The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-11-18

recognition and refusal. But, unfortu-
nately, the mode of approach adopted by
the presumptuous party allowed no such
alternatives; for he came bounding to
the front with demand as peremptory
| as it was peculiar.
He came claiming Miss Western as an
acquaintance-as a quondam friend-as 8
a protege-yes, ye gods forgive his folly,
even as a debtorl He came like an
army with banners, like war-horse
snufing the battle from afar, like roar
| ing lion seeking whom he might deVourl
Can metaphor be mixed in doses strong
enough to do HIM justicef He came
with legal thundefihgs, crying: 81 am
Marshall o. Waggoner,
And when ope my lips,
Let no dog bark"
Philosophers maintain that for every
effect there can be found fun and sui-
ficient cause. The rule holds true, even
Of NJ. o. Waggoners vagaries. II, how
ever, it be asked, what was the cause OF
this, his strange and startling conduct,
recourse must be had for reason to an
incident Of much earlier date. In the
fall of 1859 there appeared in the city of
Toledo an actress by the name OF ElOise
Bridges.
Happening to be in. condition of
financial embarrassment, this lady i'm
plored Mr.. Waggoner's assistance, bas-
ing her claim chiefly OIL the asserted
fact that she was q Mason's daughter.
The heart of Marshal D. w. was touched
by the pitilul appeal of Eloise b.. With
generosity OF which Peabody might
be proud, Mr.. W. pulled out his wallet
and advanced the amount OF money,
which at compound interest for the in
tervening time would amount to $254.
The reader can ngure it out for himself. !
At the close OF her engagement in this |
city Eloise Bridges departed, having
made no satisfactory arrangement for
the return of the borrowed funds. For
many years she wandered up and down |
the land, but she never came back to |
Toledo. During all this time Waggoner |
waited and worried and wondered; he |
waited for the return of Eloise; he W0r-
rIsd over her delay III remitting; he won.
dered now he could ever have been SO |
badly taken III.
1t will, perhaps, be source of great
satisfaction to Mr.. Waggoner to know |
that Eloise Bridges is now, and for some |
wears has been a resident OF the city OF |
New York. She is gray-haired woman
of nearly, if not quite, three score, ana |
her grown-up daughter is following III |
the path her mother trod, being an act !
resS on the variety boards,
This much for the cause. Now for the |
effect. As for any legitimate relation |
between them, it would puzzle the most |
skillful casuist to find it. Yesterday |
morning, upon the arrival OF Lucille |
Western and the theatrical company |
which was to act as her support, MI.
Waggoner got out writ OF attachment |
on Miss Westerns wardrobe as salts
faction tor EIoise Bridges slxteen-year-
old debt. His conduct would have been |
absurd had it not been so outrageous.
To heap insult upon injury, the writ |
was served on Lucille Western alias !
Eloise Bridges! When it is remem-
bered that Elolse Bridges is woman OF
sixty, with daughter older than Lu-
cille Western is To-day; that the ''debt' |
was contracted by woman i'll her prime |
at a time when Miss Western was avery !
young lady, just entering her teens; that |
Miss Western has never dreamed OF !
travelling under an alias, and has made |
ali her reputation under her own true |
name; when all this is remembered, Mi.
Waggoner's conduct, to draw it mildly, !
seems very peculiar.
Miss Westerns agent freely expressed |
his opinion that it was a case of black
mail. Whatever the object, the efor y
was futile. 1t caused no disarrange-l
mentof Westerns plans, for there was
an abundance of security to satisfy the !
demands of the ridiculous writ; it inter-
fered in no way with the evenings !
performance, for the curtain was OBJ
served to rise promptly at the appointed |
time; and it certainly shed no luster on
the record Of its perpetrator, for his at |
tempt was as barren of result as was the |
military exploit of that ingorious King |
of France immortalized i'll The melodies |
of Mother Goose, who
"With his four thousand men
First marched up the hill |
And then marched down again!' |
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