The Red Cloud chief., 1879-11-13
TINE BRIDE.
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WAsuI>.roN ,ht The r~.ai A..
r~;, In England. 1t William Kln-rll
Cooper. r.SIy,. the meulun q the -
cial. a. wsli A. Iz~rlitiral sur,.~s IN a. .
city uf Ito daring. ~uns~ugpgl5u. fur-vT
ani ~rnundrrl Iunns the ~lnicr 4
l~bf there APPEARED ina Washington
handsome dashing Young mAu. wh.
represented him-.if Ia - The ~pu Il IA
English Bobl.man. H. mad a -r,s,
parade "i IN. sn>to~rsipr huca.v. and
asserted that, impcllri by 4 hove 81 All
venture, be- hal come - this ,ruu'r,
aud had done valiant service fog tie
Union hy deeds If darn. Ia the \ass.
Mr.. Nslis. wa< then Secretary Il the
Navy, aud Wa~ thoroughly imposed up-
on Cooper trImpci up a plausible
reason for DESIRING n cl~rkship .u ;hr
Navy Department. and obtained i; SIth-
out any trusiblr. This situation rnail~l
him t" study the Handwriting. "a, we'll a,
the business, IL plVmaS,ers III, .vu-
tl.man was too elegant fur work and
passed his time driving fast horse, and
counting the girl>. p clur>, don't
know how many affairs be hal on hand
at the same time. hu, / know IF ON.
other than that oi Mis- Mu,h-r~h.td.
1lr. D-frrcs's ni-Cr, Mt L4r.gAl.r,
u. ha, been Published. whom
he married. 4 retired arm, Of
hcer had An only daughter. WI,
was a charming musician. NJ. Cooper
devoted himself Ia her. lie hal a ,lyl-
i>h team and he Young lady shared hi,
rides. The couple became engaged.
and when Mr.. Cooper was LAID MP with
smallpox the romantic Young lady wrote
the tendere>t notes Ia him and d,ilN
sent dclicacies made by her own fair
hands. She believed him L. L.. i'm.
mrnsely wealthy. and listened with lr.
light Ia his tlaude-Alrlnptie descriptions
Of the house and estates If Ia. anr,>-
tors in England. The girl Ma rail,
refined, well educated aud If good line
age, but he always impressed her with
the idea Of her infcrloriiv Ia him, and
that II Was great conle~c-n.ion on hi
part Ia notice her. She, like - MANY
American girls, tamcly submitted. aud
did not cvince IN. slightest spunk until
he deserted her and married Nil,
Mothershcad. whom lac supposed in b,
wealthy. His forgcrir> were discovered
several days before hiS marriage. and il
seemed cruel Ia allow the ceremony la
proceed when the detectives were out
side Of Mr.. Dcfrcc,'> house, and
followed him and the bride Ia the train.
passage with them and not
sight IF him for one instant. At
llayre de Grace the arrest wa made.
Cooper begged the detectives not To let
the arrest be made known until he
Philadelphia and placed his
bride in a hotel. To this they agreed.
He returned Ia the poor u~n>u>pccting
girl, sat beside her and entertained her
most a~grccably all IT the evening. The
party proceeded To the Continental Iiu-
tel. Philadelphia. where Cooper engaged
il room, escorted his bride IL il, and
then, with the promise of returning
soon, left her. She never saw him
again. Nainly did she watch and wait
the long hours Of the night. In
morning her uncle, Mr.. DcfrecS. ar
rived and told the dreadful truth la the
frightened, horror-stricken girl. IL
brought her back to hi home. which
'hc had only left the dav before -
and happy. Before leaving this
will add that Mr.. Dcfrcr> quick
y obtained a divorce for his much-lnycd
niece, and Miss Mothershrad returned
% Indiana. In a few wears she again
married. end, | believe, has been 81
happy that, except for the frequent
urning up of the s%coundrcl who : a. cru
lily deceived her. she would have for
gotten this dreadful episode Of her youth.
When Cooper left his bride i'm her
'hamber al the Continental the detect
YES were waiting Ia conduct him Ia
Prison. His trial and conviction soon
"llowed. Ii became known that he
vas the son Of humble parents i'm Della
ware. His mother wa a widow. and
that hc wa always bad and un-
'rincipled, and used la invent false
I" suit his every purpose. Sh"
known nothing If him durin" or
ftcr the war. Cooper received the mild
entencc of five years in Moyamcnsing
rlson. He served out his term. and
aS led the life Of a forgcr ever since.
Ie deceived men with the same facility
hat he did woman.
The Generals daughter. whom Cooper
lied, Of course, felt much chagrinrd
g she heard that Cooper had married
mother, hut the news of his disgrace So
followed that she felt thankful
n her escape from worse humiliation.
quickly dispatched her father To the
.avy Department to beg the Secretary /
give him an order for the delivery Of I
er letters and souvenirs which might
E found among Cooper's papers, which ,
course had been seized. was pres
II when the General came in with the ,
ackagc. The young lady sprang from |
lie sofa tO receive them, when the a
other cried out: Don't touch them. i
Iey may be infected with smallpox, c
eneral, take them Ia the kitchen and r
1t them i'm the range" hut the daugh- =
r would inspect the bundle first. Every v
was folded and bricfed like y
business document. Each letter
rs numbered and his comments
'on the contents of the letters
ere recorded on the backs. One
al: "Dear little -, how she loves !,
Some of the reflections were :
It : complimentary and the young !
iy finally yielded Ia her mothers com ;:
and that the General should con>ign u
e package To the fire, nor was she sat =
for several days hat the entire u
.ily might not be infected with small =,
by the handling of the tender mis- -
-es which had been sent daily to be- 7
lie the tedium Of the invalid's sick .
pm. ~
was As successful in California =
d England As he was i'm Washington. ~
seems strange that no one ever recog- -
him AS the ex-convict. He had y.
d many ~disgraceful transactions when =,
was with the fleet on the Mississippi -
ring the var and vet he came direct ~
IN them Ia Washington where he was :,
daily danger of being confronted with ;,
, officers whom he had defrauded. ~
San Francisco he was always ex- =
sed to recognition, for he does not -
pear to have adopted aliases. and in -
gland he has been equally bold =
'enreizer, in Dickens's mo Thor
yhfare," says the world Is - small ;,
1 narrow that We are always running -,
-oSS tho Same paopla bu. tbiz ka- nj "