The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-28
A SAD STORY.
How a Disappointed LeYe Turned an
Angel into an Aycnging
Nemesis.
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trains at the depot, not dreamed OF IN
thy philosophy, Horatio." All phases
Of human life are presented there,
with Kaleidoscope variety, by the
people who come and go day after
day. Youth and old age mingle to-
gether equally expectant and hopeful;
and the strong and brave, rejoicing IN
health and exultant in their strength,
come and go side by side with the
weak and sickly. Wealth sits down
by the side of poverty, and content
ment shakes hands with despair. No
where, perhaps, are the antiPodes of
society brought into more constant or
more striking contrast than upon the
average railroad train. This fact was
plainly though painfully demonstrated
to a Democrat representative no longer
ago than last night. The south bound
train had just come in, and during a
brief delay necessary for the shifting
Of mails he learned the sad particulars
of how gentle, tender, loving woman
was transformed by a mans perGdy
into an avenging Nemesis. In one
corner Of the palace coach sat a woman,
young and beautiful, but with settled
look Of despair upon her face and a
cold, bard, cruel glitter in her eyes
She was richly and tastefulIy attired,
and about her was that understandable
atmosphere which breathod of superior
education and refined, cultivated hab-
It's and tastes. As was easy to he seen,
she had a history. \ gentleman who
sat in another part of the car, an ac-
quaintance of the reporters, the sheriff
Of a Texas county, related briefly her
story.
As had been surmised, the lady had
been brought up under the hest infu-
enccs that great wealth and high so
cial standing could command. She
had been blessed with every educa-
tional advantage, having graduated
at Nasaar and spent some time in
travel through European countries
While in the Netherlands her heart
and the promise of her hand were won
by handsome titled scapegrace. Thi,
was two years ago. When she re
turned to this country her lover fol
lowed after in the course of a few
months. But meanwhile the girl.
father had died, and his vast fortune
had been swallowed up in wildcat
specuIations, so that the foreigner
found his promised bride penni ess
Like most Of his kind, he broke off the
engagement and set about seeking ;
more desirable alliance elsewhere. H,
found it in the person of young lady
Lying in the same Texas town as tn,
girl whom he came to marry. II,
pressed his suit and the two were mar
ried and Immediately set out fo
Europe. The rejected girl founC
means to follow them slowly bu
surely. After months of patient anC
persistent effort She came upon then
in remote German town. The frs
intimation the scoundrel had of he
was the sharp, sudden crack of pis
tol that sent Il ball pililessly through
his false aud craven heart.
OF course she was arrested, an,
then followed weeks of trial and tor
ture. Finally She was declared insan
aud the authorities placed her in
mad-house. Meanwhile a wealth
relative, moved by u mothers tears
followed her, and, finding her, secure,
her release, aud now she was on he
way back to her far away, desolat
Texas home Her relative was aboar
the train asleep, and the officer wa
watching that she did not do hersel
almost superfuous, needles
precaution, for she was chained TO til
seat upon which she sat. Underneat
the silken robes could be seen now an
then the cold, metallic glitter Of til
handouts upon her wrists and links c
the small but strong chain which hel
her
These were briefly the facts of he
pitiful story as hurnedIy told to tn
reporter, during the short while tina
the train remained standing at the Dc
pot. He stepped off on to the plat
form as the conductors lantern swun
the signal to start, and the train pulle
) of into the darkness, bearing with
the wreck OF one human lite sllroude
, in the gloom Of night more epdurin
[ than that without, and in which thei
! are no stars
Said the auctioneer: "Come, nov
ladies and gentlemen, these goods al
> for sale VIII somebody give me
: bid2 Anything, ladies and gentlemet
All l want is an offer" ''Alas!" mu
INJURED an elderly woman in the crow
: that's what I've been signing for d
my life Boston Transcript.
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. OF little fishes in the water mains
n They can't expect the water-wor