The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-16
THE WlLES OF WOMEN.
They are Dangerous, and the Stern
er Sex Should be on the Look
out to Escape Them.
How Youth Of This City was TAX
en- in and Most EffectuaIIy
Done for.
A Designing Cyprian Being the Cause
of the Loss of q Character
and Situation.
the WllEs OF WOMEN.
FAST YOUNG AMERICA.


Young America is fast; faster than Young
England, more rapid than Young Germany,
is not even content with the pace at which
Young France travels, and entirely eclipses,
in the matter of velocity, Young Italy. Young
Russia, and even, in the matter of a liking
for tobacco and ladies, is one ahead of the
anorous Turk In iaci, he stops at nothing,
cares for nothing,
PLUNGEs INTO DEBT
with a recklessness perfectly astounding to
the staid European, lives gay and happy with
"a short life and a merry one" for a motto,
and goes TO the devil at last in a free and easy
manner, which is most captivating and
charming. He is a millionaire on seven dol
lars a week, orders up champagne suppes,
WITHOUT A CENT
in its pocket, and never pays a debt to-day.
when day after tomorrow will do Just as
well. This course of life eventually brings
ruinland disgrace: misery, and its handmade,
poverty; distrust in the minds OF those who
formerly looked upon him with favor, anu
wretchedness unspeaksble and Understandable
TO these who love hun, who cast the sweet
flowers of forgeif-lness upon his lonely grave
The tale We are about TO re late is an DER true
one, and has
HUNDREDS OF CouNTKRPARTs
In this city. Its hero is a young man, Just
turning nineteen years OF age, and Its hero
inc q woman OF the town, who, by her arts
and seductive batteries, weaned the youth
from a liking to that which is good, and led
him downward until his conduct at last be-
came SO giaringiy fragrant that it came TO
the notice Of his employer, the natural re.
suit OF which was that he
LOST HIS SITUATION,
and will probably be unable to obtain ano,h-
er in this city. The story is q short one, and
needs to be told but plainly and without
elaboration. The young man took up with
companions who visit those ladies Of the town
who lavish their affections indiscrimiately
and { .. money, and In . short time fell, q
willing victim, into the meshes from whose
envelopins folds it u 70 hard to escape. With
one OF these women he became infatuated
and to her proposition that they should
SET Up HOUSE KEEPIxG roGEraER
and live rs man and wife, he acceded.
Rooms were taken in q boarding house
penslveiy, but very comfortably, and passing
themselves on . married couple no aues-
tons were asked. II soon Was observed.
however. that the alleged husband was not
the only one who occupied the so-called
wife's chamber at night, and
oRDkRs WERE GIVEN HER
to leave Immediately. Then the storm bursf.
and il Was most disastsUps in its effects upon
the young man. The woman told every.
thing. md the truth vas known. Informa-
ton was at once sent to the young mans em-
p,oyer.a and upon IN Investigation OF the facts
he called the boy 10 him and told him he
knew all about IL The lad vss surprisrd BE-
youd expresion, bat seeing that everything
vss known, he confessed, st the same tune
uoe dsnying that TIE vuanans lassavioya fas-
canasions had dragesd hin Into