The New York herald., 1871-03-18
A PICTURE OF MODERN SOCIETY.
Adultery la Mode-The Story Of a Baltimore
Belle and a Man Abous Town-Caught in
Flagrante Delicto-A Double Divorce
Makes Everybody Happy.

mdAos GVeryDouy Adppy'
| The ooseness OF marriage ties In modern society
| is amply Illustrated by the following event which
| took place few weeks since:-
About eighteen months ago gentleman OF hand
some mien and good address was introduced into o
family of high standing. From reasons Of delicacy
and on account Of the social position of the parties
| the full! names are withheld. The head Of this
| family was Colonel H., OF the stan Of the present
| Governor of Maryland. HIS wife, Mrs. H., is de-
| scended from the oldest patrician stock OF that
State and the possessor Of large fortune in her
own right Besides these distinguishing advantages
peculiar interest has been attached to her ac-
count OF
THE ROMANCE OF HER EARLIER YEARS.
She has not only been famous one OF the leading
bellies of Baltimore. but also on account Of he
'secesh" proclivities for which she has been .h g
inmate or several federal prisons during the late
war. 1t was she who had made her way through
the federal lines in order to deliver General Gil
more surnamed Light Horse Harryn the sword OF
honor 1or winch subscription had been got up by
some ladies OF Baltimore. The federal authorities
however, refused to this chrvalrous deed In ts
proper light. On her return she narrowly ESCAPED
imprisonment and was kept under close surveillance
for some time afterwards. AS the reader will see
the antecedents Of this lady were in keeping
Mrs. Colonel H.-or rather she who was but is at
present no longer Mrs. HIS the happy mother of
grown-up son and a charming young lady OF sixteen,
herself engaged TO young gentleman Brooklyn.
The name OF the hero this story also begins with
an II. In order to avoid confusion he Will, in the
course OF this story, be named Lothario Well, Lo-
thario himself was married man Of thlrty-slx but
looked much younger than his age. HIS wife lived
in ST. Louis and was
PINING AWAY IN COLD NEGLECT
while he was wasting his substance in idleness
Lotharo succeeded in insinuating himself into the
good graces OF Mrs. H., who at the mature age of
thryfour, still retained all the beauty and freshness
OF youth This was no difficult matter to do, as the
lady herself made considerable advances. The cold
1ormalities OF the first meeting soon melted before
the coDgenial warmth Of O familiarity that fore
boded no good TO
THE PEACE OF MIND OF THE COLONEL,
who for considerable time reposed in fancied se.
curity, trusting to the plighted faith his interest,"
ing wife. As the acquaintance rpened into nti-
macy the Colonel became, however, uneasy and sus-
plcious. His WIFE, with the sklfu discrimination Of
ner sex, conirlyed to quiet these suspicious. and
L0thariO became the fixture usually called
'fRiEND OF THE FAMiLY.n
,nronc,o oS year ago six months after his first
Though Of good. social standing he was
not man of wealth: He had been
Tor living. tie soon obtained a responsible pOsl-
tion In q large establishments A lively cross fire Of
letters was kept up between the two lovers Among
the voluminous correspondence which was after.
wards found there were billets which teemed with
iairy exhausted % the Vocabulary of eDdearns
terms, and as 1t were, smothered one another with
About two months ego the lady her husband and
charming young daughter, who had the fun bene-
THIS BEAUTIFUL MATERNAL EXAMPLE,
came 10 the city and engaged apartments at one OF
informed fUolo nd In
MS gnalisy OF friend Of the family paid his devoirs
TO- to the Colonel and his Wife The dull presence Of
heart and interIered with anything beyond q
ire Idly and harmless conversation. Lovers can
communicate with one another without the aid OF
words. 1t is TO be presumed that
SECRET CHANCES
which escaped the eyes OF the legal p0ssessor Of the
lady were exchanged and brought about the de-
sired understanding. Matters were now hurrying
lady became 50 passlonaely fond or Lotharo that
she thought she could not live apart from him,
and was Induced TO overstey oil social barriers IN
order
TO Crafty HER GUILTY PASSION
family left tins city for home. A week afterwards
Mrs Il. again came to the city, this time alone,
toward dusk gentleman Of plea pleasing sse exterior gi
called at the very same hotel and inquired for the
lazy In question He was usnered INTO her presence
Early next morning the Colonel, who in the mean-
time had probably sInelt rat, arrived, and alter
duly entering his name asked to be
SHOWN TO HIS wiFE'S ROOM.
The polite hotel clerk complied with his request
anu ordered one OF the serving men to show the gen.
man was accordingly SHOWN on arriving at the
door OF the apartment the Colonel, whose suspicious
sound of male voice coming from Within Ills
suspicious Of his wiles nndety now grew INTO
certainty, ana 1t only remained to him
TO u-NMASK THE GUILTY PAIR.
TO carry out his design he requested the serving
man to knock at the door the pretext OF deliver
Ing letter. The man did so and the door was un.
locked and opened just wide enough 10 allow fe-
tile Oncnlug. Inc 1ullOQS husband cOud
himself no longer He pushed the door open and
peneld In ms wiie IN andless and her paramour IN bed
the French say, ,aagrant ddn. With
A VoLLEY OF EXECRATIoNs
the Colonel proceeded to pitch into the destroyer
OF his happiness. Lotnario with remarkable pre-
senee OF inna, saw at once the full extent Of the
plight in which he was placed, and at the time
sought Tor means Of escape With amazing coolness
he ordered the Colonel to "cear out and to enforce
He DREW A REVOLVER,
threatening to shoot HIM II he did not vacate the
apartment. The husband took this forcible hint and
made lOr the office al the greatest possible sp ed to
get help. Lotbario had Just time enough to slip up
several men were heard TO approach. He gathered
up his clothes as fast he could, darted out through
the nearest passage, ran down stairs, and found
himself breathess and painting in 0: the yards.
Here q cook OF French nationality met his bewil-
60 to the bottom Of the mans heart and be plloed
out out to safety He accordingly took out ten dollar
IMrLoRINe THE oAuL
TO show him where he could escape MS 1nfuriated
adversary. LotharlO, however, mistook his man.
The Frenchman, who saw before him man with
out hat, shoes or stockings-tOr LotnarlO had
nothing on but pair OF pantaloons and an under
shirt-with bundle Of clothes under his arm, took
him for thief and thought by his capture 10 secure
q better reward, per chance an advancement. He
p0unced, therefore, upon the gentleman 'n undress,
and shouted With all his might, You are o teei
take you to do propretaire; take you to de ofece.
Here was dilemma for Lothario. Something
to be done, ana quickly, too. Without much ado he
KNOCKED THE NOISY FRANK DOWN.
rushed away and brought up in the laundry. Hero
he confronted with the laundry glrS, WHO had
Just come to work. WoEan's heart IS open to pity
ir not to avaricc. TO make things, however, doubly
sure. he nourished the aforesaid ten dollar bill Ill
wild and excited manner. imporng them to show
him some back door through which he could get
out Tie terrified laundry girls fed AZ his approach,
thinking him some escaped lullatic. They LETT MIN
a., no