The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-07
LOVE AND CASH.
How They Woerd and Bolted 10 u Country
80 flr4 t5s Far Away.

Far Away.
There Used to be. about four years ago.
thriving Belgian. OF Alsatiah, doing business
In this city, less than thousand miles from the
corner Of Royal end Canal stteHts. Ills hand
san semne s2l9 was the fat 81 nIny 'aas s,s
srpwned with success and he finally hsd
the proud satisfaction u l,etna enabled " e9h-
cate his. charming daughter apootlng w. hef
home. his wife having died several years before.
Her name was Angela - petite plump and rosy
blonde. vi,aeions, and possessing Al! the att,-
neial oa,I ms. besides that a fasbiunabln board
Ing school can bestow. The oil man, although
his happiness seamea to he at its height, w
to one u his eliljs school teachers. The teacher
was even hanlspinet and more bewitrllihg than
her pupil. and these alyanae togethsf With
ye,,na women. aasily led tu marriage between
ihe old man and the teacher. Perfect harmony
% well as ptpspetiiy continued to aka the
" had been NJ late years There we're two Young
men IN the old merchants employ, One whom
we viii call Charles. WHO was ne csan oeol
aud the fall nnnnienne ~ his EMPLOYER. Charles
was entirely a. home at tue do,nciis ~ the pid
man ta the l9ttea whe ygs very ,,efa,a ha9 e,,
one dream II was tp further cement their re-
latons hy making him his sen-in-law: Like
understood tbe least attention, whieb
Charles paid t. Angela wns The "yl.
denae of en- undving love for her. ~
nniirsa Charles was yert polite tr her aud she to
him. but to others leas blind than the old gentle
,nan there was no love hetween them. The case
was different rs regards he other clerk, = datk
hiunnttn, q handsn,na. rplliekirg chap. ruler oi
the worlds pleasure thnu nf business abilities
lie was. nevertheless. reasonably industrious
apl lgyad Angela with al le strength aha sfoot
~ his soul Ihe old merchant wa= NOD - hlinH
"a not to notice the iehlinE If this Young man
Augustus might hayp boon his. nanel. with
out position ~ proepnets. and he hned him
4 inasI .Eitriu N
the hatred # het father for ha sarend retk, as
might have been certified tp hY thosa who knew
II they clandeatina meetings. One eyanihe
while the Old man was. dreaming, Ct The future
happiness If hla two beloved children, and cal
euiatina whnt howry he would bsstow. upnn her
and TO what extent ho should admit Charles INTO
his business. he concluded that he would eon /.
sut his young wile on the subject lie spent
some tine IN finding hef. She hal hed with tl,e
tn take the .aaah bog With iipl ,Whethat Tho tra
ditional old umbrella was loft bshind Is unim
poitant IT, the story. The old man WINS hall
ruined by the occurrences, and 81 shocked was
no hy hs misfortune that he started In pursuit
of the guilty couple with. scafeely q wotd oi
warming end leaving bis business 70 take aare
af tsalf -Four years have gone by meanwhile
the rerklass clerk has trped Down, and through
aaeerions management haa maintained We ~.
business II the eity permitted. gnally
ei,sad up af2p, to9E Horace erseley X, :
s.@e western asa @ whels h'G hs Is now 9 on The rad tn
f,rti,nc' But what bad beqoma u The OLD man
who had boon heard # only once ot twice 9Jui :
ing AL this tinpt Wpll the old man had pro
secuted hd7, researches with eNtfaordinafy
energy, until after many yl'ilsitndes he ttafsd
the guilty ppi, 2 eeApa! aeaepast sillag" N tn9
dropped ot them one iine morning last March.
Al Tho zieht of the good old soul who had
been ~ father to them, they. burst int9 a,
"nd ,.ai' begged s fp0hsV f"r liz rds Old @aschap, @
however, aid not avnee the lacst emotion, but
when thay endeayorsi TO pallit.te heir taisdaada
by renountipg tp him how passiynae,y thay
loved eaeh other he ooolly remarked D.n ~
love cath other as much ha YOU please what J
want is my money
not to he etansd Innw,edateI and the situation 3 2
was explained TO him. As a reasonable
man he understood II readily bu,, ,.0, a1
to appeal to tho authofties tu prevent tbe couple
| from escaping sacond time. Whiis The pro.
minntias wore going on t., ,ae fos.na'on ,,a,, h ~
! scene but tho mother Vf our Charles. She had
come fiom another rnrt of France. IN answer te
| "a pteRaing invitation from her son. tp pay him
u visit and make the enIuantnhqe ot his b"nn'i
! ful hiida. iInrfof pf horrors aile cried whet
| she realized the situation hut the mothefi q
| bu xniu dame If SCARCE forty -iiyn. was philp
| aophar and a business woman. willy nnd &
widow. Next VIZ find tho old mnrrbnn
| treating with the mptler ~ square w the NJ
counts If her wasw,id son, and, ~ the stof ,
comes to ua. y epnlpfomlsn waa "Hheted. \ uil
wna made 10 Switzerland, when, us soon "a cir
! ,Hmatailrn= would allow II. divorce hH'W"0f
| the Old man nnd his young wifc waa Dl,tblnsu
| aud ahe became The lawful wife pf ont Charles
| And an ndrultiy had the tnHtrpn aid her plans
! that are long ate found herself wife numbe
lhtre Of tho old merchant The olI man
| whilst recognizing tti' grnh"t s"hse AMI rhfitl
| If This uuiun IA cumphraI with the pre-
e,vline one was ,pt 81 wn satisfied with tb
morniity If the nteumatnnnos thtouEh whtci
1t had heel reached. The condition ~ mind y
whirb lie found himself estfangs3 him eoia
pptcly from his associations IN Ameriea. al'
his lettotR tp his dnughinr, which hMl been r.fe
Gently a mutual acquaintance revealed tho whol
aeffrt to the daughter out in Montana. Tn
but n has worn away moro snsily than tho snn
bnr at the mouth Of ihe Mississippi md the oil
folks will Ioin her soon. Tho young pair. how
| nice competencs 10 keep them comfortable.