The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-10-09

that lad nearu OF nlin WIS true. lnen
l adopted other disguises. AS a syren l
charmed him. When he was heated
with wine would entice him into love
making, aud would listen with horror
that had a strange fascination in it,
to the same rapturous declarations
poured, as he believed, into the ears of
prostitute-with which he had led cap
tive my willing senses, when in the
purity of loves first impulses, yielded
up my all to him, and gladly became
his wife. / disappeared from his home
quite suddenly. Icould not bear to meet
him as his wife, knowing as / did, that
he associated with harlots. | had and
yethvae untold wealth in my own right.
/ resolved to follow him up, and have
done so. Under various disguises 1
have met him in many wicked places.
Virtuous myself, and trne as steel to the
ideal affection that my soul has ever
cherished as vivid reality, 1 have
visited every leading place of public re-
sort-for gentlemen-int the great cities.
Men would say that accident brought
me to Portsmouth. IknotU that it was
Providence. here assumed n new role,
for | found my husband in danger of
violating the laws of our country, and
it was necessary to proceed with caution.
So long as men do not commit matri-
mony but once, it seems that they may
commit adultery with respectable i'm
punity. But l heard that my husband
was about to be married. Well, ! cap
tivated him in the Walk In and We'll
colme,' just as | had once done in my
own home, in the innocent love of my
first budding womanhoOd, ever so long
ago, when l WAS fifteen years old and
unsuspicious of evil. He does not i'm
agine that he ever met me before, and
imagines that he is madly in love with
me. must prevent the sacrifice of in
nocent victims, and so / am here to COM
plain of him. Alanson Hastings, alias
Robert Green, is my husband and Nay
Hastings cousin. Failing to awaken
Illicit amours in the pure soul of radi-
ant, intelligent Annie Lee, he has sought
to ruin her in other ways. Last night
he came to see me at the walk In,'
and l mixed his wines and made him
drunken. He grew strangely communi-
cative and restored to me this necklace,
which he had purloined, saying that
Amie's brother believed that the poor
girl, now in prison, had stolen it. He
knows that Miss lie Clerq is Alice Hast
ings in disguise. His late fortune was my
bequest, and he thinks that his wife is
dead. will do him the justice to de-
clare to you that he does not know that
he is about committing what the law
calls bigamy. But God knows he has
committed worse than bigamy a thous-
and times" and the beautiful woman
twined the glittering cirelet around her
jewel-laden fingers, leaned forward with
her elbows upon the table and wept in
silence.
Great knots of agitation had corrugated
the brows of the listening men while
the wronged wife was speaking. Several
times had Henry essayed to interrupt
with questions, but he was stricken
dumb with astonishment and rage.
John Ainslee was the first to break the
silence after the woman had finished
"Guess you'll admit that my estimate o.
your paragon was correct, won't you
Henry ?'' said he in a strained, hart
voice, with a depth of bitterness in il
that was soul-thrilling.
Henry Lee arose and paced the foo
hurriedly. He had developed into a re
markably handsome man, with a form
like an Appollo and strength like {
Hercules, and as he stood there grittinl
his teeth he made a striking picture il
his sublimity of wrath. "Bob Greer
shall end his days i'm the penitentiary
6y the Eternal God ~ he cried, the deeI
baritone of his voice resounding through
the room for a moment and then set
tling down upon the air like the omin
GUS hush of the storm spirit.
"NOt so fast, Mr.. Lee" said the WON
an. Robert has done nothing 70
which the laws of the land can lay fin
ger upon him."
Didn't he steal that necklace ?"
"Of course not. I'm nothing but hi
1Cife, and husband and wife are one, yol
know. 4 man can steal from his wife
no matter what he takes"
"I see no justice in that view of thi
business"
The woman laughed hysterically
Remember your great speech at th
Delmonico," she said in derision. "W
have your word for it that men protec
women and all that. Ifyou put men il
the penitentiary you might hinder thei
usefulness in protecting the weaker sex
you know"
"NIy poor sister has got to be dis
charged from Jail or Pll-"
"Let the law take its course, whic
you've got to do whether you're willin
/, or not" said uncle John, interruptin
, an evident threat of very savage propol
tions.
"Well, something's got TO be done
and that right speedily. Bob! the curse
villain-u
= "Stopw cried the woman. -''I will nc
= let you curse him love that man
distraction, even while despising myse
for so doing"
"What. do you intend TO do ?"
"Leave all TO me, sir, and I'll manap