The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-05-25
STRANGE INFATUATION.
Tho Wife Of q Rich Farmer
Who Prefers the Embraces
Of . Vagabond.
Found in Rlagrauts Delicto, She
Boldly Acknowledges Her
Passion.

too days To- the vicinity OF Pilot Grove,
the facts coming out becsuae of the leaving
Of her husbands house BY the woman vho
10 principally concerned in the scandal
Prior TO this time there have been naughty
stories s6ost concerning her, hut the neigh
bors knew but little more al the terrible
truth in the csse than had been carried a.
heir ears by unsuiheniic rumor.
THE PARTIES coNCEkNED.
John Morton 10 an exceedingly veil to-
DO farmer who reaides shuui I've mile east
Of Pilot Grove. He has been married a.
moat score Of years. having carried "a .
matrimonial prize in the daughter III .
Who was .lao veil 61ed in .
worldly way. His vile was . beautiful
young girl, the belle OF the whole srclion,
Of great grace and remarkably elegant ig
are. Even nov, 1t the age of IS. -he look.
fully ten years younger, and might siiil
Derve -
An ARTisTs MODEL
The fruits Of this marriage have been
i've children, ali of whom are nov living,
The eldest being q boy Of sixteen yesr-.
Jack Morton never had . doubt of hi-
wife's fidelity until proof stronger Oh N no.
y writ was unwilli0sly forced upon him.
The house. waa . home of homes. All
that wealth and boundles love could Law.
ish upon il were freely bestowed BY Lin,
and il Vas - nesr the ideal a affection
could make il. Ii is true that thes~ were
1t times vague rumorp s6oat sn,ong hir
neiGhbors that Mr.. Morton
WAS xArHER CAR,
but they never troubled honest sex ut ell,
and be went On the in even tenor Of his Wsy
believing snd Trusting her.
Working upon the farm Of Mr.. Horn,
adjoining ths, Of Morton, was . young f~I-
low Of twenty Eve whose name 10 ThcWas
Mellotte. Drunken. dis~apated, vreckl~-s
and sorthless. be w.s looked Upon By those
Who knew him ~ one::of the ofiscour,nss Of
humanity. and posres%sed neither the res.
pect nor good will of anyone. But he wss
one OF thOse fellows who seem C. exercise
. sort Of magnetic influence upon inose oil
the Oppcsite eeX over whom he chOse "a
exert his power, and Wa generally spoken
Of a.
A DEVIL AMONG WOMEN.
Mrs. Morton hsr. during the last fev
more especially, made frequent
vi ats 10 the farm of Horn. She Heemed q
enjoy the conversation Of Mellotle, ami
lost no opportunity Of speaking to him
This interchange of small talk soon ri.
pened into closer intimacy aud the twain
we're thereafter frequently observed iakin (
little strolls together. presumably admir'ns
the beauties Of na,nrs. These inIpcent
walks created . good desi of talk and
were reported 70 Norton. He reiu ell I,
doubt
HIS wIfE's VIRTUE
and having received from her Q plausible
excuse and an emphatic denial that there
had been criminal relations between her
eelf and MeIlotte. he rested content.
Some three weeks ago Melloite came to
filled himself with whiskey until
he could neither walk nor etand, and wss
arrested, locked up aud fined before the
recorder the next morning. Upon hi. per
son at the time there vas found So il
bard each, aud il IL nov supposed that he
obtained it from Mn. Morton Tor The pur
poees of . spree.
A little later than the time mentioned .,
that ia which il wss first reported 10 Nor
ton that his vile
WAS UNTRUE 10 HIN,
iulIed suspiciona and he determined to %,
her to the test. Feigning . busine.s Ell
sssement 1t Q distance from home, h
made arrangements for departure and TOLD
Mrs. Morton that he would be gone unit
the night Of the second day after leaving
Then he vent away - II upon his errand
secretly returning little while after nigh
TO his own hosse.
He safely stole sd~ittan6e to the room
he called HE own, praying. PERHAPS, tina
his suspicious would prove - intangible .
"the baseless fabric Of . dream" Dissp
pOintmeot met him at the th-eshhold and
made his heart heat with mingled
GRIEF AND SHANE AND RAGE.
From . guilty sleep upon the breast o
his psram0ur Melotte sprsng up and 6rd
bitterly sronged. Morton's vile, confuset
and overwhelmed By the shameful die
closure Of her degrading psssion, bot artfu
still. fell at bic feet and claaping his knee
prayed for bis forgiveness and the resiors.
ton Of bic love. For . time be sought 4
spurn her plesdisgs, in his great acorn ans
wrath, but the remembrance Of their early
love, her flowing tears and her proie-tation
of her affection were stronger than hi
anger, and . reconciliation was effected be
fore the morning had thrown its first gre,
light upon that eorrowful scene.
POR TINE
thereafter Morton he'd reason 70 believe
that his wife had indeed shaken from her
heart the bonds Of her passion for Melloiie
She made no more visits 70 The Horn farm
and conducted herself at howe - Il truly
repentant for her Gin. He had PRINTED
al his old affection to return. when /,
second blow shattered his trust and tori
from his breast the lest yestigs Of his n
gard for bis vile.
Lost Tue.dsy IN old friend came to hin
and presented indubitable proof that Mrs
Morton and Mellotte were surprised Together
upon the Horn farm, in . situation which
rendered impossible Ill doubt the renewal
Of their Illicit relations. This time Nor
ton determinsd upon . different course
When be had briefly told his vile that be
knew ahe had
AGAIN BEEN GUILTY,
he added that h's house could To more give
her shel11r and that she must 70 elsewhere,
where he cared MT 70 It be at once.
Then was presented . strange picture.
The erriQ4 woman r0ee and declared her
shame and eeensed to glory init. Her love
II the miserable object of her desire scared
above al confederation of home and hus-
bsns. children and psrenta. friends and
plenty. and made her declare that aae
~ould leave all to 60 out into the world
Nth Mellotte and become his mistress. To
her own parents she also made this declar
.tion, wien they hsd come At her hus-
bands call to bear the story of her crime
Ind his intention to cast her ofi.
So she vent home. Seeming TO care
nothing for wat she left behind her, she
,ecame st once absorbed in preparations
or departure - soon % Mellotte could -.
.ure bic own 0eceassriea.
Nm Morton freely says that she had ev-
.rything that
WOMAN COULD WISH
L her husbsuds house. He vas kind; be
,essr refused her anything: b seemed nj.
vays to anticipate her desires rather than
vait for their expression.
Morton will make no effort to prevent
in vife's departure With MellosSe. He
ays hs hss utterly gotten through With
YER and be csrss nothing for what she doss
Y whittier she goss.
II IL must singular story, and he's filled
a