Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-04
A New York Romance.

Some ten or twelve days ago, in New
York, Ella Robbins, or Ida Healey, as at
times she called herself, poisoned herself
Win Paris green. She was the daughter OF
farmer living in New Bedford, and was
led to her shame by one HealeY, who alter
wards became policeman, and lived with
her short time in New York. Soon, how.
ever. she was compelled, through the Ill
treatment she received at his hands, to leave
him, and her subsequent lie was that Of
woman of the town, varied by alternate mo-
ments of repentance and relapse, in which
she visited her former home, the House of
the Good Shepherd, st. Luke's Hospital,
and many of the houses OF ill.lame. Toward
the end OF her life Il new and promising
epoch arrived. A young man OF good con-
nectlons and excellent heart, who was on
the farm OF relative ut the time, became
acquainted with her, and mutual attach
ment sprang up between them. That he
passionalely but purely loved her was shown
by his determining, despite the opposition of
parents, friends, and relatives, TO make her
his lawfully welded wife. II was difficult
Tor her TO believe such thing possible. She
remembered that those lips which he had
pressed had been kissed by others, and that
whatever she could bestow upon him, save
her heart, others had possessed before.
These thoughts troubled her, with all her
belief IN his iailhfulness In a moment of
despair she took the poison that ended her
| life. Her lover was al this time in the coun-
| try. When he came 10 the city, expecting
| TO find a loving heart, he found lifeess
body. His sorrow cannot be described. He
resolved that she should not be buried rs a
common suicide and sought 10 procure the
necessary money lor the funeral expenses.
But hs friends, whom he had ahenaled, re.
fused 10 aid him, and be was compelled TO
have the burial postponed from day TO day,
| the girls body being preserved IN ice IN an
underlaker's, until he managed to obtain the
800 necessary for her interment.
|
A LOAN OFFICE.-We will suppose that a
| gentleman from the rural districts has been
imprudent in his expenses, and desires 10
use his watch as collateral for small loan
-sny fifty dollars. As he snunters up
Broadway, wondering how his desire may
be best accomplished, and with more than a
little hall-cOncealed nervousness concerning
the business in hand, his eye falls upon a
| sign which announces that "Su-and-So
| Diamond Broker" makes advances on
precious stones, watches, etc. Evidently
here is hls man. AS he steps into the office,
the dnpper young man behind the counter
reads him at glance, and his application
for a lhiiiy-day loan is ut once assented To,
| ",
less, perhaps, than he Ind expected, owing
TO the somewhat old-lashioned character oi
his time piece, IS counted out TO him, and
he agalns llescends 10 the street, with his
receipt in his hand. Now let him examine
that same paper No mention is made o
any deposit or sale by himself to the gen
tlemanly "broker," but he holds in his hand
an agreement from thai person 10 sell mnl
thirty days from date, at price named, q
watch whose number and description are
only loo familiar, while the barest trille o
simple arithmetic enables him To sec thai
the transaction nets the "broker" fifteen pei
cent. per month lor the use OF his money
There is no use whatever in siOrming
Even the lawyers and the police can moi
help him. He has soid his tOdich, and though
he can buy ii back again at any time within
the thirty days, he can not hope to obtain
il for one dollar less than the price specified
in his written contract. Ii his necessities
continue, and the contract expires, he ha
no help whatever in the law against llega
pawnbrokng, and his watch is gone. Blu
he may have been an old customer of thi
same broker He may have brought ii
many watches, of various patterns and value
Some of them he may have redeemed, ant
others not. His very personal presentation
Of a security may he Il reason for It's speed,
disappearance on his departure. Nothinl
need be said; but on his failure to redeem
that watch will hardly find its way agail
into the regular channels OF trade. Tht
cases go to the melting-pot and the work
, make their second appearance long alter
ward III such gulse that their own make
would not know them. With diamond
and other precious stones there is even les
, difficulty. The settings are Of compar;
. lively hule account, and are melted up
i oUce, while the gems themselves Al
. proRptly invested with Rew clothing, unle'
9 any Irregularities render trip beyond III
1 seas advisahle-and is there not Il goo
4 market in Europe? Does not Europe fin
) America equally convenient Tor simila
pnrpOsesi But, as the diamond broker
e aud watch lanciers can not properly atten
to all the departments ol this Interestln
: business, good deal remains for the "aut
loneers. Nv. o. SToDpARD, in Harper
9 Magdzine.