The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-22
Elonement Extraordinary.
\ NEW YORK MERCHANT ACTS IN
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NE Boston Journal -.G correspondent OF
mot far fr"' , cells the following story;-
0ItraOr' I'M vhpre vrrite one of the most
-1Inery Nfopements has taken place Wild
-sost tragrcal sequel. A merchant Of stanolng ing
and wealth had family consisting Of "a dS ,reat
and several children. The lady ,1ISoa mao s,vS onS
personal beauty, was very nor aocOmPdia and earnest
Christian, and greatly devoted 10 her i hsnhy.
Not far from her residence nVe9 sS la1y I oi
twenty-three summers eid tsh he COZ" ,maoined Her Her
motbeT was dead, and she kept house for her
father. The visits of the merchant to this
house attracted considerable attention. 1t was
Known no oReyer. that the father was generally
present at the visits OF the merchant, and the
Community was generally divided about the
matter. Riding and walking succeeded, andth
scandal became general ,poa
'On Monday morning the merchant informed
his wife chat he was going TO leaVe-thsJ ne
was going to sail for California, and take the
Eirl with him. Her father, he said, had given
his consent, aud agreed to keep the thing secret
till after hls departure. DE told her tnat no
power could prevent his leaving. II she kept
quiet until after he was gone he would give her
the house in which she lived, and S2O0O IN
money. II she did not, he would go all the
same, but would leave her penniless. de asked
her to fix his linen and pack his trunk, and
have it ready by Thursday morning all which
she agreed TO 90. He bought trunk Tor the
girl and cave her two hundred dollars for her
outfit. On Thursday morning he lett his home.
While his hand was on the door-latch his wife
told him she should rema n just where sue was,
and take care OF the children, and II at any time
he wished to come back the door would be
open to hlm. He went over to the house where
the young woman was in waiting. lie gave her
father some money, and he accompanied
the parties TO the cars. On ther way
down the father referred TO some expenses he
had incurred III giving his daughter music
lessons The merchant handed him two nun
dred dollars which he pronounced Satisfactory.
After the tran had started, the old man told
the story of the elopement. When some one
remarked to him that the merchant would
desert his daughter as he had his wife, he said
that it was impossible, for he had never seen
such love between two persons before. Wnen
he was asked why he did not put a stop to
step that could only be fraught with misery to
all sides he said that his daughter when she
told him of her intended Journey, showed hlm
bottle of poison, and said If he opened his head
on the matter till after she was gone she Wond
poison HIM and herself too. And she would
have done it, he said.
'.The sequel to this affair is more than usually
traeicsl. The parties sailed Immediately. for
Calito MA, and Tor some reason not explained
took the return vessel back to New York. They
landed in the city, where the girl was left at a
hotel pennlless. She succeeded in reaching
this place, deserted, and sent Immediately for
her father who visited her at tue hotel. She
agreed to go home with him in the morning.
He called ior her at the time agreed upon. He
found her corpse. She had committed suicide
during the night. In the meantime the merchant
had not been heard from after deserting the girl
at the hotel. Ten days ago he appeared at the
door of his own house. True to her promise aud
true to her womanly love, she threw the doors
wide open and bade him welcome. Hidden from
the eye of his neighbors and friends he rem aims
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