National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-15
CRIME AND ADVENTURE.
TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION.

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littlc over Two years ago young man
from the country, OF good looks and address
aud fair education, found himself employed
1, a commercial h,,sc in a. Ion,. leaking
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io' tne 'or"ne ,na' Us sa'u always :" uo"u
the search OF the virtuous and the dillgent,
which II does In the proportion Of about one
to n hundred and afty. At that time II was
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Ncruse in the hiVh-'oncu saopn'n paper u"
correspondence with young girls, with a
view to
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you took your chances. photographs ana
references exchanged" This was about the
STYLE In which these festive Young parties
GENERALLY conveyed their delicate intentions,
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rue gay young Sa'eshi'h lca" nun .aa'o'
which Is hictitious, as arc all the names mere
In set DOWN hankcring after a little PlatOn-
icjsm, went In on Sunday literature for "a
,,,n, widow, n, oho,r ,h,, i,,,,v hour. nj n
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young m"n p'ouS,y nur'urcu, away mon' nun,
$3.50 80 s''N $500 ~ ''N
soon brought response. Blanche Fortcspue
was what she called herself. A correspond
oncc was opcncd. cartcs were exchanged, aud
In due time they met by chance, the usual
wav. to the twlrl Of a handkerchief, on the
ruatic hedge In Lafayette park. Charlie
Chase and Blanche got on swiinmingly He
stuck close to business, while she was chief
engineer of millinery concern. IL was ever
so nice One night Chase found a young girl
sharing the trysting seat with his widow. She
was pretty aud artless, aud as Charles seemed
to enjoy tho pleasant time they sat late, but
when he rose to fit with tho Fortcsque. he
contrivcd to press his card into the hand Of
the conildlng young stranger.
SHE POCKETS THE CARD.
Many girl would have torn tho card Into
a thousand pieces and thrown the fragments
al his moustache. But Mary Allison was in-
noccnt, and she put the aitront In her pocket
for future reference. After chatting with q
good looking young fellow among the flowers
AMI the music and the sheen OF the moon, II
card with only his name and the number OF
his clearinghouse on II. 1t was clearly the
proper thing for Mary Allison to have indig.
nantly returned that card. But she did not, and
from that night she came to grief. She wrote
to him, aud they met. She WA living with a
sister, married 10 u respectable mechanic In
st. Louis; and In less than q month Chase
was TtCOpulLtu US tuC HlFl
He still kept up the acquaintance with the
dashing young widow, who had no suspicion
| Of rival, but went on lotos-cating with a
delicious abandon lust within the limits Of
propriety. II Is wonderful how they do It
some Of these inen-but they do; and the way
In which Mr.. Chase played II upon these two
gushing Young creatures Ia wonderful 10
think Of now.
Ii took some little time to explain away the
acquaintance with Blanche wholly from
Mary Allison's mind, but to woman who
conddes what lie so gross US will not sticl,
| from tho mouth Of handsome vagabond;
Chase aud Mary were married 80 quietly tina,
neither his employers nor his fcllow-clcrks
knew of IL. quiet affair at home.
NO CARDS AND NO PRESENTS.
Mrs. Fortescue was q woman with two kecr
eyes and a face full Of purpose, aud perhap:
| Charles thought II wouldn't DC entirely
healthy for him to invite her. AT all event.
he forgot to tell her anything about his mar
riagc with Mary, although he contrived I,
pass an hour with her that same evening, cx
cusing himself to his young bride by sayinl
.'therc was man waiting for him ut thu
Southern" Qt Is to be feared that NOR,
than e, Chase indulge In THU popular do
nestle fable.)
Il On the next morning he started out on
drumming and collecting trip and he took hi
wife with him, expecting to find HON,
ton or In Il; anywhere away from ST. Loui
until tho festive young widow should hav'
time to forget him.
He sent forward orders and money, dis
charged himself with clear record, only re
questing that his residence might be kept
secret But II was not long before Mrs
Fortesquc discovered that Chaae had SHOOK
her for another. 1t went hard with her! Sh
looked on bonncts with disgust. Her occu
patton was gone, Her determination wa
taken. She would nud e. Chase, and she sc
out to find him.
. IN HER WARRANT.
Chase had settled down with his wiic nea
Chetopa, In Kansas, on the Indian border
1t Is rough down there, and men take natu
rally to roulette, faro, whisky and startin
private graycyards of their own. II a ma
wasn't fond OF seeing sudden death severn
times day he had no business being on III
line OF the Indian Territory two years age
and 1t hasn't quite got over its old lvelines
yet. Chase lived like the rest, finding II pa
better than groceries, but he was always kin
to his wife, and all might have goEc on prett
smoothly but for a slight circumstance.
was this; Mrs. Fortesqne stepped iu one iln
morning at breakfast time. Flourishing he
little Derringer, she proceeded to define he
position In that convention. She had pre-
emptlon claim on Charles, and she was ther
to enforce II, aud all that kind Of talk, whic
wasn't pleasant, to say the least, to the wifi,
She must have Mays Charles and his homl
or Mary and herself would die there together
border fashion. To be brief, what with Chas,
the Derringers, the fear OF death, the hope
lossness Of her position and the presence c
/ the widow, the young wife acqulesced In tn
, unnatural compact, and signed II with q ycr
| respectable fit Of an hour or so.
! From that moment the st. Louis bonne
builder ruled In that Chetopa home. Utterl
: wretched, and unable from the gentleness
her nature to work any change In the ne
systein, she left secretly BY night
FoR BAXTER spRISas.
OF all places in the known world for
: bruised heart. sobblpp itself out In the depth
Of a gentle nature. To take refuge In, save /
7 ali nom Baxter Springs! ANYTHING was be
Ia, than home 10 her. and 40. as the onl
! thing. she became ,,bccr-jerker" in a saloo
in which every vice under The sun was an IL
mats and Tho normal condition of the occt
, nents uIrredeemahIe ain" She became on
n tbrse. and tbe eve glazed with grief bt
cams briliant from p9ison. and tina patur
of late 40 shrinkingly timii became sicker
Ing TO look upon n It's desperately brazc
, wfckedness. 80 fast do women 10 down Il,
hill On. month after she left her wifcl
place Inv Chase's side Il would have bee
dangerous for the Fortesouc TO flourish he
; mia pistols near Mary's head. A rcyolye
had few terrors for Mary Chase now, Sh
knew The click of tho lock and the
oLgAN or THE KNIFE