, 1876-01-13
INEAYUATION.
How an Adventures WINS UcAtcus


Ntls l'ork CarTtsp4nde,,es iioslon Jour,,aL
4 lady about 10 years Of age, tbs vito OF L
we'll known merchant, was iny'ted by = dlAtin-
guiehcd phyac,an to cali at his oice at II O'Clock
on given day. Eho won't down. and found tho
doctor III company with her husband. lie VIVA
tho physician OF tue family. uo Informed hor
that iae had dlsagsecablo duty to discharge. It
was that ller husband WAS entirely alieuaied from
her, aud woull hve with her no moro; he would
provide for her, Five her comfortable housa
mud ma.Lteunuce; and with that ehe must bo
contont. Tho blow tcllod hes 10 the loor She
waa tnkGu homo maniac. and weeks PASSED be-
fore sLo recovered hor Teasou. Her homo was
broken ur. and shs moved into the uew quarters
provided for her.
1t was eytdcut thnt ths husband had formed
1T, attachment to another woman. lie bonght
furnished it elegantly from Batoon to attic. He
promised to glyo her bill Of sale OF all tho per-
Honal effects III tho mansion. To tave appear
nncos she took few gentleman lojeers. Tue
tuan lavinhtd on tls woman heavy eums OF
money. 1lo bought her tho besE allkB, and Hat-
tns, Fnble fure. aud BAclss aud footed all tho
bills she run up ut Btowarte. She passed NJ
tich widow from Virginia; received lctteEs from
plcseuled ro5otvea about fortune she was
colniug INTO by ahd BY. and With these papesa
secured large aumB Of 1noney. Tho merchant
drew hoavlIy on hlB firm. and was threatened
With bankruptcy.
0etung al inxiing Of whnt WAS going on, the
vito colsultcd weil-knuwn detective. ilo nd
viscd Aor to COMMENCE suit agalust her hus-
bAnd, which aha refused 10 do. ~ don't want
money" she sAid, IL y3aut my Luebaud, with
whom Aaso lived forty yoars. II hs could
know what know the charm would be brokup,
aud le would rslurn 10 hts homo pcuiteus
lnatl." Tha detective undertook to work tho
caao lip. liz visited tho house and lad an In
terview With tho woman. and uecurol QUO OF tho
last snoms for lodgor. That lodgor was tho
detectives own 1llau. who WAS TO gushes up tho
little facts that would appear IN tue manage.
muut Of tho concern. LII followed the woman
for week. aud paid sprclal attention to tho
'+hnHhapd" " of tho womAn'u sister who tAt lodG~
inE4 III tho building.
lie VISITED tho merchant In his store. made IN
appointment to riJu cut with him the ua1t day
about miles 10 look at . dna coupe-holso,
winch he Nas dchiroua Of purchasing for hIs
horro ho wxs brought face to face wlth biz wife,
! whom ho h.d not sepn fer months. The Inter.
| vlcw could not 10 aycrted. Tho black record OF
tho woAan's character aud crime waa laid bsfoEu
him. Ito Haw how bis money went aud What
sort Of M establishment he whs supporting. hnd
how ho II as tho 'augllnR-atock Of hts Hssoc'Ates.
litB intatlntlon cndea aud he resolved to return
to town. denounco tho woman, and fotsako hcr.
llo proposed to get hack tho property shat tbs
woula. oa,mod ~ her oan. A ittlo sc4snle
was laid that turned out TO 10 an omiuont suc.
c.s. Tno woman wanted few hundred
dollars for her hlster, to bo paid through hcs
"t:stcr'H husband" sle Hanted B. set Of lla-
lnauda for ChriasmAs aud coupe for lads day
!
! direction Of tho tle.ectIvs, asking her 10 moot
her lrieud a. q wclt-kno~n t:ystluB:place tho
next day 1t II. to decide upon these llttlo gifts
desired. Rho was to remain from II 10 l, III case
busiucss should Iosaln klle n,Urchaut. Promptly
on sino sho LOFT in her coach. aud had hardly
turned tho corner boforo wagons lrosa up. aud
In an hour tAo houBo was stripped from the
bRssmont 10 tho upper, story. Pictures. vases,
sta.unry. dAuask curtains, silver, wines, sll dis
appeared. At Z o'clock the woman Of tho mAn-
zion Irove up. The colosea woman ~1nng het
hands in despair. tho 4hla!d OF tue detective
meut tue burly fum Of Now Yotk's we!l-knowu
detective came III nighk. lIa ordered the woman
or Tue stops and ttEuea the koy. say'nE ~ b.
walko1 away: "uen't annoy that mau don't
20 mar his store; write him no noscs. II you
DO, I'll arrus. you for youz past cttmes and send
you to .hu lslaud." The merchant aud hls Wita
are now living cosily IN their old homestead:
But for tina timely interference there would
have been another hekvy failure in New iosk.
Ielhaps Al tdlluonsl suicide.