The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-12-09
The Sea-Captain's Widow.

brought her up, there csme into they'll
lag of Rudleigh where she had been
Eooru, and (which she had never left sinee
Z dashing ea-captaim<of thirty six OF
thirty eight, whoSpentshis money freely
one hotel in the place, and who was so far
there week, every woman in ,R9ldleigh
had been "stared at" or. tt;foflowed odite
home my dear" The young chamber.
maids had eauhz been lFissed, ths1 land:
lords daughter had been chucked. under
the chin, and the landlady herself, striy:!
ing to blush, and failing, because no red
rose could be reddery than she was al
ready, declared that little more, And she
must really mention it to Mr. Landlord"
As for Captain Waters, he considered
all this the, proper thing for a man Of
spirit to do, and continued the general
admirer Of the fair at Rudleigh, until
falling one, day into the society of Matte
Hartley, he became at,once her particular
slave He ccurted her one W eek, propos
ed the next, and married her onthe third.
He was well enough TO doto retire from
a sea farihg life, was owner and hitherto
captain of the Amanda, and I was, more
over a widower, his first wife having tax!
en- advantage Of his absence On a voyage
to elope withla Frenchman, who, 50 re!
port ran, poisoned her. oii1o 10 s7seaio hf&
1ioThis he told, with a grave face, to little
Matte. before ne popped the question. !. Q
If thought women 0 Fl TX. 2 were all
alike, I'd fight shy of them, 7 can tell
you" lie said. /" But I'm sure you have a
heart, and d true one, Mattie."H ,.9'9 s31f
And so, Matte, gave him her heart, and
her hand with it. Isffa1oo ~ como shl
For q year or two they were very hap
by. .Than the jolly red checked captain
fell Ill, and in his illness a baby that had
come to them, a boy Of d few months old
was stolen from a perambulator, which q
careless nurse had left Standing by the
roadside while she ehatted With a beau.
bnThere had been band Of Gypsies in
the nei ghborhood, and suspicion natural
~ fell on them; but they were followed
in vain; and none sof the rewards that
we're offered threw any light on che sub
s The agitation did the captain great
HARM and probably fastened HIS end. He
died ina few months. and poor Matte,
broken hearted and desolate,,i prayed to
die also ,nWliat good could come to ther,
now that Fran K and the baby fwere9 both
goaeL I'm vain the ole CLERGY IMAM preach
ed submissiona and spoke0 of tempting
Providence by irebe Hion.gt 53i1ts h5F~ VI
Matte heard none of sterrotyped
phrases that were poured into her eareal
heard nothing and saw othing, until, one
day, a tall bold-faced woman walked ung
announced into her presence, and before
the clergyman himself, announced the
fact that sheawas Captain Waters wife,.
and that her childrenea,ndl his were at the
hotelJ and that Matte was mere usurper.
2 That reused the widow at last. q Her
Frank so vile q acreatuTe7i Her frank de-
ceiveu her so2 She could not, would not
believesit1 and nooone else would. 35iShe
ort1ered1tbe woman out OF jthe1house,t and
the woman went, but only5to aenlawyer's
hard qbyai There she produced proofs. that
weresconclusiveA-, aAcertifcate9 signed by
a well known clergyman, and letters FROM
the Captain;s andinga certain churchregis;
ter was1found;TaH that Massrnec essary to
establish her lclaimbEi nW0 All ri aoiiaa
oMattie asseNerated in vaino that the
Captains firstwife was odead+4thats this
woman was an mpostor, and thatishe did
notsbeh eve ionei oWord tof 'a1bqthei story
Otherspeepiei believed it.ilNo one knew
the Captain previous to, ihis3i sudden zap
pearance;a att Rudleighs ui4And losea-faring
men are not always supposed ito abe toe
good, especially inlquief inland towns, to
have dozen wfVeszapieceJn liw sl8noa
| 1.-The endsof aHthis WassTthato the new
Mrs. Waters took possession of9 the dwell
ling and property the Captain, and
dlsgraced and wretched Matte returned
| to che maiden ahnt,w he, rather triumpheG
Units result asswhat Yshe called a. 1iudg
ment9 9,s Mrs WaterstIied to make her
self frlends,in the village but, on tn
whole, failedato do SOFAS She, was oooarst
and vulgar. THE servants, saidsshe drank
her treatment of her child a little, crea,
tureo half the size lit should have beer
forsits age, was SUCH as shocked every
body .Shefne manifested any love. fol
itoj 1t was said she beat it cruelly.s9 A
all events her manner and the stories
about her made everyone. of respectability
shun her; and even had she been; a NO
man they could esteem, to settle down il
thataw in that village, Is would : hay'
seemed lhdelieate eneughof the women
sald.ii isr9y9s .9Iidwne9M .5?irts g1gas
.osBut some who thought only; of he
money became intimate with Mrs. Waters
4 And Edashingly dressed men came dow
4 lbysrail to visit her, and she drove wit
them in her snowy carriage past MN[a Matte
humble homesand threw upon the tsat
4 face bent, over some work at the window
Isuch looks Of scorn. as, might have bee
Il Mattie's due had she been avery wicked
u creature, but which, under the circun
/ stances, were quite uncal1ed for for. !. ~
All this went On for two years at least
/ and BY that time Mrs Waters iboy1,-ffyv
years, old she called HIM, but hard y look
}, ed three1Was running about the ground
Il and escanirg from them Whenever - s