National Republican., 1873-06-30
NOTWISELY BUrTOO WELL
SAD STORY OF A YOUNG GIRLS RUIN

A Father. A.ti-- with the sedacer Of his
Daushter-Dsusie Dcafus sfa sceus-
drci-He Pre-i-cs TO Make Repara-
tisu as Cover for ais Escape-A Vic
tim Len TO Face her shame.
II would seem from the frequently recurring
notices which appear In the daily press Of this
city Of crimes and Casualties that an era Of
almost total depravity Ia prevailing. Cdmc fol.
lows crime. scandal follows scandal, until one
feels that q modern sodom is the ten miles
square known as the District Of Columbia.
why the morality here should be less than In any
other section Is q problem not easily answered,
but III q lamentabe fact that hardly q day
passes In Washington but what sons new vic.
lation OF both the human and divine law against
adultery Ia not required TO be made public.
The latest aud one OF the worst cases now
comes to light, aud Ia reported as follows
TIE seducer Ia young AdouIs with curly
hair, unexceptional dress, most approved eye
glasses, and general toai easerbs which m ,de
him favorite with the many ladies who visit
and patroniEe the fancy and millinery establish
ment Of which he has been an attAohe. The VIC
tim Ia young, fair-faccd, hlue-eyed girl Of
about twenty summers, who has for SONS time
been engaged as q saleswoman In one Of the
most popular ladies' furnishing establishments
In the city, located not far from the corner Of
Ninth street.
She was yvAciouL plump. pretty, aud In her
exuberance Of spirits took such fancy 20 the
fascinating beau that there soon came cAn,e for
the quotation Of the same old oft-repeated line,
She loved not wisely but too well Day after day,
night after night did the parties 10 this tale meet
until lt became apparent to the paterua parent OF
the young LAZY that oil was not right and he at
once Instituted q seriei OF inquiries which re-
that she hal been BETRAYED anl wa, thsn 10 a
most delicate condition, with q proi9s5t OF soon
bscomlng mother.
TIE feelings OF the parent ian honest, hart
working shoemaker Of South ws5hlngton) can
be readily imagined As he demanded to know
| the author Of her shame aud disgrace and the
| father OF her unborn child. Slowly, tearfuily
the daughter acknowledged her guilt, told the
| namo and whereabouts OF her seducer, and
plead prayerfully for forgiveness, which was
readily extended. There was some excuse for
the girl. She was young and inexperienced,
had been OF a seml-uecesslty required to work,
and was thus thrown Into the company and con.
scqucnt wlcs Of the man who had proven her
ruin.
Taking all this into consideration, the father
j concluded TO make q desperate effort 10 save his
daughters name, and falling In that to Kill the
quent shame. The services Of his son-ln.iaw
were called into rcqulsition TO aid him In the
search, AMI, armed with pistols, the twain
started out aud soon succeeded In nndng the
evil genius who had entered into and destroyed
the family circle. Their conversation with him
was short, sharp and decisive, and resulted In
the young man accompanying them home for
the purpose OF an Interview with his victim.
The conversation was brief, and iis result was
q promise on the part Of the deceiver, after
acknowledging his guilt, to make an offer to do
all In his power to right the wrong, which could
only be done by marriage, which he freely aud
readily proposed to conSummate a. soon as the
necessary prellminaries could he arranged L.
OF course, would take some time to arrange thu
prcllminaries, and 80 successfully were the
cards played that no left the family group tC
make his arrangements, each fully impressed
with the idea that he was fully In earnest, and
after the necessary time hal elapsed would re-
turn, and with the aid Of law aud religion be.
come one OF the family and save them all from
disgrace.
With this understanding, and In tho most con
trito mood apparently, he left, only. however, tC
again act the role Of q decel Z, for, after walt
lag In yaia for his return, the father started to
look for him, only 10 ascertain that he had lef
the city. and his whereabouts were unknown
Application was made 10 the police.authorities
but the father was so freuzied and incoherent
that Il would have been certain murder 70 bring
him face to face with the faithless wretch, even
II he had been in town, which he was not, as ha,
since been ascertalned.
The sequel ofthe story Is soon told. A young and
giddy girl has been ruined by man Of the world
her fortune blasted. the good name OF her family
tarnished, her father and mother driven aim ost
to distraction, and the Of all this Is allowed
to roam whittier he will. seeking new victims,
without alas In the land TO reach aud punish
him. Let him think OF a hereafter.