The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-11

garded In some way as not OF the first quality.
WERE THEY HAPPY
Well, the story leaps over the period of . year
and the young wife is already dead; and the hus
band. who with the spirit OF son Of the Crusaders
Is indifferent to such an ordinary accident a
death, sues to compel the father to support him
Much domestic history is therefore crowded IN tina
little space, and the fancy Of every reader naturally
frames and endeavors many conjectures as to tht
cause OF this early death, and pictures disappoint
ment, mortified pride, a sense OF personal degra'
dalton, intense mental wretchedness, as among
the causes that thnned 10 the breaking point the
attenuated thread OF that young life.
Fancy is materially assisted here By some facts
produced on the trial. 1t appears, indeed, fron
these facts that we did some injustice to the
Crusaders in what we said above as to the poor
product OF a prospective $4,000 year. Tney must
be accredited with keener eyes.
WALTER SCOTT IGNORES FRANCE.
Walter Scott, In his account OF tho Crusaders he
knew, pictures them as rather chivairous fellows,
who would scorn to enrich themselves by plumber
ing the persons OF their captives; but then
he seems to have known very few French
Crusaders. Even Richard OF England was
once compelled to proclaim that any CRU
sader caught stealing should have his mead
shaved and his body dipped IN tar; and 1t appears
otherwise that these pious scoundreis were won
derlully addicted to plundering, ana that they had
almost as great love for captive's Jewelry as
Tor the holy places. IL is wonderful how tastes OF
this sort are inherited In the case OF the wife
whom we have just seen taken by a son Of the
Crusaders, IL appears that there was quite u for
tune in the form Of personal jewelry, and is there
not in Paris
THE MONT DE PETE,
natural pawnbroker's shop, especially continued
by the descendants OF the Crusaders for turning
captures OF this sort into ready money. During
the trial one OF the counsel produced the numbers
OF all the tickets registered at the Mont de Piete
for the pledge OF Nine. de Brimont's jcwelry,
with the sum loaned on each article. Diamond
brooches. diamond earrings, finger rings, lockets,
bracelets, necklaces and so forth--n fact,
princey spoil. When the numbers OF these pawn
tickets were read, NJ. de Brmont with that fine
sense of personal selfrespect that We naturally
look Tor in a cultivated gentleman OF his country,
arose and protested. He could not endure the i'm
putation tnat he had pawned this jewery
HUSBANDS TRIBUTE TO A DEAD WIFE.
at was Nine. dc Brimont who pledged these
articles.n
ave know said the Judge, shat these articles
were pawned TO pay your losses at cards"
1t is true she was dead; but even then this scion
and put the blame on her; could not resist the
might be IN those frequent furtive trips to the
Mont de Piete, even though the money was OBJ
tanned to save him and at his requirement.
These facts win help out fancy in filing up the
year that passed between the wedding and the
death. One can readily picture how soon the de-
mands on the fathers purse began; for, besides
the burden Of gambling debts. there was still the
same love of cards, and there were other extrava-
CANT habits, and there were horses and carriages
and an expensive household and battalions of
camorous tradesmen. 1t Is not, eyen especially
difficult to see how the father began TO object
to pay, and how the sensitive disappointed
daughter became 10th to go to him, and went
in preference to the Mont de Piete, pain
fully parting on one occasion with the
earrings that were given her on some
happy bygone birthday, and. again with brooches,
bracelets, rings are the mementos Of festival oc-
casions ana the gifts Of loved And it went
on until she could endure it no longer and she
went down in the struggle with her pride and
passed away into the shadowy valley.
TIE FATHERS COURSE.
Naturally enough the father refused, after the
death OF his daughter, to continue the $4,000 O
year. Thereupon the son-in-law sued him and the
port the needy son-inlaw; but the father had pre-
viously lett the country, so that decision was OF no
immediate value to NJ. de Brimont. He followed,
however, to the United States and asked the
American Courts to give effect to the decree
OF the French Court; but they refused,
on the ground that the French Judgment
was one dependent upon local laws, and not good
out Of the country in which 1t was given. There
fore the needy son-in.law and now disconsolate
widower was left high and dry-especialy dry.
THE ALLEGED LIBEL.
Several New York papers reported the judgment
given in the United States Court. and the reporters
in stating the case, did not take complimentary
views OF M. de Brimont's character. One OF these
paragraphs was reproduced in the American
Register published in Paris, and the proprietor Of
that paper was sued on account of 1t for defama-
ton. AS the NEW YORK HERALD is sold In Paris
Its proprietor is liable to prosecution, under the
French law, for articles published in its columns
and thus he also was prosecuted in suit similar
TO that against the american Register. Twenty
thousand dollars damages was claimed for the
publication in the HERALD, for with the sons OF
the Crusaders character is valuable commodity
and there is, perhaps, no good reason why they
should not raise money on that as well as the
jewelry OF their wives. 1t is true the Mont de
pledge, but then, If the courts take favorable
view Of the case, a newspaper proprietor may
prove the better banker of the TWO.
FRENCH LAWYERS
come into Court in black stuG or silk gowns and
wearing on their heads black hats without brims
This gives them festive and comcal aspect to one
not altogether used to IL, and they such ar
unpractised eye like party of young gentlemen
who probably went to fancy ball in dominoes the
night before. and who all lost the rims to theii
hats at very late hour in slight differences witt
the police, who have now come into Court in conse
quence OF one OF their number having humorously
blackened the eye of a gentleman who could no,
see the necessity OF opening water tap with a
cork screw. One constantly expects to hear them
meodiousy announce in general terms that she's
a jolly good fellow" and that they "wont 90 home'
for long while yet. But the easy views OF life
suggested by the nippant style OF the flying domi
noes and the rakish, tlpsy brmess hats Of the
advocates are perhaps natural compensation fol