Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-10-09
THE EVENING STAR.
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rgTsRyINa WIDOW UNDER FALSE PRETRNSRs
aJoui Two years ago. good.natured Mrs.
wsrthyoil owning house and lot on West
Jackson street. lost her husband through the
fundamentally OF fell disease. She was tor
a long period of time as inconsOlable as any
well. constituted widow should be, and during
me first year she scsrnfuliy rejected all prof
fers tending toward another alliance. This
was before Adam Miischleger had put in an
appearance. Adam Is young man Of much
promise-that is to say, he confines himself
largely 10 the promising part Of his contracts,
unless compelled by law to do other wise. For
q man endowed with such rare and remark.
able gifts he is painfully basnfuI, and when,
about six months since, he was hopelessly
smitten with the fair proportions OF Mrs.
Wertn Won nsuse ana lot resolve as he would,
he could not hold his courage TO the sticking
point
While entangled in this dilemma-hanging
as II Were. between innate bashfulness and q
valuable homestead-he made the acQuaint-
ance OF a modern Rufus man named Jacob
Marke-not a lawyer, nor blessed with an UNI.
brella- This individual, in a generous mood,
offered TO make Milschelger sole possessor Of
the house and lot, unencumbere except by
the widow, for the consideration OF $780, The
proposition was agreed to, and, to further the
enterprise, the impatient lover instructed his
proxy to inform the widow among other items
OF interest, that he was worth $1,000. Marke
laid seige in true diplomatic manner. He de-
scribed il language aglOw with feryor and en-.
thusiasm the consuming love which Adam har.
bored for her. his Eve, and even limited at fear
full consequences should she efuse his adj
led Milschelgers bashfulness was so uncom-
mon among men, that as she became pitied she
more and more interested, and then she loved
On the day that the fair widow promised to be
his, Adam paid over to Jacob the sum of $50,
with the rest held in allegiance until the mar
riage eve. The marriage transpired about a
month since. Justice Schoenew ald tied the
Knot, but hitherto no additional 500 have been
forthcoming.
This remissness on the part of Adam, in
failing TO pay Jacob the sum most honorably
due to him, was chiefly owing to a remon.
STRANGE on the part of Mrs. Milschleger, since
the amount must come out of her purse. She
looked upon 1t as a case where insult is added
10 injury. She utterly scorned the implied
idea that man not worth a cent in his own
name should be worth 800 to her, but on The
other hand went 10 the extent of Offering an
&c dit1onal 500 if he could take the entire bad
bargain from her hands. Marke would have
gladly done so, but he was powerless. Never.
theless, he wanted his money, and finding
every other means futile, he brought suit for
the aT cunt before Justice SchoeHewaId. For
the space OF n week the suit was postponed
from day to day. nd finally. yesterday after
noon, an amicable understanding was effected
between the parties. by the payment of but
half the amount due. Jacob went on his wav
rejoicing, while Adam, IN charge of his wife,
went sorrowfully home, there to await events
May he fare lightly at the hands OF the fair
Chicago Tribune. Saturday.