Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08


the scene on Friday evening of q
occurrence the recital of which caI
not fail to be of deep interest 81
parents and guardians" and whic
also constitutes salutary lesson I
that large class of young men VIII
imagine that every young lady the
choose to approach on the streets c
on the cars is ready to fall an eas
victim to their wiles. One youn
man of this class has Just discOvere
his mistake, and under circum
stances of a most humiliating an
decidedly unromantic character
The story runs as follows, as recite,
to and partly witnessed by Heral'
reporter: estta
IN THE JERSEY CITY DEPOT.
On the afternoon of April 6
Young, handsome and fashionably
dressed lady sat in the Jersey Cit,
depot of the Pennsylvania railroad
Quietly reading a newspaper Will,
waiting for the train to start fo
Newark, where she resides. Will,
she sat intently reading, one of tn,
depot employees approached anC
handed her an envelope, at onct
moving away. The young lady
who is about twenty-five years o
age, was so confused at the strange
proceedings that she scarcely knew
what she was doing. Imagining
that every eye was upon her, she
thrust the envelope into her pocket
and as soon as the train was ready
hurried aboard and reached heI
home, in Elm street, Hacross the
railroad in due time. She told
her father what had occurred and
handed him the envelope. 1t con-
tanned the following note, written
in ink on regular note paper, the
full address being omitted for rea-
sons which will subsequently ap-
pear:
DEPOT, April 5, 188O.-Dear
Hiss ,(s) 1 presume: If agreeable,
will you intimate to me if an ac-
quaintanceship would not offend
| you? Will you honor me with your
address by sending a note to
T. M. j.
care of - South William street,
New York city?s o-1 1l.3
The young lady assured her pa
rents that not only had she not
given any young man the remotest
encouragement to thus approach
her, but she had not even seen who
or what her correspondent was,
whether young or old, homely or
handsome.
OPENING A DECoY CORRESPOND
ENCE.
The young lady's father, who is a
Well-knoWn citizen of Newark, be-
ing at present memberof the board
of education, consulted with his
friends about the case. All were
indignant over the matter. EX-
alderman VIM. E. Pine, an inti-
mate friend of the family, said the
scoundreI who bad thus approached
the young lady ought to be thrashed
within an inch of his life. The
male relative thought the same; Mr..
Henry, the young lady's uncle, felt
especially incensed, and at once laid
a plot to entrap Mr.. CT. NJ. j." and
administer a severe fOgging. The
first step was to catch him. As a
first step Uncle Henry wrote the
following letter; getting his niece to
copy it:
- April 6, 188O.-"T. M. j." How
very bold you are, and yet that very
boldness somehow makes a favOra-
bic impression on me. / did not
even see you when that note was
handed to me. How mad my pa
and ma would be if they knew any,
nI nj q 81 my
address. I dare not give you that,
for then your very boldneSs would
lead to trouble. would be willing
to meet you if l only thought none
of my folks would find it out. What
an adventures! Just what we read
about in books. / am rather afraid
of you, as / have not even yet seen
you. / sometimes take a walk in
the evening in Military Park, in
Newark, where live. If you could
meet me there without anyone
knowing it do not think it would
be very wrong. But | would not
know you even then. Have you
any plan to propose? OF course,
dare not send you my right name,
but any letters sent to Lenora Itch
enor, Newark, N. j., will reach me,
as / have a friend by that name
whom / can trust, and who will be
glad to help me in my adventure.
/ think you will like her if you
ever get acquainted. / am very
anxious to hear from you. Oh! be
very careful, as my pa would be
awful mad if he found it out. Yours
truly"
No name was signed. ''Lenora
Tichenor" is Uncle Henry's wife,
that being her maiden name. The
above letter was forwarded to ''T.
M. J. :" under cover of a well-knoWn
South William street mercantile
house. First it was submitted to
Gen. VIM. Ward, postmaster of
Newark, accompanied by note
from Uncle Henry, his friend, re-
lating the facts.
SWALLOWING THE BAIT.
Within few days after the mail
ing of Uncle Henry's decoy letter,
the following came in reply, show
ing clearly that the gudgeon had
greedily at the fisherman's
bait:
NEW YORK, April s, 1885,
Deer, etc.: From your style of
writing / should judge you to be of
rather a romantic disposition and
of a lively appreciation of
the dangers of adventure. There is
always a joyous thrill of pleasant |
experienced attending
that we do with the |
that it is not altogether
right, but through the satisfaction
of our natural curiosity to see and |
know that which we are by custom |
and discipline debarred from know
ing, we sometimes experience the
greatest pleasure. The stolen apples
are sweetest. That / am, or rather
was, bold in opening our corre-
in the manner in which |
/ did land / hope forming an ac-
to be followed, if |
satisfied with each other,
by permanent friendship l con-
fess, but remember the old saying,
''Nothing risked, nothing gained"
and what keener or more penetrat-
ing pleasure is there to sharpen the
wits of the poor male portion of hu-
than the gracious glances
bestowed upon those who are daring
enough to claim them?
That you attracted my attention
in a marked degree, | must frankly |
confess, and / will also state for
your pleasure alone, and entirely |
devoid of f1attery, that as rule
4 - ,,<,k rroA cpnsffon with Qvcl.xT nrnf-