The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-30
SEAMAN'S SORROW.
Caused by Loving Not Wisely
But too Well. and Thereby
Getting Left.
Adam Gebhart Seduces a
Handsome Young Lady
of Clinton,
And Then Skips---He is Brought
to Taw by Sheriff Hopkins
This Morning.

Adam Gebhart was 4 jov,al Young man.
But he amt so jolly to-day. He has de
monstrated the truth that the way oil The
transg-e>sor Is hard.
There lives in the little city at Clinton
| a handsome Young lady who Wa, conSi,l, r
ed one III the fairest bellies OF the society
i'm which she moved. The Young men en-
loved her society. and among the ladies sil:.
was iavorite.
Poets have written and bards have sung
oi the divine, elevaiing and sublime love
III woman ior man. no matter how MANY
or how bad his faults may he. And they
have ONLY pictured the bright side History
+ tells of the dark hours of sorrow and bitter
anguish that have been wrought bv man I,
periidy Women have trusted ard women
+ will trust the more, notwithstanding the
many sad warnings that are daily given
them through the papers. And Miss Sea-
/ man WAS no exception. She laid her all +;
her name. her fortune. and above all ana
the mos; priceless, her woman's honor. at
t;ebhart'S feet.
I Trusting i'm his promises, she Yielded tn
; his laciyious care>>e>, and for a time all
went smoothly. the parties. the while. ell
loving their unhallOwed love in iancie,I
security. To all outsiders they appeared
only rs Il pair III afitctionate lovers, and
even the most intimate III the yonng lady :
friends had never IN inkling oi the true re-
/ laiions III the two To them she appeared
a virtuous girl. but i'm the ewes nj Heaven
and their own consciences the couple knew
/ that their love WAS not sanctioned by
society. and that the lady held the privi-
leges withOu, the name OF Il wife.
J Like Mother Eve, she had fallen, but her
f, Adam was not like his historic namesakc
He did not take this modern Eve To I've hi,
wife. lie revealed in the fruits that his
own false promises brought him. lie had
been afforded III example OF her love for
him. But he cared not for that priceless
Jewel, a woman's heart lie stated his lus,
and then began To think OF casting her of.
She informed him III the condition She
suspected herself to be in and implore'i
him To- give her the sacred nam,
III wife. before the fruits oi their
lasciyiOuS love should be known To tn,
world and little Gebhart be making
mud pies in the streets, who had not the
honor al knowing its paternal ancestor.
He promised. but AT the same time wa:
considering how he could best elude hi.
vow.
About two months since he thought IA,
would enligrate To cline that would bs
a little more congenial to his constitution
Accordingly he slOped. lie disappeared
vamoosed, decamped. and the places which
knew him once knew him again M more
When the yOnng woman found herssl
BETRAYED, deserted, and in al
interesting condition, her anguisl
and bitter sorrow knew II,
bounds. True she did not move in the
upper crus, realms, but still she felt tn.
same keen anguish As though an heiress
To her the SCOTS and jeers and the taunt
ing remarks would be jus, a. bitter rs t.
anyone else. In her sorrow she revealed
the secret to few friends, who notified
Sheriff Hopkins, and he has since been Of
the lookout for his man. This morning
he and his posse arrived from Jefferson
City. whittier they had gone with pris
oners yesterday. They intended to spent
the day in the city and then take the even
ing train for home. They were strollin.
along the street when they ran PLUMP
against Gebhart. lie was ut once arrested
and the morning train being delayed the!
took him on down.
Gebhart said he would DO what was RICH,
and would marry the girl upon his ar
rival at Clinton. The BAZOO hopes tba
. by this time he has done justice to TIT
girl he has so foully wronsed.