut, and took him
o q neishboring drug store, where bic
Wounds were dressed.
The following morning, the young couple,
doubtless thinking that their quarters were
,etting too hot for them, quietly left tho
house, aid the following day their baggage
vas sent for by the porter Of hotel, tie
'lano being left as security for the bill.