The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-11-18


Marcus Marcellus Mandeville-gay and
festive youth, on the Sir Francis LeEison
style.
MINOR CHARACTERS.
Parents Of Arabella.
Defaulting bank cashier.
Bonanza King and daughter.
Young married couple, mutual friends
Of Eugene and Arabella.
Minister, Lawyer, etc, etc.
SCENE.
First in New England, later in Colorado,
then in Ohio, and lastly in New York City.
PART FIRST.
Edward Eugene, the handsome and
wealthy, in love with Arabella Evangeline,
the beautiful and accomplished.
Balls, parties, theatres, operas, calls,
pionios, yachting, watering places and
summer resorts. ''LoYe's young dream. -
Gush. (Gst it out Of a poetieal diction-
ary).
Engagement of the lovers. 'There's
many a Slip" etc., etc. (By the way,
''etc." is quite comprehensive word for
3 noVel-Writer)
Edward Eugene, who in the full tide
and flush Of his prosperity, has failed to
prepare himself to meet the stern realities
of life and "battle against the current, "
(good phrase, but rather feeble from age.
is suddenly made penniless by a series of
misfOrtunes, fires, unstable insurance
companies, defaulting bank cashiers and
other catastrOphes.
(The greater the trials, the more noble
the hero, and the more it fills up).
Edward Eugene mesndsFs toward the
Occident to retrieve his fortune.
Pathetic parting scene. RetrOspectiOn.
Tears from the depth Of some divine
despair" etc. More gush, (more die
tOnlTy).
Correspondence between the two. (This
will fill up and can be taken from ''ready
letter-writer; :" probably the one so extens-
lively advertised along with the. .corset and
other military paraphrernalia Of w. s. Fl.
in the political cartoons, gwil contain
something on the subiect yet since
think about It, love, unlike the tariff, is
not merely a 'local question" So per
haps one with a different pedigree would
be bettsr).
''But we digress.n (Another new and
entirely original phrase, to be worked into
the story occasionally Heart-rending
and almost incredible hsrdships of Ed
ward during two or three years. His
only solaee the letters from his beloved
EVangeline.
He is one day working in a mine, when
the daughter Of the proprietor and her
lover, out Of curiosity, come to inspect
the mine. On their way down the shaft q
rope breaks and pFecipitates them to the
bottom. (DOn't know but what that's
rather ''thin," but as it will be somewhat
exciting along there it may not be noticed,
or may read up or mines before filling
it out and drop them in some other way.
The young lover is killed by the fall,
but the lady is caught and her life saved
bv Eugene. who breaks both arms, but
wins the undying gratitude and esteem Of
the Bonanza king and his daughter. He
is taken 10 the mansion of the rich man,
and when he reCOYers is made superintend-
ent of the mine at an enormous salary.
Intimate friendship between the young
lady and Eugene. Young lady pines for
her lost love, dies, and leaves a large for
tune, which she had in her own right, to
Eugene, who is thus enabled to marry his
beloved Arabella.
Wedding, orange blossoms, tuberoses,
hOrse-shOes, silk, satin aud velvet COS
tunes, presents, silver, gold and diamonds.
From twelve to fifteen adjectives to each
noun. (Get it out of a society newspaper. J
Wedding tour. (Get it out of some
body's travels). Return to Colorado.
Housekeeping. Presents to his wife pal
atiaI residence, as bridal gift.
TogEokf0 hI5eo for O v,nrir,1 of civ rn0nhhns
at the end of this time Eugene is called
from whence ne can have no cOmmunica-
tion with home.
Vaudeville, the villain, appears on the
scene, wields unaccOuntable influence over
Mrs. De LOrme. ''Strange Story
Qrave-Mesmerism. Under his influence
she disposes of the house and elOpes with
him.
Return of the husband. Finds new pro-
prietOr at his house, who shows him the
deed made by his wife. Rage, grief and
unutterable despair of our hero. ''Great
heavens I cannot help but love her still J"
He wanders about from one place to anOth-
er, a brOken-hearted, ambitiOnless man.
In his Wanderings he meets a young
married couple In Ohio, who had been
friends of himself and wife in their better
DAYS; tells them his pitiful story, his love
for his erring wife, which is so great that
eh blames her not, but casts it all on her
seducsr.
In the meantime Vaudeville, after be-
coming possessed of Evangeline's money,
has deserted her, and she has found a ref
uge in the same town. Their friends
bring about a meeting. Reconciliation.
More gush. More happiness for q couple
Of years villain appears again. Mesmer-
ism again. Another elOpement. More
wanderings. After obtaining her money
again, MsndeViIle again deserts his victim,
Retribution. He is one day walking
near the sea shore, where some men. are
blasting with dynamite; he attempts tc
handle some Of it, and owing to his mes
meric qualities, the electricity in his I'M
gers causes it to explode and he is blown
four thousand feet into the air and aligbtE
half mile out at sea The husband, re-
turning from Europe, is shipwrecked; he
is picked up by another vessel, but the
exposure has brought on fever; he ii
left in a hospital in New York. His
wife sees it in the papers and hastens tc
his bedside, watches over him faithfully
and lovingly.
In his delirium he raves about his wife
and her seducer, cursing him, but never
uttering one word of blame against her
which makes her remorse all the greater
Death of the husband. Wife becomes
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