Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-03-06
A RoNANtE WITH A PAINFUL END
ING
HOW a Happy Family was Plugged into
Grief ky a Letter,


startling instance of the freaks IN which
"or udseous fortune sometimes reyeIs h,s
feceItly taken place in the family of a ouou
Gam Hasnate OF Wall street, now retired aud
hNlhs IN QGlet elegance IN the lower yicluity
OF Central Park. he gentle man, whose ma u,,,
" mought be" Jones, but isn't, returnra
sCme years since, with his family, from
Europe, bringing a young French sirl, 81
se't, as nurse 10 The Young babe Atr,r a
few months she left tie service of the faa;,iy
CT some trIvial pre;ext, and another nu.s,.
ttiES substituted, SuSette was quite forgo.tsn
firs. Jones had moved IL fashionable clr..-s
While rearing family ot three sons and tour
uaugblerS, The youngest of whom was th-
nursing OF Susetle. As years rolled on me
youngest grew 10 b. blooming girl OF tH.ly-
years. attending a boar ding school on the Hun
son he Old, 81 dau ghjer and two OF The : 1s
Eao married happily, anc noihiEg in the So rene
ll losisTIiN Of Tie household threatened ID IA l..
he even teTor OF their life. Among Omar
hlndlN FromptIngs Of their generous natu--.
he iainiiy mao taken u deep Interest lu Al,
hnhpie Ifow woman supporting a family
OF five chi dren She had for MANY vr,r.
tsen intIusted w!th the family washing u f., n
was usually returned 10y one of The giris OF
tAe iaithfui laundTes-. and macy IiJtle me. =,
were sent home py this riTI. whose gepri- f.
meanof had 50 Won upCn AiTs. Jones tha. "a.
arranged Tor her partial education. and alrp "a,
rtch! Ced her as sort q: pTo;-gr. for al a.
Which the poor widow was prCfu sely graz, l,.!
aEd declared she wCuid Vel ma Res i.sr a.
LeI.' few weeks since he family recri;,-
iettsr bearing the poSgmark of AN on. :.
town IL III" south Of France. II couta,..sE
voinminous enclosures, h-aTing o..icial s..Is.
all III French. family council was con ysu-t
10 deciphtr the contents, and many est vas
oahcied IN The merry circle about the ceHt-.-
table, as each contributed their knowIr.;y.
OF Niltieh French III a loose chirogra;,ay
10 et, al mtanlhg OF SO formid Die
lnisslVe. The youngest daughter, q ute fr.su
In her studies, seemed TO make more progress
ana he mysterious documents, rirst passtnr
Hon hans 20 hand, were finally allowed 10
rest ht ioIe her. the YES. of the gronp laugbtug
~ crIliciZIrg her broken accents as sh, r.,a
slowly on. She hesi'ated-was met by apc. .,.r
Noiiey OF badInage, which was STRANGELY
cEeehed as the young girl strained her =, =
more closely TO the paper, pressed her lewe;l.
Land upon her Iempies-turnei ashy pai.-
uttered one scream, al d fell back into nar
iather's arms In swoon, II was a f-artnI
hleht with that stricken bCGsehoId as thy
hoNtred over that seEee eeiess form. A physi,.i.o
has'iiy CALI d in, seeking for a cause -: 40.
sIarsr attack, was shown the scattered mis-
siNts lett upon the earlor floor BIyv a
huent scholar he could read them readily aud
tht Ie, III tle dead hour OF night the moa;iI ~
Winds without and the decsying fire ia .ae
srate forming wierd scene, The bio fell a y n
the already atfrighted househoid, No wou.;sr
the poor girl haG been siicken dowE In L. a.
ing htr own doom--that she was no chill ~
'htlrs, but OF d poor was her woman, The ,ua.
stance OF The death .ded statement Of Susa,t-
which ihc letter contained, duly autheniieatrd
was that in taking her infant charge Tor an
airiI z, she called as usuai at the poor home of
'fr IAN iiy laundIess. whose babe was of the
81 me age with hat OF Mr.. Jones. Tha. the
woman begged her 10 stay and mind the cniih.
Tnn while she took home some work.
iahts, one of them pulled a very lot
iron upon IT burning II badly: sue
applied such remedies as size could seize M ,n
tut ~ her fright iancied the in Jury mus 10
latai- IL was the infant Ia her charge TINS
she Lad not thought of at the first moment, a.
mere was remarkable resem blance between
ulen. Overcome with fear, rhe Devil to.o hsr
uo use her own laneuage), THAT the other ,,.y
Wcuio DO MRS. Jones just as welt" Tn.
ciolhIrg was quickly changed. The rcor
wOmsn was eneombered with a sick and iiar-
ing infant until It's recovery which fact prob.
ably aided the deception. Mrs. Jones was
quite MI at the time, and n wet nurse was .n.
gagged for that very day; SO Suset,e sue
cessfully screened her dIabolical act. hut
sui fearing denouement, sought tn FIRST
vacation TO get away 10 her own laut.
Unable, after lapse OF years, to die in pes e,
Keep the affair very quiet. A lady TO wao n
the phy ysician was quite devoted mentioned the
facis ere secresy had been Ell Joined The fos
!er !e chiid OF the poor widow will be reinstat-d
I'D her IuIl nights, and be .made lady"sure
enough the widows entire family are amriy
provided for. ard the poignant sorrow of ihs
siIl reared in luxury will be assauged IN a
great degree by retaining her position Of a
daughter Truth, indeed, Is ofttimes stranger
than fiction.
THE NEW MATERIALS FOR SPRIxa WEAR
are rich al d costly, while the models for walk.
ing .nits, Tor dinner costume, or for evening
Toilette, are as complicated as ever. The ma.
terials which will be most worn are creme On
cnene, gaze de sCie-silk gauxe,-the finest
grenadines, goats hair, or poiie du cheyre,
satlntef q and ponges. Silks In did colo-s, or
fancy silks, with narrow stripes in rich coIsrs.
VIII be in vogue. Bismark brown and Meter.
nich green, with vartous other favorite colors
have had their day. New shades have m ,de
their appearances; among the rrettiest are the
dartnell green and the new shade of brown
Stripes Will be more worn than ever; hand.
scme patterns OF pole du chevre, have a wide
white ground. The new goods called Satln-
teen, which comes both striped and figured
bears some resemblance to foulard silk, though
us mucn pcnef iabric Striped and figured
pique, and striped and plain percales-the lat
ter extremely pretty are among the new I'm.
portations. Stripes also prevail IN the cam.