The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-23
roo II. ii q a.,
Chance An Mari yiI.s q Stranger
the Efficiesacy ~ EreneTl Paysce.


NotsFary long ago, Young laeiy q
/. daughter of Al II Frss,eh gentleman residin
4 SIil1 LII this city, but HerseH A nleriican born
Z think to the French Capital witt hi
& Mother sister and her sisters husband
4 During their visit they meta Parisio,i Wh
q ffell, or claimed 70 fall perately in los
with the yo,In 8 {, girl sgirl and in due season 81
came en- gagged to her, pressing for an earl
marriage The brother -ii1n-1aw felt
prejudice against the lover At frs, but hay
i ing found his references satisfac tory eoul
take 10 steps towards Iiterrup pting fh
course of triIs love. Ehe trousseau VA
ordered the Euro peal1 tour cIlt short, AM
/ finally the day set for tie expectant brid
and her mother to- return America iii orde
that the girl should be married from he
| fathers house. Then, contrary to al
French etiquette, 81; ::eh is extremely rig:
| oroGs in forbidding a lover to travel Will
+ his betretlied the anna tory Frenchma III,
sisted porl crossing the ocean upon tthe
same steamer that bore his future wife
This ii further aroused the slfsnieio ON of the
brother Law, and to some extent OF the
mother; for she was Influenced by the esIs-
toms Of her nat land, although she had
so long g lived ava from it. ss#
The lady herself, having been reared in
the freer atmosph of the republic, and
doubtless feeling 4 pardonable pride in the
the devotion Of her lover, thought very lit
tie Of the matter. and n llsimately the lover
carried his point ID spite Of the objections
OF the other and the brother ai1l-laW No
sooner had the party Of three called, how
eYer, than the brother-in-l law, who with
his wife had remained in Paris, applied to
the Prefect of the Paris police for the his.
tory Of the man he distrusted. In three
days he was sent for to come to the perfee-
ture, and then handed the dossier of his
sister-ir-l law s impatient swain.
It began with his birth at such a place,
OH sitch a date; gave his real name, which
was quite different from the one he was
passing under; the name of his parents,
the place of their birth and their occupa-
tion; in what towns he had lived. the
streets, numbers and rooms he had oeCl1-l
pied, with the price he had paid for his
lodgings at the different houses; the Jour
neys he had made, the luggage, naming
The number of pieces and every article that
he had each time taken-as for. instance
bat he had gone January 6, 1869, from
Brussels to Ghent rying a sole-leather
rullk, black hat box, a canvass travelling
BAG, aEs, and a brown rug usy iii q shawl strap lin
sact the minutest details of his lniss-spent
life, including the most important points
ofan that, ona certain date, he had been
married toa Belgian woman, BY whom he
1and seVeral children !, stating the dates and
,laces oftheirbirth, and that he was then
wanted by the Bel gian Government on
=rifflinal bat not iditable offense.
The happy brother-ir1-l law, delighted
With thus easily and promptly obtaining
he evidence ne wanted, called to his
;tther-ill- in this city to stop all prepar-
stions for the marriage until his letters were
'eceived and when the lovers arrived in
View York they Were met by the stern par
MT who forbade any commune be-
ween them till he learned the nature Of
he charges against the wou1d-be bride
ssfoon1 IL due time the whole thing came
't.t and the Wretched scamp offered to- be
fought of for 5000, but was finally con-
ented with 500 and took bis departure,
eaVinsgs the unhappy girl he had imposed
lpon thankful fol her escape, and for the
Efficiency of the French poll ~ 5Y.
espondeut Of The Detroit lAYe,es