The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-10-05
a Curious lCGse Of InfatuatiOn.

Jennie June, writing to the Baltimore
Apaegicap, tells the following strange story
1t is generally supposed that when beauti-
ful young women marry elderly men, they
do it simply and solely matter of bust
ness-so much young flesh and blood for so
much money-and there is little sympathy
for either side if the bargain does MOI t,.ry
out IA good as was expected. G Ee.ing la. y
of Brooklyn has recently, however, rexer>e,.
all the tradition in this respect. She is ex-
tremely pretty apl aaetiie, with rose leaf
complex ion, = piamp yet delicate fu-Ir and
a protpaiGp q golden brown hair. She ii Ar
been educated at home exclusively and seen
but lirtle of the world, except one year spent
abroad The trip was projected in order to
get rid of an 1ttaCii...eut which, to her pa
rents horror, she had formed for a man of
nearly sixty years, who was in the habit Of
visiting her aiher occasionally, but who took
advantage os the privilege accorded 10 his
age, and of a somewhat fine aud even distin-
gulshSd personal appearance, to make pas
sionate love TO the daughter He is a very
poor mau=-so po9r that his board and wash
Ing bills are always in arrears. and he is over
,whelmed with debts for personal iudulgences
for which bs never thinks of paying.
All this had no effect upon the girl. She
insisted upon marrying him, and the pa
rents, really knowing but little of him. after
hard contest finally gave conditional cou-
sent, their daughter first to accompany heC
mother abroad for year, and il she, on her
return, desired to marry her elderly lover
they would no more oppose T. but pay hi
debts and give him :. Eone at their house,
for they had ample means, and the daughter
has every advantage that wealth could be-
STOW.
4 fey months ago the mother ana dayeh
ter returned frqln Egrore. the daughter Sill
determined on the aliaEce, 80 repulsive to
her family that the thought had pade her
mothers hair turn gray. In the meantime
her. father had made hinself acquainted with
previous passages in tie mans career, and
as soon possible after her return placed
them strongly before her. the man was
proved TO be an nnprincipled old scamp, the
father of au illegitimate child, whose moth, Z
he had refused To marry-the boy, now tif-
teen years OF age, supported aul Kept at
scboci by his mothers daily labor. II e tad
even been compelled to leave one place 20
escape lyucbing, aud left every here he had
previously lived without p2ying his debts.
The iarLer with teSEs told bis daughter that
he could not let her marry such a mau, and
that her death would lie alnost preferable.
He pictured her ten or fifteen years from
this Jilpe, in the flower of woiuanhoed (she
is not yet nin nstecni. With husband decrep-
il aud helpless, whom she Gopld not even re-
spect. But it was all OF no avail. She in
sted that he had been abused: au1 wroreed,
and said il was the one desire of her lie 81
be able TO coplfcrt his remaining years aud
smooth his pathway to the grave.
There seems To me something radically
wrong and morbid about case like this and
l think her parents would be Justified in
taking strong measures To save their daugii-
ter from her Leif-imposed fate. If they do
not, she will certainly blame them soIne time
for their failure To rescue her from her sad
si. .uafion and should she even die as size
threatens, her death could he easier horne
than the long and horrible sacrifice TO which
Yes to consign herself.