The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-04-28
THE PERILS OF MATRIMONY.


and history she knew nothing The Herald
says
A sad story of love and villainy was related
yesterday at the Detective Police Agency,
No. u Broadway, to Superintendent Warren,
by lady apparently about twenty-eiSh
years of age. She was dressed with great
taste, of very prepossessing appearance, and
looked as if she had been weeping steadily
for a week. From her statements it appears
that she
| CAME FROM THE SOUTH
about eight months ago, and, having few
thousand dollars, thought to employ it best
| by renting a house and taking boarders
She soon became the mistress of 4 fine
tablishment on one of the principal streets
and her house rapidly filled up. Among her
boarders was young man OF pleasing adj
dress, who represented that he was connect
ed with q down town bank. Shortly after
his arrival at the house he became an ardent
lover of the lady, his attentions soon result
ing in noticeable intimacy and finally an
engagement between them. In the mean-
time, however, in order to protect herself
from ary imposition on the part OF her IN
tended, the lady interviewed him as to who
and what he was, and received the following
statements Il am in no particular business;
live on stated income from my property
have at present some S17 900 deposited to
my credit in a down town bank own con-
siderable real estate and mining claims IN
California, and to endorse my statement | re-
fer you to such and such leading business
men in this city. So far so good, thought
the lady. Inquiries were instituted, but
somehow or other the references aIwaN~
seemed to be out of town and expected home
soon. Time flew on, the couple We're happy
and the demand on the part of the gentleman
was constant for an
IMMEDIATE MARRIAGE.
Everything on the surface seemed right.
and the fascinating youth was to her all that
fancy painted him. Why have any suspi-
con? How could such Il man be ;inythInG
else but honest and straightforward? she
argued, and the longer he continued his at
tentions the less the suspicious became, until
! finally the references were disregarded and
unmeasured confidence filled her heart.
| The day for the marriage arrived. Friends
! were invited and had commenced to arrive
but when near the hour for the ceremony the
| bridegroom manifested great dependency,
and finally said that he had been dsapponi-
| ed in not receiving Il draft that morning, and
did not like to disturb his $1,000 deposit
down town. If that is all, said the lntend-
ed bride, u can accommodate you. How
much do you want?n Five hundred dollars
would do now, as he desired to pay it to 4
friend whom he expected every moment
with a small bill. The money was produced
It's effect on the face of the bridegroom was
magical A joyful smile shone upon his
features and all was rs merry as - marriage
bell' should be.
TIE BRIDAL TOUR
was to Montreal, where they took rooms at y
first class hotel and all went on i'll the most
serene manner, until one day the lady had
occasion to visit one of her trunks, in which
she kept her money and Jewelry. SIN nun
dred dollars of her money had vanished,
| The servants were accused, but no trace OF
the stolen money could be found and here
the matter for the time ended. Al the telml-
nation of their solourn IN Montreal the lady
requested her husband to settle the hotel bill
and start for home. TO this request he said
he could not comply, for he had no money.
| This led to words, then to strong accusations,
to the effect that he had stolen her money.
AT last he acknowledged he had opened the
trunk with Il false key, and taken the money
he needed it; sent it to New ork, asked 10
be forgiven; he would return it to her in
/ New York rs soon us he got to his bank and
would never do such an act again
WOMAN LIKE SIZE FoRG.>vE HIM.
and even went so far as to pledge her jewel
~ with the hotel proprietor for the board.
Back they started for New York, she having
confidence in him again. and placing the
three trunks she had i'll his charge. As they
were approaching New York he gave the
three checks to her, and i'll an innocent way
said There are the three checks for your
trunks, and you had better give them to the
baggage man and let him take your trunks
to the house, as will not be able to 90 with
| r., 1ot |
some important business to attend to- This
seemed satisfactory enough to the wife, who
repaired to her room and waited the appear
ance of her trunks and husband: but no
trunks or husband appeared the only arrival
being that of the hat box umbrella and bun
die Where are the trunks and the husband ?
is the question the lady would like solved
She has waited five days and now conSul'S
Superintendent Warren's detectives to aid
her in her distress. She has been robbed ot
n 50, 900, 5000 being money stolen from her
trunks, 5000 loaned him ON the day of the
wedding and 81 900 contained in the three
trunks, consisting of clothing and jewelry,
and, to make it still worse, she is LETT IN this
CITY with but few acQuaintanceS and almost
in destitute circumstances. For the benefit
of matrimonially inclined ladies of the marry
in-haste and repent-at-leisure order, we
would state that the man goes by the name
of George Livingston (his right name, how
ever, is George Cook, and this is not his
first or second offence of this nature. The
detectives are on his trail, and there Is some
hope that he will be arrested and made an
example Of
A FUNERAL DISCOURSE. The readers ol
: the Drawer have, within the past year or two
! been edited with the perusal of Il sermon ON
1.-The Harp of u thousand Strings and the
; Farewell Discourse of Brother Watkins.
: The tone of those discourses might, ina gen
eral way, be called pleasing. Not so. how
ever, the following brief allusion from the
nulnit TO q Youno man of indicrent pOsitiOM