The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-02-09
INFATUaTION.
now AN ADVENTURES WAS BEATEN.

the WIN VI " HOh7hbO"h hiOiSiidil
was invited by distinguished ply
stefan to call at his office at eleve
o'clock on a given day. She wen
down, and found the Doctor in com
pany with her husband. He was tn
physician of the family. He in
formed her that he had a disagreed
BILE dnty to discharge. 1t was tina
her husband was entirely ALLEVIATE,
from her, and would live with her n,
more; he would provide for her, an,
give her a comfortable house ant
maintenance; and with that she mus
he content. The blow felled her tt
the floor. She was taken home
maniac, and weeks passed before sht
recovered her reason. Her home
was broken up, and she ,movet
into the new quarters provided
for her,
1t wss evident that the husband
had formed an attachment for anoth.
er woman. He bought the house
that he proposed to give her, and
furnished it elegantly, from saloon
To attic. He promised to give her a
bill of sale of all the personal effects
in the mansion. To save appearan-
ces she took few gentlemen dodgers
The man lavished on this woman
heavy susas of money. He bought
hea the best silks and satins, sable
fsrs and sacks, aad footed all the
bills she ran mp at Stewards. She
passed as rich widow from Virginia;
received letters from pretended rela-
tiyes about fortune she was coming
into by and by, and with these papers
secured large sums Of money. The
merchant drew heavily on h is
firm and was threatened wit h
bankruptcy.
Getting an inlling of what was
going ON, the wife consulted d we'll
known detective, He advised her to
commence suit against her husband,
which she refused to do. 81 don't
want money! she said, II want my
husband, with whom / have lived
forty years. If he could know what
/ know the charm would be broken,
and he would return to his home a
penltent man." The detective aa-
dertook to work the case up. He
visited the house and had an inter
view with the woman, and secured
one of TIE best rooms for a lodger.
That lodget was the detectives own
man, who YVES to gather up the little
fscts TINT w6tm appearin the man
agement of the concern. He followed
the woman for week, and paid spe-
cial attention to the "husband" of
the weman's sister, who had lodgings
in the building.
He visited the merchant in his
store, made an appointment to ride
out with him the next day about five
miles to look at Eve c8ape-tlorse.
which he was DESTROYS of purchasing
Tor his female companion. Instead
Of finding the horse he was brought
face to face with his wife, whom he
lad not seen for months. The inter-
rev could not be averted. The
Hack record of the woman's charac-
er and crime was laid before him. |
lie saw how mis- money went, and
What sort of an establishment he
vas supporting, and how he was the
augliing stock of his associates.
lis infatuation ended, and he re-
olged to return to town, denounce
he woman, and forsake her. He
to get back the property
hat the woman claimed as her own.
little scheme was laid that turned
at to be an eminent success.
The woman wanted q few hundred
ollars for her sister, to be paid
trough her SISTERS husband"
he wanted set of diamonds for
christmas and a coupe for lady's
ay at New Years. A note was dis
atclfed under direction of the detec-
we, asking her to meet her friend at
well-known trysting place the next
ay at eleven, to decide upon these
tile gifts desired. She was to re-
lain from eleven to one, in case bus
less should detain the merchant.
romptly on time she left in her
bach, and had hardly turned the {
'rner before wagons drove up, and
an hour the house was stripped .
ON the basement to the upper sto- ,
J. Pictures, vases, statuary, dam {
SIX curtains, silver, wines, all disap- ,
cared. AT two o'clock the woman .
the mansion drove up. The col 8
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