Smyrna times., 1878-03-06
Girls and their Beaux.


. !, in central New York. While lounp
ing on the front piazza, his attention wa
arrested by very pretty young woman
! whose daily walk led her past the hotel
: lie inquired who she was, and in a short
= time learned from some gossipy co.lounge,
that she was Alice Kent, that her parents
were OF the highest responsibility in the
town, and that they had relations Iiyinc ot
certain place in New England. As it
happened, the young man knew something
about these relations, his own place of
nativity having been near their neishbor.
hood.
lie had no acquaintance in i, but
being determined to make the acouaint.
ance OF Miss Kent, he resolved to intro
duce himself by forging letter of intro.
ductlon to her family from one of the
New England relations. This done. bA
presented himself at Mr.. Kent's residence
delivered his letter of introduction, told a
plausible story concerning his business at
=, and was received with the courtesy
that is usually accorded pleasant people
bearing similar credentials. His otten.
tlons to Alice soon became very marked
SO much SO, as to excite the interest of her
parents, who at various times felt inclined
10 write to their Massachusetts, friends for
further particulars regarding the voppc
man to whom they had given the introduc.
tory letter, but always neglecting so to do
Meanwhile Alice and the Young man
walked, talked and rode together. their
rides frequently extending to an hour late
in the evening.
One day, a few weeks after the begin.
nlng OF their acquaintance, Mr.. Kent re.
turned home with the announcement that
the young man had suddenly left the vii.
iage without paying his hotel, livery. and
other bills; that telegram and an officer
had been sent after him; that an examin.
alton of the contents of the trunks Ieft |
behind him had aroused suspicion Of =
grave character, etc
The effect Of this news upon Alice was
most alarming. She said little, but il was
plainly evident that she suffered intsnsalv |
me young man wasarrested, brought back
TO =, description and account of him
sent to New England where the relatives
OF Alice lived, and the information obtained
that he had wife living there, that he
was an untrustworthy character, and that
his letter of introduction was a forced
one.
Allce's parents, believing that nothing
more serious than "flrtationm and nor.
haps sincere love-making had transpired
between HIM and their daughter, expressed
themselves as being glad "that it was no
worse when the girl surprised them bv
sinking on the floor at her fathers foot,
crying, q" Oh, father, it could be no worse p,
ohs then confessed that she had been
privately married to the young man few
lays before upon one of their long drivas
II the country, and detailed the persua.
'lons and means he used for wishing that
he marriage be kept secret.
The anger of the parents eoualled the
anguish OF their daughter, and a criminal
prosecution for bigamy was begun AGAINST
ne young man. 1t was useless thing to
TO- SO far Alice was concerned. for
power higher than earthly edicts was surely ,
lftlng her beyond the terrible result of her ,
oily. She was dying of broken heart.
The trial resulted in establishing tho
uiit OF the adventurer, and he was sen. 9
Fhced TO State prison for five years. After
ne sentence was pronounced upon him. be
'as taken, at the earnest request of AEce
see her. The jailor led him into her
DOM, where she lay dying, and kent his !:
ye upon the prisoner, as Alice pleaded :,
nth him, for the love she had given him
reform his life. When she put her thin
and on his and told him what she had :
lhered for him-how truly she had loved T
lm-that she was soon to die-that her
nfents were heart roken-it was enonob a
soften the hardest heart. But he stood -
nmoved, and when the jailor led him " :
'ay' he sneeringly laughed and made =
me hght remark about the ease with :
men girls are won. Three days later he :.
as taken, handcuffed, to Auburn. and on .
% same day the body of Alice Kent was -"
rried to the graveyard. "
What need to add moreP No cir, o .
shes to learn discretion through self ~ ~
'perience like that which broke the heart -
Alice Kent. But are you all sufficiently " "
reful of your associations? A suspicion, =
amer and naughty bearing are neither ~
'eessary or pleasing; one may be civil ~
I'd polite without intimacy. But it is far ~
tier to decline the social advances Of A.
rsons whom you do not know, than to y
ceive them and afterwards have cause to :"
ush because of your acquaintance with - -
EN-. Rather than be too easily an. :.
cached, it would be better to be like the - -
e Judge Nicholas, of Kentucky. ~
: Let me make you acquainted with r.
Idge Nicholas" saidi a gentleman TO n a.
end, himself Judge, as Nicholas en-. -, s
red the Bank of Kentucky, one morning. i
" 1t can't be DONE" responded the
end, " 1t has been tried several timesp