The Shasta courier., 1867-01-05
A Chapter of Guilty Love.

n SHUT tiDit III tuc Ctitc VI ' Oi lioiit,
wealthy farmer, on the shady side of 90,
fell in love with ripe young damsel of %,
and after short courtship took her for bet
| ter or worse.
| For time all went smoothly at the Ring
haus domicil. The anxious father like most
| old men enslaved by love, daily found new
to be the very model Of. an aged mans dar-
ling" affectonate, good tempered. and
sprightly. The Sunshine of her happy pres
ence soon illuminated the hitherto dull coun-
try homestead, and all things looked serene
and comfortable.
| Ringhaus had son by former marriage.
a young fellow possessing very considerable
share of manly beauty, who was, of course,
thrown much into the society of his charming
step mother; and from liking and esieeming,
as all dutful step sons are bound to do, he
| soon learned to love with an unhOly pas
sion, which neither religious training, nor
the close ties existing between them. could
keep in subsection. Alas for female frailty.
we are bound to admit that the youthful
bride, forgetting her nuptial vows. and the
respect and gratitude due the over-credulous
old man. who had made her the mistress of
his home and the idol of his heart listened to
the soft pleadings of the yodng man and
yielded. Matters went on thus for some time.
the contented cuckold luxuriating in the pos
session of his lovely bride, pcturing to him
self long years of Arcadian blessedness in her
society, when his dreams were rudely broken
in upon, and dispersed like = flaky mist be
| fore the morning SUM- The dutifu sun, who
had inflicted so grieyous wrong on his dot
ing father, could not brook that his para
mour should lavish any further caresses, or
bestow the slightest mark of favor upon her
husband. He therefore resolved upon quit
ting the paternal mansion in company with
his step mother. Not being satisfied with
debauching his fathers wife, he determined
also to ease him of his loose cash. and,
after numerous counsels with his Dulcinea,
the pair bolted to New York, with SIS, 900 in
treasury notes.
On quitting Vermont the incestuous pair
took the cars for Boston, but not deeming it
safe to remain at the '' hub" continued the
Journey to New York, where they arrived on
Tuesday, and engaged apartments as husband
and wife at fashionable up town boarding
house. As soon as old Ringhaus could
arouse himself from the stuTor into which
astonishment and grief had thrown him, he
engaged the services Of a private detective,
with whose aid he succeeded in tracing the
| fupitives to their retreat in this city. The
old man called at the boarding house at about
eleven o'clock on Friday night and was in
formed by domestic that the lady and
gentleman were in bed. He informed the
landiadv that he was the father of the young
gentleman, and wished particularly to see
his son and she, rot dreaming for moment
of any mischief. showed him into the sons
room, and there his eyes rested upon his
traitorous offspring and his unfaithiul wife,
rep0sng in the same couch, locked In each
others arms. After reproaching them with
the vileness of their offense against morality
| and human and divine law, with their inces-
tuous intercourse, and the double meanness
they had been guilty of. he resolutely de-
manded the money from the unnatural son,
leaving him the unchaste woman. Taken
aback the now repentant Adons repented
the step which he had taken. and as slight
atonement. restored the money. Whether he
considered the permission to retain possession
of his fair bedmate was equivalent to so
many greenbacks we cannot take upon our
selves to determine, but it is probable that
after the scene described. he did not look
upon her with the same impassioned eyes.
Having secured the money, Ringhaus. Sr.
related the circumstances Of the case to the
| preceptress of the house, who was so shocked
at the couples wickedness, and afronted at
the deception practiced on herself, that she
at once drove the guilty pair into the street
with all their luggage. Their sin was great
| but their punishment was still greater; for
the old man had taken their last dollar, the
humiliated and thunder stricken adulterer
not having sense enough to retain anything
for himself and the partner of his flight
From inquiries which were instituted by
our reporter yesterday. we learn that the
i'll starred lovers are sojourning at cheap
lodging house in a remote part of the city,
doubtless supporting themselves by the sale
of their many superfluous articles of jewelry
and wearing apparel. When these are
gone, if employment cannot be obtained,
deeper degradation is in store for them
| n. Y. Tribune.