Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-08
ALL ABOUT A BABY.
How n Nashville Woman VIctImized a
Cfneinnatfan.

HOW a Nashville woman Ntct1mtZed a
Cfneinnatfan.
SUNDAYS Cincinnati Commercial de-
votes a column TO a narrative, of which the
following are the main points:
Eighteen months since, young mer-
chant Of Cincinnati made the acquaint-
ance, at the Gait House, Louisville, Of a
fine looking blonde, who had registered as
''kate Duval, Nashville, Tenn" and in
stead of returning home By rail, as was his
usual custom, took passage for Cincinnati
on the same boat which carried the woman
with the golden hair. The acquaintance
thus begun resulted N an intimacy which
was kept up for some time, and then the
woman disappeared from Cincinnati, after
having intimated to the young merchant
her fears that
The young man was very much relieved
to find that the blonde had taken her de-
parture, for he had become seriously alarm
ed, but was Mortified at receiving a letter
from her, dated at Nashville and conveying
the terrible information that she had given
birth to a child, and a few months later,
received a note from her stating that she
was at the st. James Hotel, Cincinnati,
and requesting him to call. He did so and
found her occupying a double room, and
with her a cOlOred female servant and
nice little white-headed infant, which she
held up 70 him and assured him was the
perfect picture of its father. He felt that
he was in her power, and yet he did the
best he knew how to dissemble his real
feelings and to keep on the right side of
her. He was agreeably surprised to find
that she thought it would be better for her
to return to Nashville for a time, which
she did.
Months passed, and each month the pu-
tatiye fathe- of the tOw-neaded infant re-
mitted to this woman certain sum of
money, enough to keep her comfortably.
This kept on until few days since, when
there dropped into his store black deck
hand of steamer, who inquired if "MaSsa
Harry - worked dah?" The gentleman
himself coming up TO meet him, answered
that he was the party sought. WhereupOn
the colored man introduced himself pOmp-
ously as Lafayette Bragg, and with his fin
ger alongside his nose, and his eyes turning
up in knowing kind of way, added: "An'
| knows all about dat dar yOung'un." Mer-
ciful heavens Another mouth to keep
shut-more danger in the dark, 1t didn't
take the merchant long to rush that intel
ligent cOntraband out of that store into the
street, and to make an appointment to
meet him, an hour later, at q safe place
where they could talk matters over. Then
the black man unfolded his plan. He had
observed That haunted man was alarmed,
and he took immediate advantage of the
fact. Said he:
"Massr - l was gwine to tax yer jest
bout ten dollars fob what knows, but now
Use gwine to tax yer twenty"
Then an explanation was had, and the
Cincinnatian was immensely relieved to
learn that the baby which had been such a
source of trouble was borrowed for the oc-
casiOn, a Nashville quadroOn being its |
mother. 1t is fair to presume that the De- |
cember remittance (fOr seventy-fiVe dollars |
will not be forwarded to this city. But |
there will be no action to recover what has |
already been sent.