The Red Cloud chief., 1879-05-01
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4 Q1incy attorney has bern retained
in csse which promises 10 prove . de-
cidedly interesting one, developing alike
the cupidi'y 81 fortune hunters snd she
conhd.us placed In TIE so-called mat
rmonisl advertisements in the ncssps-
pers. In this instance, however. b
I Cts in the case show unusual hardship
on the part u tie lady interested and
studied deception hy the gvnilem.n coz
cerned. The details. IS rclsi.d by The
attorney, are abon. a. follows: A
beautiful young girl, nc more Than -
years of age, with q wealth Il golden
hair and eyes OF the deepes; blue. well
educated, refined in conversation. mod
est in d~eincanor. tasteful in drvsx, and
apparently possessing All Of b qualih-
c1tions Of u perfect lady, called NJ bis
Office a few days ago and laid her case
before him, in the presence of \ third
person, = lady whom she said was her
companion from the East. The fair ch-
ent gave her name as Maud de Ia Care.
and said that her home was In Boston.
With tears in her eyes she declared that
she had btea basely deceived by some
one in Olincy-one In whom she had
placed every confidence and 10 whom
she had given her whole heart, bat
whom she had never seen and was nov
anxious 10 get sight Of. The story of
her wrongs began when her eyes frs;
fell upon the following advertisement in
NJ Eastern paper:
DERsoN Ala bachelor Of q. doing b1si-
j Tess Tn a Western city. and visiting the
last twice a YEAR, wishes 10 correspond With
= lady of - "a -. With n yies To- mstutnony.
Money Il not important The lady must be
good looking. intelligent and Of good family
saii,iact"ry reference given AZ PTuper time,
Address CT D.. NUTToN,
fremont House. Quincy, III.
Miss de La Care ~thereupon told her law
yer that she had some time since noticed
the personal in the newspapers. Be.
coming satisti, q that it was genuine she
responded 10 il, and a lovers intimacy
by correspondence was the result. She
had put implicit confidence in the name
aud in the intentions of the advertiser.
He had written her with a warmth that
she thought could only be born of genu-
inc affection, and in the innocence Of
her heart she had given him the full as
surance Of youthful love. Believing that
he was anxious 20 marry her, Miss dc
La Care left Boston and came 10 Qlin-
cy. A perfect stranger in The place,
she knew not where 10 90, but with her
lady trayeling-companion sought a pri-
vate clearinghouse until she could
properly meet her intended husband.
The day following her arrival in QIin-
cy she addressed u note To Mr.. Wotton,
at the fremont House, but received no
reply. The subsequent day she sent
him another note, telling him Of her
whereabouts and requesting an inter
view rs speedily rs possible, a she was
"dying 10 see her lover" To her
chagrin and modification this note also
remained unanswered, and the idea that
she had been deceived for the first time
entered her mind. She then again
wrote To Mr.. Wo:ton demanding AS a
right an interview, and declaring in
plain terms that she had not come all Of
the way from Boston for nothing. and
that she would see him il il took all
summer to accomplish the object. She
suggested if he did not wish her to call
at the hotel, 10 appear NJ a designated
place and hour, carrying a lavender kid
glove in his hand, and she would there
by recognize him and at once make
herself known. Miss de La Care ut the
same time pointed out to her lover the
injustice that would be done If he failed
To keep this engagement, saying that
she had been Of great expense in com
ing from Boston, and being an orphan,
had no mean Of getting back East with
out assistance; aad If after the meeting
she vas found To be entirely unsuited
as a wife for him, she would gladly for
get the past upon his paying $500 to re-
imburse her for the expense she had in
Cured. But it seems that neither en-
treaties nor threats would induce her ad-
veriser TO meet Miss de La Care, and
consequently she wished TO 50 cure the
services Of q lawyer to obtain such re-
dress as the law would give her.
The attorney told the young lady that
he knew Of no person by that name in
Quincy, and it would be difficult and
expensive To prosecute a suit for dam
ages under The circumstances; but he
promised al least 10 investigate the mat
ter thoroughly, and to ascertain the
identity of the Individual who put the
advertisement in the Boston paper. He
describes the grief of the unfortunate
girl as pitiful in the extreme. The lady
who came from Boston with her-a
young widow by the name of Revere,
whose husband was a Lieutenant in the
Army and was killed in one of the In
dian campaigns of the past ~year-gives
Maud the highest recommendation, as
serting that she is q descendant Of one
of the first New England families, that
she is a graduate Of Vassar College, and
that she was orphaned a few years ago,
while her fortune was sunk in the panic
which carried down so many establish
ments in 1873. Mrs. Revere is, if pos
sible, the more indignant of the two,
and pronounces herself ready to furnish
Maud means from her own purse TO
pro ;ecute the miscreant who has 70
harshly treated her friead. The widows
black ewes snapped fire Is she d~elt up
the deception that had been prsc-
ticed. and, as the attorney believes, it
will not be well for the lover TO meet
Ng-s Rov.ro withou. no ia nrenared for