, 1879-04-12
A BROOKLYN SKELETON.

The Eccrot of>an 1ristocrnitn Household
Enoch Artlen M it Tramp.
In euit.not long ago before the Supreme
Court OF Brooklyn, facts wcre brought 10 view
about s0lns persons named In 1t OF a most
strange kind. Closc OH thirty years ngo a
comcly young laly Of this city wns welded to a
well.io-do yuung inN'l, whose business was IN
New York. Illey lived happily together for
gotne years, md had three or fur children. At
leugth the husband .llcu, having first nude u
will, by which he bcqueatlcd sumo sG0,0OJ t0
Ills wife, without 1ay[Ng any charge upon her
not to marry again. Mrs. b., rs ste may 10
called, sold out her dead husbands lll,aiilcss,
md Sill male her homo III this city. Stu wus
a very ltulItlsonlu widow, her weeds becoming
hcr we'll. Two or three years went by, and,
though many lovers surght llcr sIae, slsu was
deaf 10 their whispers aud not to bo won by
their promises.
About this ttmo lnshtng young follow mndo
Ills bow In Brooklyn society, among the set to
Which Mrs u. belonged. Ilo was we'll natlc,
had lal.tlsumo face dressctl In style, u,ll
seemed to know almost everybody md every
thing llo and the widow met. 1t waa II tntal
meeting, far she took fancy to tlu stranger,
and hc waa not 10th to ho enslaycd. They tllFt-
Cd nt,l made love to each other for few weeks,
aud then the widow nlarrIed tho nun, Of whom
she knew really nothing, ntld fnatallcd HIN Us
muster Of herself aud home, Thrce weeks OF
delight followed.
.rhrn The honeymoon and the widows dream
Of happiness cndcd together. Tho mnn whom
ahc lad taken to her heart turned CUT drunk
ard aul an ulcr, ul,d scent oyery cent llo could
lay hold Of for rum, llu ras' up bills ut all thu
eroE'slops aronud' r, Snd once nnl aga'n his wife
tnorc. Tho husband stolc hrr watch, her
jewelry, her cao.lita her furniture, md pawncd
soro 70 hIs wife ulr,t Thy ne'ghIors. Al last,
wllcn hu found TINT Ills wife would viyo hiIl no
moru money ntn1 pay no Inorc bills, slu raised
shumtful uproar and struck her,. sho WINS
s:soU, mid lodged $500 moro 10 be pal.l to him
after ho hal lived fur thrce mouths In San
Francisco. ThttLer lis went, nitl drew The
bcatl thcra Tor thu time lla'ned. Tiea hu passed
OUT of s!gAt Tor uIpt,tl,s. hut not flreyrr, Tor
fraln time to tno hls wife In i'rooklyn reyeivca
letters frntn hin. III VARIOUS parts 6f tho United
sums IL SO uil 80. SIlu wrote 10 trustworthy
retsoEs, nnd found that her huHDaMtl WIS dir
ty, drunken, h!deous trump, passtn. from ouu
pfatu to a!lother with horde OF outeisss ol tho
Five years passed thus, md the wifo saw
pothtug Ut tllu husband, though sho had letters
from hini, III already said, good muny ttines.
IN t!'u meantime she mad Joined MI uptown
strong pillars, III thu church was wealthy
widower III large wuy Of pIsncas un o,u Of
tllu chief tliorunGhfaTss III the city, and dwell
lng " eost!y hogne on TIC llitl. a warm
fore loa1 tho records OF "a New york court
showed TINT tic Indy bud got divorce Ut sone
kind iroI. her husband. Tti1 fMlscrs were said
tu bs all rrgulur, ul1l III affidavit stated that
tin plalnttH had mt Accn tho defendant for
| over fur years. ar heard anything Of his
| whereabouts. How tho thug wus liked clnllut
te knownt hut tbs wou,an was tnada free, and
Of. Iiiu couu!o lived togvthcr iu tiue style, mud
| everything was as losely As 4 cnuld ba.
| For tine, It nuy ba fafs to add. Months
mud years rolled BY. Tie new huxbam, Ut
coursc, thought .llu ull husband WIS unt Ut thu
wuy forever. The VILE, pertiaps, hAd her fears
about II. Al length. to her Esrae JOY, sho gut Il
letter from straHgyr, wl'o wrole that Der his-
time, ul,l thu hr lla husies. hin, ut expensu
Of slt0. TAs stranger asked that tho SUN be