, 1869-07-17
El0pEM EhT,
& Married Man Buns Away with q
Southern Grass" Widow.
The Sad Result Of Ma-iuu an Old
Huabznd, and Steamboat
Filtration.

About three years ago, Il eaafh cnro'InA gentle
uan, who bad psssod through the Ear, retaining
| money and plantations, y hu was connected viii
the bcss families OF the S'a.a AuA Who WAS him
eeI well educated, vl.ti-l mo Northern 8tases
While In New 1ct-., he met \
Jounk lady, ~hose fa.hcr wa poor,
though her uncies &C ''ther relatives wcra
we'll 10 do. She Ma4 tu. ~. was hsuds,ue
good scholar chnFl.iag t:lker, aud Ia every way
yety attractive GIL 1t tilI not take tier very
long 10 overcome any rr.tldtce that be might have
had Against Northern -rEts a,d tie naaIly proposed
To her. .....
ehe was 20 and hr ~ i,na I'D not love hin, but
he wAA 1lch and sne lu''r. Md -nc fanced ha'
tce1n might MI the i:acc ot love 50 shc maIo
ents were rach. the "t1rtng was well cond cted,
and the local paFer EP'ke OF II rs aaotheF eyt-
dcnce OF the cgpo-i:ioa 10 reunion growing up
between the Two rer inI.s.
In few daJR they t,,A t7e Chareston eteaner
from Scw York At n7rt r.cEytAlng went smo~lh.
seAs. Dut when shry ~~tr on etoEzny 1IatIe.as
his stomach rfGrtd ns JupA.hetlc NJ hts htaYt
and ns ~. comPslied :" sia' a 1etow; Il u nsver
mau. even II he bc 4 hustdhd Of wee. An the
sIRhs Of such creature NAV scare younRt,Te
sway. TO she, who was moi affected BY the waves.
ate heartily, and spent much Hme un deck. Hc
Renamed betor and ehuddercd nj The thought VI
food
Among the passenger op this tnat wus the dis.
turhtnG catment OF the new made couple, Ms.
Willtam IL Mayne, Of New iord. who was travel
ps s as ar as. ss s " ye
ness He paced The deck, AhI abused h!1n self ~
Snuking and watching tho pasaengcra u waa
by this Hue-w1dou, who " ~ lelt 10 promensde
aione- ne began m acquaintance With
snss' sps .Ss1 1SoHf4 spo.e "P H. ~a vs. Sss s19
io9, Ind ~ha. vas uorc na,nra, than that
abr should turn TOW ard htn- especially when she
dcrful!y Win her husband. and abe d,I not llIo
him auy the 1css for II; mud before they reached
Charleston theJ weEr enRARed tp lively 1lftAuop,
OF ~ which The sick grn'Ieluaa III the cabin knew
she vent home with her husband. tn a lonely
plantation on the Edisto. and .ancd there fos
few week. She did NOT 0nd Ger husband quite al
congrDial n she had thought she WOULD She
found esteem could not replace lore. Aod all the
time while ahe lived on the hanta Of tho mar.nJ
Msyuc, With his etiuc4t=d .nou.lacho and bis Ten
tcI, poetic md Chns.ian words
viii her, asd leS 2om s1 pass e
Mobile, Savannah and New orieank All this
time NJ. aayDc followed oef with letter, and fo!-
her husband, and she waniad to have Mr. Mayne
a. 4 f1ead. Between the two. she suffered great
IT, She sded to avoid him And told HIN not %
y, unable to endure this uhy longer, ahe LETT her
husband and returned 70 her relatives In the
Her husband, who had partially recovered from
lis iniatuat!on, made no attempt 10 pursue her,
and vi. very well satisfied that she did not tnsst
ppOu Lo11nR XnJ money lIQl1 NlH1.
she had been there but little while, when she
LETT and camo to this city. Uu arriving hero she
had bat little money, and went e work a. ser.
rrote 10 NJ a.1na stating LEI peculiar posilon, .
md be replied expressing hia regret Tint he cuuid
send her no money. for though 10 received 5000
and four chljIren The ladY, aware Of The erist.
auce OF these 1ncumbr2ncss, had.oot been Induced
10 atop nsr tnieIroufse rlta AaJne
wns but friend, and nothing more deat trenh,
whose mind Al akin to her own--for he had in
formed her that bis wife Was dear creature, but
did not 4Jmpathlse With his xoul IN Irs higher
1ighta and aspirations
Soon after this her brother sent her some money,
teach ID thc public sehoois. 4 young snd sttrac- g
tive willow. she vas coasted BY many; but never
deviated from the WAYS Of propnet., Dunng all
Ills love and devotion OF Ills ,rust shat they would
meet In the world 10 come, Il not In this world,
ana was pro'use an,ns. IN the Post poua fishes
NAs cody young man, who always wore pb7iao.
ter1es, ann went WITH biz eyes cast down, except
when ntrling on steamboats- He was Of the
church, End his wife thought him tic model Of
Day before yesterday he came to ,his city. The
lady had told 4 friend OF herr, who had known her
affection Tor Mayne, and did not Intend to hare
anything to do with him except ID the old.fash-
ioDed Patonlc way. She certainly DID not propose
10 abandon her way Of living In order =, 20 vito
him. But WOMAN Is weak mad man II strung The
two were out ta1ing = walk, nni on their
her. Whateyer he may hive said, his elo9uruce
was 50 convincing that on Thursday ntternoou
she took the train tor New York with him, and ia
probably etsJnR there, while the Legitimate wife
is living In New Jersey.
Ono can entertain some sympathy for the
woman who hug thus gone Astras. but nobody
hoped that his lawful wife, his employers. The
memberB Of his church. and the officers Of the
Law will unite in an attempt 10 make him repent
of his ytc1nUE cOufSeA