The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-06-18

no mistake about them. In nearly
every letter he wrote that he was re-
covering from his injury very slowly
and that he would probably be obliged
to have doctOr accompany him. etc.
One Of his shoulders was in very bad
shape and he Was afraid he might
sprain j. travelling.
About FIVE weeks ago letter c..me
to one Of our city officials from some
doctor in Lowell. asking il Blsi,,sdell
had been married To- the youn, lady
in question, ani it 50. To give him
particulars. The gentleman answered
the letter. and after stating what he
knew about the matter, asked it there
WAS anything crooked. The letter to
the doctor Was never answered, AMI
inquiry Diseases the i:Ici that there j.
M doctor in Lowell by that name.
The gentleman in this city, who re-
ceived the letter from the dnci"r. was
one day showing it to II prominent
citizen Of this city. who chaucei Ia be.
in his office, saying that under the
circumstances il WAS rather ri :, queer
letter. The prominent citizen re-
marked, 81 do no; know any of these
parties. but have IN intimate fricn.l
in Loweli To whom l will write and
ascertain the facts" lie dill 81. ard
in abYut week she received lon.
letter stating that the writer could
not learn much about the matter {;
what he did learn, however. WAS
rather against the consul III G,.nt.:. :;
rather damaging To- his prospects.
After this letter had been received. a
consultation of a few who ha {! interest
ell themselves in .indin. out Just hos
matters stotSi. and tine result was u
telegram 30 Secretary William VI
i:var,s. asking il lsl,i'is,lcll Vas consul:
To Genoa. Ills reply was tha; he WIS
not consul {" Genoa ,r anywhere else.
These facts were laid before the vuun.
lady at oncc. She Wis somewhat,
excited nj first. but >oon guieted DOWN
To the belief that she had been most
beautifully deceived and handsomely
saved \ f.elin. of Indignation arose,
and it was resolved tina. the facts of
Hiaid>'icir> strange performances
should he known.
4 near relative Of the young lady
started On Monday Tor Manchester.
lie found first from the chief at Man
chester that 1t WIS all false about
B.ai,islell being hurt. An interview
with the local editor If the Union dis
closed the fact that BlaiistleiI wrote
The item himself. Search was made
for him. AMI he was found about four
miles out III Manchester at the re,i
lence Of his grandmother. He had II
room there in which h. did all of his
corresponding and writing for the
press. This room was iiiled with maps
and charts az all the countries IF the
old world besides books Of the be>t
authors.
a copv of BlaidslelIis guide Of Italy
was conspicuous am:'ng the other guide
hooks and bnoks of interest Ia those
going abroad. lie carried the idea to
the people at Manchester and tn those
# his granlmo,herS nei .!,borhno,i.
that lie was c1n>ul I" Genoa, and he
lid it in such style and grace that
hearty everylsnlv believed it. He
wrote for the VI .nche.ter pap.rs anil
was also a contributor To- the Boston
Pos! and To snmc ri the mon;h!ics.
lie conver>ed freely in four languages
and wrote them IL well. Ills Tuum In
his grandmnihers hnus.. was Il cu,ia,i,v
bccau>e Of its contents. u WIS here
tina, he received his company. II Wa,
here he entertained the People If
Manchester when they drove out Ia
see the roDsu.. When the gentleman
from WATERFOWL MAS u<herrd into H..
presence. he WIS very much surprised.
hut extremely happy that he had
rome To- Manchester to accompany
him tn WATERFOWL. He inquired
lovingly about the folks. He talked
like a consult tn The gentleman from
WATERFOWL; he told larger and more
wonderful! stories Of his recent trip to
Italy and the consulship than his
visitor had even heard before. After
spending couple Of hours ut the
country seat listening at,en,ively to
the consul. our friend thought he
would drive back to Manchester and
from there take train over To Lowell
and find out first how Blaidsslell stood
in that city. lie accordingly excused
himself after promising to return, and
did rs he intended.
In Lowell he found that Blaids,leI,
was very little known. His father
resides there aud few wears ago WIS
considered To be pretty well off. but
unfortunate specuIations had scooped
him. He learned that the son had
studied for a lawyer. but never had
been admitted. and has never praciiced;
that he was lazy, miserable fellow
with an excellent education, but en-
tirely devoid Of manhood. He also
learned that BlaisdelI had not been in
Lowell since that night in January
when the supper was given.
Having learned these facts. our
friend goes hack to the country
home near Manchester. and tells |
Blaids.lell what he thinks of him. |
Blaidslell claimed the stories circula-
ted in Lowell about him were false,
and that the telegram from Evar,s
stating that he was not consul to
Genoa was a base forgery. and told
the gentleman if he would go with
him to Washington he'd prove il So
in very short order. But they did no,
90. Our friend succeeded in fairly
soaring from Biaid>,lell all the letters
and papers which had been sent him
from Watertown. and then came away.