The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-07
4 TLRKinLE SroRI.
The Folly aud the Fn,c oi Three Beautiful
sisters.

fIrfn ~ 81 Inns TuNfs
Ou readers may possibly rccolloct the
cir unit uccs Of a IL; due, widely published
at the time. which occurred on the sd of Aprii.
ISL on the old dueiing gr ,und on the ndv
BtretCn OF shore fronting BAY II. Louis. The
participants were Article Hienyenuc a broker.
and Andrea PAl'liu>, "A lawyer, of New Orleaus.
j, was On the same spot where the fatal bullet
OF hrtt Of the Picd1tnc sped I , flight the gal
liant spirit OF The Intrepid Cooley the ground
on which the rifle sh Is OF Badger ana carter
were exchanged; whcr- Scott and Campbel
met and where many previous bloody episode
had eXplatcd a real or imaginary fault.
Aside from the fatal termination OF the meet
Ing. the contest between Philips and nienyenue
would not h we been unusually remarkable Dut
Tor fact thai it Was tao final scene in the IT glc
husbands fell nv the hand Of violence. melted
by the evi' courses ~ their wives.
Born Of reputable creole parents these sisteGs
were inherit - OF vast wcalta and stainless
name, md distinguished for personal btiIty IN
u lHrd where the lVelineas Of women was pro-
Neroih. lenderly re red and brilliantly edu-
Gated, with possessions that rivnlled In extent
and cXcrlled IN value German princiunlity, It
h l. II 4 surprising that thoy bee me the latter
ed bel IS OF society. anu were tie boast and
pride Of the merchant and planter bcauA IN all
the wild 60 Il county In these hrilli mt
ptOtcc6s Of the haughticst aristocracy Of the
old regime should bC destined to exercise the
fatal iuhuence tuey cxcrc cd ON the men who
loved th-m. ana made ,hem their wives. Is in
de surprising But they were iliri- from their
or dies. Born 10 admiration. their lives were
spent from youth to maturity ~ an HtmOs rhero
OF mt lou sentiment ana unreal pas sion. They
looked Il. on men as merely the ministers of
their tered vanity might grow and expand,
as the Hover blooms ia the warmth 81 the sin-
SHINE. All the aims ana duties Of lfe were
bounded hy the ambitions of society. Admira-
tiOn To them was appreciation. Taught 10 re-
-. rd their Individual pleasures ~ superior to
all considerations OF convenience o. others II Il
not ~ prising tnat SELF shnCss. Indifference, aud
Toll bee me the mainsprings to their actions.
Nor l. IL aston. shing IN I thcy exercised the
fatal inf they did upon men. Tier
beauty Wus glorious. rnc Youngest was the
liking t,pe Of the other two. As the writer's ~
la ~ g hail
his N-tOi now, "A tai, graceful, slender woman,
1.-THE, Wiiowy form Of splendid contour and
exquisite symmetry. me ov !, tinted faco
rence. Deco, sumheruus nack eyes, unf { j.
nuhblc IN their eutu-, which word can itIndle
WIN eN'l en- NJ 'r IN 10 hgiow with passion q
uueehlY wan N, regnant IN YOUTH grace, nd
tue empire ul mems hearts. lho rich soils Of
hhli bdck ana intense, were wound above the
low, hroid iorehcai, and formed "a r Ven-like
crown 10 the auakS spendor Of The dark Egyp
women sighed with envy as She . -sed what
she was in merry utuful hrldcuOOd h ~ been i'm
pc fectly described; what her sisters were In
tneir mat lTed And splendid wumauhnnd the
enthusiast Imagination alone can plctIe
ANA now for the story ~ their lives, rLe
cal nsa, Ala y lShed, graceful gentleman,
whose love and devotion mignt nave contontod
tocle.> and the admiration Of men. IL Wa IN
lhc nr year u the war aud he most brilliant
sn""ly ~ the sou wa gathered Al Mobile and
Ne" one tis, win an appetite Vhettcd 10
leNer neat uf few months abstinence from
tocla pleasures she plunged recklcssly into
Whlrlponi - thrtE Inc married dir. wears no
arnnr OF n cence. Her love Of admir- tlnn is
e,tted again ~ MS duphcity and cunning
She -lakeI and lost. From folly there Is bn,
one step TO impTudencc, and that step was
thken despite husbands jealousy ana senst
al honor. The emu was inevitable u chalengs
and uuel, ana her husband fell pierced 10 tne
heart by the bullet Of her soducer. There was
20 my i"rh oman Ike this society rcpelied
ben, nrr friends LiICdr0od ner, and she He'd to
New Orleans 10 lead tho lie OF AN adventures.
dne second sister shorty aterWard married
hhe son of dis,n uished journalist IN .ioDil =
me lh'c of Nor eider sister was NJ tar 10 a
career OF similar f0Y Society received her
WIN opel arms. Wealth, in1uant,ai nnnneo