The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-08-11
NIAssRIEn ZOE MONEY.
A Young Lady Of Richmond, Vfr-
ginIa, Cruelty Imposed Upon
by a RasealIy Old Rogue.
TOlEtetter Her Fortune she HarF-
cd Her Every PrOspecttn Life
A sad Story.

We have already printed some &C
count Of the matrimonial mifortunos
Of a young lady In Richmond, Vir-
ginia. The story may be briefly re-
peated. The girl, said to be estima-
ble and respectable, saw in "The
Cburohman" an advertisement for
governess. She applied by letter for
the position, when the scampish ad-
vertiser appeared in person at Rich
mond, and was so pleased with the
young woman that he nIarried her
Immediately, previously settling
$4,000 upon her The bridegroom
has turned out to be q forger and
miscellaneous swindler The bridal
tour has been suddenly interrupted.
The gentlemsnly groom has fed to
Canada. The bride has returned to
her old home in Richmond. This is
the whole story. Is it tragedy or
comedy? Something, perhaps, Of
both. At any rate il is a warning,
and as such we trust that all young
as well as middle aged women in
danger Of extemporaneous betrothals
will consider it. 1t seems almost
inexplicable that any woman not an
idiot should run the lrightful risk Of
marrying a man Of whom she could
know accurately nothing, and with
whom it was impossible for her to
be sufficiently well acquainted to
warrant such a venture. Yet it is
thing which happens constantly, and |
lamentable it is to consider its FIRE. |
quency. Certainly in so important
and final a matter as thatofmarriage, |
even though love should be out of
the question, as usually in the nR-
ture OF things 1t must be when the
parties have known each other only |
few days, a reasonable degree ofl
prudence would point to cautious
delay. Yet this Richmond bride, at |
the shortest notice, accepted all the
statements of a seoundrel regarding |
himself, his anteeedents and his for |
tune, aud now inds herself iamenta- |
bly, betrayed and deserted. Expect |
ing to be rich she is poorer than |
ever Her settlement OF $4,000 |
Is mere waste paper Her husband |
will be sent to some State prison for |
considerable term OF years, If the
law is lucky enough to catch him
II this is not ruin, it is something
very much like it, for such q mar.
riage hardly saves social position, |
while, Of course, 1t preciudes, on the |
side of its victim, almost all hope Of
another and more fortunate union.
We do not like to speak harshly ofl
one who has been so cruelty misused |
but what shall We say of her "family
and friends" who are said to have
sanctioned by their approval this i'll |
omened marriage Really, they have
no occasion To congratulate them
selves upon the sagaejly which they
have exhibited, any more than the
bride herself. Where was their wis
dom, their sound judgment and their
sense Of deceney, when they permit
ed kinswoman to join herself to an
entire strangerY Did they never
hear Of adventurers Had they never
read in the newspapers of forged
letters ofintroduction ? II the wom-
On oon0erned, the bride and her poor
mother, knew nothing Of the wick
edness of this world, were the male
kinsfolk just as ignorantly verdant ?
Mr.. Thomas Marvin, the felonious
adventuTer, with his clumsy forge
rles, with bis vulgar swindling ex-
pedients and cheap criminal methods,
ought to have been able to deceive
nobody in this intelligent city, and
yet he was sharp enough to take in
the widow and her daughter, and all
the daughters uncles and aunts, and
/ finally the officers of the First Ma
tional bank Of Richmond No won
der the rogues multiply when dupes
are made with such facility, An
swering advertisements is a very
natural thing, yet it requires caution,
especially when the advertisements
are Of a particular class. Women,
especially, cannot be too much on
the alert, for the FIRST expedient Of a
knsve with designs upon them is to
advertise. So he plays upon their
poverty, their credulity, their honest
desire for employment He thus
manages TO make their acquaintance,
and then proceeds to further iniqui
ties. A great deal OF bigamy, a
crime becoming altogether too com
mon, is forwarded in this way, TO
say nothing OF other scoundielism,
the perpetrators OF which richly
deserve hanging il anybody does.
There Is 80 social sensation;" there
are paragraphs in the newspapers
it is not for want Of exposure that
these knayeries are repeated; yet
scandalously frequent they continue
to be They will be less so, if wom-
en- will be little more cautious, and
win remember that there may be
worse things than a life of single
difficulties and unassisted struggles.