Sharp County record., 1879-12-11

children all became lhlefesIeu III n'i"'
If was not long before he became
member of the family, and dined at the
family table. He was an Italian noble
man. who had been obliged to teach
dancino for a living, and, even II ne
were not, why should Peggy O'NeaI
turn up her nose at him, when she was
only the daughter of an Irish tavern
Epcnerp Atall events, she didn't. 1t
was not long before Buchagnini PaId a! as
siduous court to her, and the lady rs
tened She was old enough to be his
mother, but that, perhaps, was not 50
bad.
DECEMBER AND MAY
have united before and since, apd the
world has not made much noise about
it. This was only October and May
and vet there was a great ado over IT,
Every body said she ought to have known
better-when they saw how 1t turned
out.
Mrs Eaton and Mr.. Buchignani were
married, and in little while were for
gotten AGAIN. Step by step he got pos
session of her property. He treated her
with the utmost courtesy. The children
who were at first the most incensG9di'
were one by one won back to the oldI
time appreciation of his character and
GOODNESS, He was oily and shrewd.
His wife had some ready cash-S26,O ,OCO
she saws it was. 1t lay in the Gramercy
Park Bank of New York. Mr.. Buchlg-
mani was tired of Washington, tired OF
seeing the curious point at him and
stare at him. and wanted to live in New
York and 90 into business there. Mrs.
Eaton drew ont her $4,000 and gave 1t
) to him. He. invested it in valuable
cioar store and soon lost it. Then he
| began to work for her lots and houses
which, so far, she had managed to keep
? as her own separate estate. She refused
to give it up to him, and he deserted
: her, She wrote to him to come back,
} she could not live without him. He re,
piled that he would not come back ano
l be mistrusted. He did not want hel
t property, but if he was not to be trusted
S with it. he was not fit to hold the re-
S lations of a husband.
G THE VILLAIN CONQUERED.
e He was told to come back and he couIc
/ have all. In less than two years afte1
t first disarming suspicion he had con
e verted it all into money, and one morn
: inc disappeared. Not alone, however
), He had taken with him his wife's grand
}, child-herself wife, and the mother o
: two infant children. The grandmothe
e and her granddaughter's husban'
r were both bereaved, wronged and aban
a doned on the same day, and by one an
the same villain. This was the crueles
Y blow of all. For year the now age
q : lady moved as in a dream. she coul
>, hardly believe that she had been S
- duped and cheated. Her money an
u u property were nearly all gone, her fan
20 20 ily was Idoubiy disglsced, and she ha
" " nothing but revenge to live for.
% Two years later Mr.. Buhignani r.
y European trip with his mistress, an
= Mrs. Eaton was informed of it by the dc
o tectives who. were on the watch. Sh
went to New York and had him arres
e ed and put in prison He begged to b
;. released, begged only to see her. Ther
d was only one condition on which sh
a would consent. He should lie in ia
# until divorce could be obtained, anC
t when he married the girl he had st
|. duced, then she would withdraw tn
e prosecution and let him 90 free. Thi
|. was agreed to and done. The deserte
e husband had obtained divorce lon
before. Somewhat as Ham follow
Steerforth to force him to make an hon
est woman of Little Emily, so did poo
a Mrs. Eaton follow her Italian husban
: to wiring from him justice for her guilt
: grandchild This done,
SHE RETURNED TO A RUINED HOME,
!, And crouched down beside q cherries
! hearth. For many years-a dozen,
think, since the last event recorded
9 Mrs Eaton has lived in the Capital 0
q the Nation almost unknown, where one
, she eXerted such tremendous power
: Even in her scanty wardrobe she alway
3 appeared as though stylishly dressed
!, There was q nameless air about her tha
! set off the things she wore. Her con
yersation was always bright and cheer
ful-rather grandioSe in vein-but cor
: rect. At times she forgot the topic anC
! wandered from it, At other times sh,
would relate rather incredible and almos
impossible events, but in the main he,
statements were corroborative of know
facts or easily supported by them. Sh'
|, was an omnivOrous reader-mostly o.
f works of fiction. Dryer matter tireC
, her or failed to interest her. About the
scandals which arose and eliminated
during JacksOn's time she was extremely
reticent. 1t was only to very few tina
she would talk at all, but with me sht
agreed to be candid and truthful. Pax
toms history of her connection with the
administration of 1928 she always in
dignantly branded as a collection O
ISLANDERS, jackson was a theme she