Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-01-01
MORNING Ape Al.
SCANDAL.

The mission of an enterprising newspaper
is to chronicle all current events which may
prove of interest or entertainment to the
reader thereof, therefore We publish the fol-
lowing article. In this instance the subject
Of our narrative is not of a character which
gives lis any pleasure to chronicle; yet as the
occurrence is of rare nature III our moral
neighborhood, we give it to our readers as we
received it from one who is intimate with all
who are connected with the subjoined unfor-
tunate circumstance. As a publicity of the
flames is unnecessary, and would only wound
the feelings OF some estimable people who
now have crosses Of sufficient weight to bear,
we Will suppress them. For several years
past, a family consisting Of man and wife,
neither of them having scarcely reached the
prime OF life, and three handsome children
all girls-wero comfortably living not many
miles from this city. The man was a ranch
en- Of more than ordinary intelligence and
education lie had nice piece of ground,
out of the tillng Of which he annually made
little more than the modest wants of his
family, and this little more he cautiously laid
by for 'Iainy day as the expression goes
This family lived, us We stated, very happily;
troubles OF magnitude were unknown to them
and matters would have continued so uninter-
ruptedly to the end had not memorable fate
landed cousin of the raucher upon these
shores several months ago from England.
This young man having been unsuccessful in
the old country, was written to by his cousin
here, and he came through from New York
to Carson on an emigrant train. His age was
about 80 years, and OF rather prepossessing
appearance. Upon his arrival he sought out
the habitation CT his relative, which was soon
found, and where he was received with a
warmth rarely accorded to a poor friend
from a more prosperous one. A few days sub
seQuent to his arrival the emigrant was
givensa job the ranch and every thing
seemed to move along as happily as marriage
feast, until about a month since when the
rancher suspected that very undesirable
intimacy had sprung up between his wife and
cousin. His wife had assumed a certain cool |
air toward her leige lord, and the happiness |
Of that family seemed to be on the wane.
One day the farmer witnessed his cousin very
efectionately embracing and kissing his wife.
This was too much for him, the green eyed
monster was aroused, and a scene ensued
The wife and cousin both swore that no Grim
NAL intimacy existed between them. These
asseverations seemed momentarily to dispel the
ranchers suspicious, still he was not fully
satisfied, and he came to Carson to consult
with "a friend respecting the recent strange
conduct of his wife. For this mission he left
the ranch early one morning, about three
weeks ago and remained in Carson all day
When arriving at his home that night, the
heartsickness which overlook him at finding
his house tenantless is indescribable. A new
light shot through his BRAIN his many sus-
picions were confirmed A few weeks after
the arrival of the cousin an infatuation sprang
up between him and the rancher's wife. 1t
was agreed upon between them to elope at the {
first opportunity. So when the rancher left I
for Carson on that memorable morning the
delectable couple took advantage of his alb
sence to carry out their nefarious plans. The {
children were packed off to a neighbors S
house, the mother saying that business called I
her to Carson and that she would call for the
little ones In the evening After this was
done the untrue wife gathered all the val
uables in the house and with her paramour ]
left for parts unknown. The deserted hus- +
band could get no information as to what di- g
rectlOn the treacherous couple had taken, and n
Ill fact, he did not make any great efforts to a
discover their whereabouts No clue could V
be obtained of them until last Thursday, s
when the rancher read letter post marked
San Francisco, from his wife, imploring for ,
giveness for her misconduct. In her letter
she sets forth that her paramount after heaping
every imaginable indignity upon her and r
abusing her in the vilest manner, and despoil- c
NO her of all the valuables she had taken
from her once happy home, he shamefully de-
serted her, leaving her a stranger among P
strangers in penniless condition. Notwith
standing the objectionable treatment that the
ancher had received at the hands of his I'M s'
rue wife, he took the train that evening for Y
san Francisco to relieve the woman who had
o betrayed him, from her embarrassing sit Sc
Iation He still remains in the city; how h
yer, we have no reason to doubt that the W
equel of this story will soon be read in the d.
liYOrce court proceedings.