The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-30
Which is Sometimes, as in the Case
Cited Below, Mans
Opportunity.
Although Trouble is Sure to Follow,
Together With lis Attendants,
Remorse and a Suit
in Court.
How . Trusting Woman was De-
ceived and Betrayed Trough
Her Lovers Perfdy.
And How, Also, She Brought Him
up to the Mark by Appealing
to the Majesty of
the Law.
wuMAN's WEAKNESS.

Mans mastery and woman's weakness an
lrresistlbie temptation and the consequen
iaIl tne Welding OF loves rea on 10 the
promptlngs OF lascivious passion moment
OF sin, in the midst of the foryetfuIn. IS of
subsequent sOrrows; the consequences of I'M
Intentional guilt upon the part OF the one
aud OF deceit upon the part of the other !;
these form the foundation Of the little story :,
ANGER TRUE TALE,
which Is presented without the embel,i sh-
ment OF romance, and with due Difference to
the drear realities Of fact. Within the en-
towering. shades and cool resorts of the
portion Of this county, lives Charlotte Rens-
land, a maiden who has seen some twenty
summers OF this life, and who was woed and
won, Dat not msrried) by James Groff, a
dweiier In the southern part of
OUR SISTER COUNTY
of AtchisOn, just across the imainary line
which separates the two boroughs Young
Goff Is ABOUT the same age as the girl and
Ike all young men are very apt to do, fell in
parting somewhat from the dir.c line in the
relation of the story, 1t may be added that he
Is the son of the man who was
SHOT AND KILLED
by ScruagI, In the terrible tragedy OF Oak
Mills, which occurred la.t sum nier the he At
sickening details OF which are still fre,h In
the minds OF every one. Well, in order to
make long story short, about two years ago
Croft began TO pay strict and devoted atten-
time was her accepted lover, all the other
competitors being distauced, AS il were,
young Croft having the inside track, or
WORDS TO THAT EFFECT.
To all the harvestinys and huskings bees
and halls dances and merrymskings, James
was CharlOtte's constant companion, and the
good people began TO speculate as 10 when the
happy event was to come on. But IL ditn't
come And now comes the girls part of the
story, as sworn TO by her In Justice Matthias
court yesterday afternoon. She says that
James
PROMISED TO MARRY HER,
and that. In view of this happy event, albeit
in "A mOmen OF weakness. she list. ned not
whispering that she would n-'er consent
consentef. This was tSt October, while on
the way home from "A social gathering, and
twice afterwards she permitted the prompt
tngs Of iilici' love Ia get the better Of her
judgment. All during this time, AFTER the
commission of the frst error, 50 confident WAS
she that James would not
BREAK HIS PLIGH-ED FAITH,
that she began the prepare ions necessary for
the event which would make her u wife, and
remove from the bright escutcheon Of her
wonanhood the stain cast upon It. But the
gods wilIsd that IL should not be sO-that is,
James didn't feel inclined that way, and, to
put il in comparatively vulgar parlance, he
intervening shades which come between two
days, he lit out, and
LEFT HIS GRIEvINa CHARLOTTE
alone and coInfortl.ss. No goodbye WAS
spoken, and not until he was gone was IL
known that lie had really severed those ties
which naturally bind n man To home and
friends Jafn-s went To Denver. and from the
chief city in Colorado he wrote back letter
TO Charlotte, which. in l.Oint OF skilled exc
cution in the matter of peninanship and
grammatical construction couldn't br con-
sisIcn,ly considered
A LITERARY SUCCESS,
but il was bIimful Of sparkle, with an occa-
sional tint 81 profanity, the gist OF its con-
tents being that he didn't want To be bother
ell by her amy more: that he was tired oI IL.
and that il she didn't let him alone he'd
prove up her character, which he said he
knew was not as white as II should be; that
IL She would let him alone IL would he all
right. The epi>ile also contained other mat
ter, which IL Is unnecessary TO reproduce
james
DEPARTURES TOOK PLACE
on the LIST Of April or Whereabouts, and al
though IL occurred Oh or about the time
when people are up TO all sorts OF foo isl-
ness, still IL WAS genuine, and he really
made himself scarce. About the last OF April
he returned, and Charlotte, seeing that he
didn't mean what he said, and that from all
appearances IL wasn't marrying that lie was
10 do, concluded to
ENTER SUIT AGAINST HIM
for bastardy. Twas easy enough to enter suit
but not 80 easy Id catch the bird so James
as long as he remained in AtchisOn county,
was safe, as the SIN for which he was To be
prosecuted was committed upon Leaven-
worth county soil. SO they laid low, and
said not a word about it, and one day, the
18th Of this present month, James came TO
this city " ith load of wheat and before he
knew IL
HE WAS NABBED.
They let him out on bail, however, and yes
terday the matter came up before Justice
Matthias. who. after hearing the testimony in
thu case bound the youth over TO the District
Court, September term, in the sum OF SD
Grofi-s family Is well OF, while the relatives
OF the girl arc In comfortable circumstances.