The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-13

suffering is as nothing to the grief OF nina under
ris IN the court and she cast strangely rsproach-
full glance at me. also saw my wife, but she turn.
scorn and disdain. My mothernaw was kinder |
to me than II I were one OF her own children, and
Saye had stories sod them during
absence in Canada intended to prejudice them SO |
fur against me as to produce complete and eternal
the charges on which this divorce suit was brought
nor no chance to vndcate myself. man II sup
n %S case was supposed to Be guilty a
and 10 prove my innocence no opportunity mas
Cssn escsW had mo omSer any money to give
him. Colonel james M. Scovel, and Mr. Abeel, Prose-
cutor Of the Pleas Of Essex county, are now CIV
ward, and not alone that but money besides"
: SKETCH OF LORD BYRON's KINshAN.
aelicateiy cSiseiled features DARK intelligent
eyes, curly hair and mustache and side whiskers
light texture S He had on an Sa gray Son
condition Of his apparel, there was no Disgusting
breeding He spoke with point, nuency and an en-.
tire absence OF passion He believed himself sadly
s ss e SS
victims Of designing people, He said, as the latest
proof Of how remorselessiy he had been prosecuted
had expressed his determination rather to rot In
prison than give up his child to an order Of the
r rSs He never made use Of the express
fSa al ne sse fS SsSSa NY t
shall now proceed to tell the story concerning TINS
spa as
an instance OF what little account are the personal
rights Of man who has neither influence nor
money to assert and protect them.
THE ROMANCE OF THE STORY.
From Mr.. ). H. Real, Colonel James M. Scoyel,
foiowlns facts Noel was born in Canada
and graduated at the Queens College OF
Kingston, Ontario: He came to pnilad I, aaa
take charge Of an academy at Mcorestown, in
Cape May railroad. His beauty and accomplish.
ments attracted towards him good many female
sonsSs an sna In
him at once. Miss Harris was the granddaughter
Of an Engsnma1 Of the oourSs0tsse Slass
The The nan name ana family Of Noel had q nat
Noel was as poor as the editor Of religious paper
in mining country to lay all her lsr tI about
daily visits Of Miss Harris in her carriage and still
more happy and perhaps utterly smitten when That
In her stylish equipage to dinner ut an equally
stylish mansion in Moorestown, where gas for
where a hydraulic ram supplied the water and
half an acre Of the garden was covered
s %s s harris wss s medium S
with great iustrous eyes and wonderiui wealth OF
hair. she was girl Of immense yivacity, strong
level with the most advanced standards OF fashion,
and at Cape May, Long Branch and Saratoga never
NJ re marpy Nce the was as certa
OF being accomplished az II she had commanded
her dressmaker to make new robe; The only
hope for Noel II he medtated rejecting her, was to
fee to the uttermost ends OF the earth but the
conditions were too tempting to be lightly disre-
garded, 80 they were married In Philadelphia In
fSos by Rev J. wheaton Smith. Some time after
the family. comprising Noel, bis vile, mother-ln-
q ANA snS s sss cd
mansion TO some wealthy uu,t tenant n, Noel
in s If Sns es ss
but old age and bad whiskey, his income from his
profession never made the money market tight.
serve it, In the meantime, mis- life was OF an cx-
ceedingiy agreeable kind He had the entree to
'''~ 'S'' siiiNINo SOCIAL QUALITIES
were In reputation at every board: Speaking
various languages, an apt poet ana epigran,matist
he rose conspicuously above the level duIness and
commonplace Of the City Of Brotherly Love. Hav-
thrown to the dogs, Noel accepted Oomnission
from his mother-in-aw, MIS- Harris, to look alter
TSs he do 70 she Of che od a ana
on returning TO Philadelphia she gave him So 600 to
enter into partnership In the wholesale business
NOEL LEAVES FOR CANADA.
This did not prove as renunerative a. he ex-
health breaking down, resolved to 20 to his moth
cr's home In Canada for year, to which ne was
to break on the fashionable habits Of living he had
contracted In Philadelphia. His parting from his
wife was q ysy IT. as 81 1Se
her. Shortly alter no reached Canada he received
the following
so ssof, time but Thought would &c % comfort q
make U.s. Is both feel baby ak over parting
$ !, g.. ! ri .S.s sss S5ss sSs G,:S
wi w WI Think dear how much Happiness Or misery
% only SGs @ns AND Son Ss
% Jsssy sf $ rat
%s back h" ea sh e baS % e ysS st
sn6% aS S hs ws n
S sscSs q Pss s ~ al
and SoDss and s~ss.ies and always know love you
very dearly Gsd bless s and protect you my darling is
u's '0"''"n' p''''' '" ''e' ''''"s Many v. NOEL
APrER THE LETTER WAS WRITTEN
Mrs. Noel wrote anosher, saying that, on account
OF certain information she had received concerning
him. shc would never live with him again. This
months he Mp returned to the States four Inherent
times, hoping to secure an interview and explana-
ton from his wife on what seemed her wholly
inexplicable course towards him. Failing In all
his attempts ne resolved upon taking iorcible or
surreptitious possession oil one OF his two children
the eldest 80 he drove out TO his former happy
home at Moorest0wn, entered the dwelling un.
noticed and, seizng the boy while asleep, carried
him or unraolested. The household were quickly
made aware Of what had happened, but 1t was
too late. The boy was beyond their reach,
and fcw days later was safely landed
in Canada In the meantime his wife had entered
proceedings In o divorce suit against him, and the
taken to prove everything but the one thing
needed to secure divorce according to the laws
Of New Jersey-namely, the commission o. the
and obstinate assertion. How the latter requisite
was finally secured will be related directly THAT
wife and all her family there Ii no doubt This TACT
excited good deal OF jealousy among some Of Mrs.
and 10 the manor born, OF these was Mr. George
+. Chamberlain, Of whom Noel made Q bosom friend
and cOnHdant. Mr.. Chamberlatn's testimony IN
ho carefuly noted all the human weaknesses OF his