Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-07-30

her as soon as dbe had broken loose from
the only real tie which bound her to life
and affection for her child. Size Was hand-
some, affectionate and con6dins. Poor
dear, she was so faithful to AnSlesey ana
believed in him SO entirely! You know he
lived on the Avenue Kleber, nccupyiug Sc
parate apartments III ine sam mouse.
Three days before ier d.. u ., . SAID,
speaking vi her ill.sb...u: !: j was al
ways kind to me-, tut we lad nothing III
common. We were not made to live hap
ply together. He was much too religious
tor me, and was not satisfied unless went
to church all day Sunday; but he was
good, kind man. | ought never to have
LETT nlm. My fate should be warning to
American women who come abroad WITH
out their legitimate protectors. But sne
rarely gave way TO these remOlSe I'll feel
ing, for she loved An 5lesey ~ dis rtctl0n.
sshtT last meeting with hlul WaS on Sun
day. June 20. He told her he had to go to
l. 1lldon Oh business. She sJId IT, lllm,
with "a sort of ms inctlve feeling. You
will be true to me, Henry, and come back
as au.cniy as you Can = He replied that
ne loved II r as much as ever. and ialted
with her with every demonstration OF al
fiction, alth ugh ht knew tilat ne lad
written er u letter, dated tue 18TH, the
day befOrr, in which lie Dade her farewell!
forever, and gave her to understood THAT
all was at an end bet zen tn, In This let
ter was handed to her next day by Mi.
stone, Lord Anglesey's seci etary, and 1t
drove her almost to madness. 1t was then
that brought her to my house, Tor size
had 10 friends here, and in the letter to
which | have just referred Lord Anglesey
oh no lpaU
her apartments and write no more than
| one letter to him. To this she wrote a re-
ply of most touching character, in which
she appealed to the marquis manhood.
Remember, she says, all l have lost fol-
you. Can you expect that God will pros.
per you or yours when you are capable OF
such a dreadful wrong = In another pas
sage she says. Can IL be possible that you
bave no conscience or feeling, or that you
noblenlan, are willing to turn me Oul
penniless into the world after all your
promises, to say nothing of your pretended
| affection up to the week before your mar
riage p"
1 was next shown number of letters
| from Lord Anglesey, authenticated by his
family court of arms. They were al
couched in the most endearlng terms, com
meneing with '.My lovely Ann@,' ''My
dearest,' and closing with extrayaganl
assurances of undyirg love, esteem sanG
fidelity. Seven Of these letters. Lady AL.
bert Clinton said, and Mrs. WetmOret
lawyer assured me, contain explicit ani
unequivOcal promises of marriage and coy
er period of nearly three years. Wher
| it was announced that the Marquis haG
married Mrs Wodehouse, Mrs. Wetmorel
urged that suit for breach Of promise
should be instituted. A correspondence t.
| that effect was commenced with the Mar
| quis' lawyers, who replied that their Glen
| repudiated the allegation as to the prom
| Use, and that it would be useless to try ah(
make case, as there was no law punish
| ing breach OF promise in France, and thai
an offence committed there could not bt
| tried in England. Unhapplily this PROVED
| to be the case.
| The deceased took no interest In all this
the idea OF death engrossing her mind from
| the moment she heard of LOld AngleSey'
marriage. Every effort made to calm hel
was vain, and she paced up and down hel
room the image Of despair. This LASTED
until Wednesday morning when, on enter
| ing her apartment, Lady Albert Clinton
found her in the last agony, with eye
glazing, hands clinched and face so distor
ted that she was hardly recognizable. Thu
servants were Immediately sent for medl
cal aid, but it. was ten o. CLOCK before doc
tor could be found. Every effort was theI
made to save the poor sufferer, but in vain
she writhed in dreadful torture until abou
| three, when she breathed her last. Whel
the Marquis heard of the melancholy even
he sent word through his lawyers that ht
| would contribute ESQ toward the expense.
| of the funeral. The burial lot alone at St
| German cost 940. The deceased was {
| lady Of refined and pleasing manners. Sht
was Of medium height, with dark eyes ant
hair. Her features had something of TIT
| Jewish cast. She was graceful and attrac
tive, with especially pretty hands and fest
and her figure was fanltless. She Was kino
apd amiable to an extreme, and of a swee
and forbearing disposition. her only faul.
being, as Lady Albert Clinton said, thai
she loved not wisely but too well.
The funeral services took place till,
morning at the Protestant Epscopa
Church in the Rue Bayard. DR.. Morgal
oficiated. The attendance was very small,
there being only about dozen persons
chiefly ladies', present. Among them were
Lady Albert Clinton and Messvs. Edwards
May, Henry Bacon and Hunter, Of New
York. The service was impreSSively read
by DR.. Bacon, and the choir cnanted tbs
anthems with unusually solemn effect
The few persons present, all OF whom knew
the deceased. we're moved to tears. The
coffin WAS then placed III the hearse anC
driven away to the st. Lazare Railway sta
ton, followed by Lady Albert Clinton ana
another lady. True to the last. they ac-
companied the remains TO st. Germain-en
Laye, where they were inferred in thu
Strangers Cemetery. The expenses Of the
funeral were mostly borne by Lady Albert
Clinton.