, 1869-03-08
SENSATION IN ACTUAL LIFE
4 Romuncs with n Painful Erdln.-
How y HAPPY Family was Plunged
Into Gftcf by Letter.
NeM Yarx itntfrannn creA ~ ,ha rhs N Il LILY

u h0"HNct WILL n kAlu10i l. EQ1ns-
How HAPPY Family was FIunEsd
Into Gtfcf BY Letter.
New 9or1 co1respon,c ,crce OF tie Auesrn Daily
a ttartllnG instance Of the freaks in which
outl5Etous fortune" sometimes reyela has
recently taken place in the family Ola quon;;
dam masna,e Of Wall street, now retired and
living In quiet elegance IN the lower vicinity
name +" mought be'' Juues, Dut isn't, ~ urncd
tome years since, With his family, iroa1 e.
rope. bringing young French sit': sa.et!s, ~.
as nurse 10 1hs young babe; Aner t..r;,, 1!sm Nv
some trivial pre,e1t, and anotLeE uutse - sssns
substituted, Susc:tc was quite toFtosten'
Mrs: Jones had moved in fa>hiousblt circles;
while rearing q family Of three sons anu
'our daughters, The youngest u "uon n.-
rolled On, the youngest crex 10 oe ~ no1m. ts3ac
Ing girl OF twelve years, attending boarding
school on The Hudson. The oldc ! Causnies
and two O: tic sons had uarried happhy,
al nothing In tho s"scne nfosletnv u lne
hcu, ,ehold threatened +" ruiu; the even tenor
iugs Of their generous natures, tAe lAnily
hna taken a deep interest IN an humble
wtcow woman supporting family Of tive
ch,l1yc:. she had fur many years been in-
trusted with TIE family washiag, which was
u-uplIv returned By otc Of The girls ot the
faNh:ul lauutress, and many little ulcetles
ve,c s,ut home By this girl, whose gentle de-
inca. OF had won upon Mrs. Jones that she
arranged Tor her partial education, and al.
ready regarded her as sort Of prote1e, for
nil Vi which the poor widow Was profusely
grateful, and declared she would get ''maka
o lady OF her," A few weeks since the family
received letter bearing The po5tmark OF au
obscure town In the south Of France 1t cor
taiEed yolu1ninous enclosures, bearing Official
seals. al in French. A family council Was
rf,r trs IL ,HA~4 has nnA,
a Jest was handled in tho merry circle about
The c.utre-table. as cach contributed their
knoTlc1rc Of written French in 4 loose
chiracraphy, 10 ret at tue mcauing Of 20
formidable q missiye: The youngest dauyh-
ter, quite fresh In her studies, seemed TO
documents, 1f$t .passing from hand t. hand,
wire finally allow.d 10 rest before her, the
rest OF the group lQugbfneiy crftIc.iuC her
broken accents as she read slowly on. She
lcsilaied-was met by another yollcy Of
nadinase, which Was strangely checked as
to the paper. pressed her jcwcllct hands upon
her tcmples-turred assy pnle-uttered one
scream aid fell back srto her fathers arms
In swoon
i, was tear,ul night with that stricken
household rs they bovsrcd orrr that scusc-
less 1orm. A physician hastily called In,
trcking for cause Of the strange attack,
was shown the scattered misslret Icfl upon
The Eutlor floor. Being fluent scholar he
could rad them rcadi'y, und there, 10 the
out and lie decayiIg fire IN tho CRATE form
liz d weird scene, tile blow fe'! upon the
already auri4hicd AousLhoIdl No wonder
tue poor gill had been stricken doxn 1l read.
Ing her own doom-that ehe was TO child of
tiers but Of poor wusherwcmsn! The sub
stance of the death.bed statements Of
Eusette, which the letter co1talncj, duly
authenticated, WAS, that in ttklnc her snfant
a. usual at the nooS hons hons
Of the family laundrcit, whnse babe
Has Of the eame age with that o! Nj. Jones.
That tue woman logged her to stay and
mind the children whiic she took home some
work. While alone In the house with the
two irtant', one Of them pulled hot iron
npon it, bufnlrg it EadlS; she applied such
remedies AZ conld Eefze upou. bnt in her
night faneled the injury must b fatal. Il
not thought Of al the first moment, as there
was aErnaafkahlc rcscn n}ance between them.
Overcome With fear, the Devil told her Ito
use her own lauguagel, that the other baby
would do Mrs. Jones just a we'll" The
clolhing Was quickly changed The poor NO
man WIS encu1nbered With sick and suffering
infant until its recorcEy, which fact probably
aided the deception. Mrs. Jones Was quite Ill
at the time, and net uurse was engaged for
that very day; so Susette successfully
kcncned her diatclical ac', but still fearing
d.nourn'fnf. sought the first yacation to yet
away 10 her own land. Uuahle, after q lapse
OF years, TO die In peace, she made I lRlI con-
fcshfon.
The family. seek to keep the affair very
quiet. A lady to whom the physician was
quite devoted mentioned the iact. ere tecrcsy
had been crJoined. The foster child Of the
poor widow will be relnstatcd in her full
rights. aud be made lady," sure enough;
tue widows entire fuulilY are amply provided