The Lincoln County herald., 1869-07-15
Deceived By . Gypsy.

Deceived By . Gypsy. '.'n'
ID A Milwaukee paper, Of the 24sh ult,
says the detectives Of that city are work
ing up" . singular case, the details of
which are as follows: A servant girl in
tho family Of Mr.. Greenwood, living near
the line between this city and Wauws.
toss, had laid by soine e400 OF her hard
earnings, and Was engaged 70 be married
to ., conutryman Of hers, who was at
work on 4 fSrm some distance from MI.
G's. Early last spring band Of stroll.
ing Gypsies came along aud pitched their
greasy tents on . portion Of Mr.. Green.
woods land. They attracted considerable
attention, and were, visited by many 10
the ncighborhood, md among the nun.
Der was the servant girl referred To-. q One
Of the Gypsies profsssed 10 "upravel the
mystery that surrounded people 10 this
world below, and point out the direction
Of their star Of dsstisy."i The seftant
lgisl Nss among those who had their for.
tuncs told. The Gypsy bad commeaeed
the story Of the girls liic, whsn suddenly
she stopped and said my dear child,
there Is much Of happisess 10 store for
you il you follow the right course. If
you do not il will be oil misery. con
not follow farther now. Como to me
again, and come alono, and meanwhile /
will try to read tho story to make tho
case very clesr." After being cautioned
10 tell nobody what had taken place, not .
soul, the girl was dismissed but II is ca.
silly understood that she had learned Just
enough to make her uneasy and anxious
to know more. So she Was not long 10
getting back to tho Gipsy again, and alono.
The crafty oil woman said that she had
become interested in the case, and studied
II hard, and now the story was all clear.
Handling her greasy cards, and mutter-
ing her gibberish, abe startled and con.
fused the poor girl, FIRST by stories which
she had learned easily enough, aud then
by revelations" Of what was to come
Then she told the girl that she must not
marry such . person-alludiug to the
workingman to whom the girl was en-.
gaged that if she did harm would come
to her-her children would be born blind
and deaf; and having startled the girl
nearly out Of her senses, proceeded to
tell her that . happier fate was in store
for her. That brave heart was dying
for her love; that it would como 10 tho
shape Of . young man with dark eye
and black shining locks; that the young
man would love and wed her-would
turn out to be something or other in dis.
guise, aud her life would be 90 full Of
happiness that drop more would spill
out. The girl went away sadly confused.
She thought several times of going to
Dlrs. GREENWOOD and telling the 1holG
story, and much better would il have
been for her had she done 80. Instead,
however, Of pursuing such course, she
brooded over the matter 10 her own mind,
and sho says was about to dlsmiss the
whole thing. when ono day she saw wan.
dering about the farm, with gun on his
shoulder, just such person as the Gipsy
had described. She might have thought
it oil trick had not the Gypsies packed
up and left days before, but now she felt
satisfied that the truth had been told her.
Under all tho circumstances Il was no
difficult matter for the dark.eyed and
dark. haired young man to make tho &C.
quaintauce Of the girl, and by his slip.
perry tongue to win her over TO him. A
few nights after this the girl packed up
her little goods and left the house, nm.
known 10 the family. She met the
stranger aud went away With him to Chi
cago, whore ho promised that they should
bc wed. The trick did not require much
soheming, for tho brain Of the simple
minded girl was turned, and tho black,
haired rascal had 40 difficulty 10 getting
from her her little earnings, sud on ths
6rst night they arrived there Of leaving
her penuiless 10 strange city. Al soon
q sho found tho real stats Of sHairs, and
that she had been swindlsd, the gisI
after much labor, found cousin Of herr
ia Chicago, and they went to the polio,
and told the story. 10 seemed % In
probable that, after On effort to and th,
young rascal, the case vas, dismissed
The girl, very sad at heart. went to worl
again, and remained in Chicsgo until ,
few weeks ago, when her ,old lover VII
had set much store BY her, found on
whore she vsa ssd went down and mar
ried hor, bridging her back to tho hom'
he had made for her 10 Wapvatosa. Yes
terdsy he told the story TO the detectives
and, LOFT such proof that thors was u
doubt Of the matter and va truss .shs
the dark.eyed and dark haired rascal vii
have an opportunity. Of displaying hi
handsome features behind the gfatea of
cell. We know he will II hc travels thi
way ater more victims. 1's ., H'.'
| Ah. this beautiful world 4 know no
what to think Of i. Sometimes it's a
sunshine snd gladness. and heaven itssl
lies not far Of; and then il suddenl,
changes, and 10 dark aud sotrovful, ap'
the clouds shut out the day. In th'
lives Of tho sadsst of us there are brigh
dsys ike THE, when ws feel 10 IL v,
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