The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-02-15

The Story Of . Pittsburg Girl
and Two Young Men.
One Of the Latter Q st. Lousiap
who Received Help end After
wards Helped to Right
Q Wrong.
PiftsburR Leader.

Pittsburg Leader
During the Christmas season %
1873. the good people residing in tn
neighborhood of the East Liberty
Stock Yards. were shocked by th'
ecandalous stories told Of Wel!-knowl
young society man and an + asst Emo
school girl. The latter. it appears
had allowed the young map-~ho
by the wsy, was the con Of q wealthy
and well-known Pitteburg merchan
to call upon her. and in fact allow
ed berself to 60 with him to various
places ofamusement. The young cir
Was handsome and al of that fas
budding into sweet womanhood, bu
still retaining . childish and innocent
expression upon her countenance
She was tho delight of . happy
household and Q favorile among ths
scores of schoolmates with whom shs
was intimately acquainted. The Of
faire d'arour between the gay and
festive young society man aud the iu
nocent school girl resulted in . man
uer unlocked for BY the Young lady,
parents. At . fatal hour the girl,
% engroeeed was she with the love
that her companion bestowed upon
her, fell u victim to his foul desires.
and one q. eDipg, on returning from q
sleigh ride, sadly entered the mansion
of her father . ruined girl.
Ihe acquaintance between the two
was still kept up the young man
continuing in bis attentions paid the
young lady. and the parents Of the
latter never suspecting the true state
of affairs. 1t was left to Dame Nature
to denounee the guilt of the Young
ravisher. and some time later the
tongues of certain East End gossips
began to wag fast and furious. To
cover O rumor and to cover HE daugh-
ter'e shame With some sort Of fatheriy
protection, the paternal parent of the
girl appeared before M Alderman and
sWore out Q warrant for the young
mans arrest on Q charge Of seduction
and fornix, ct Get.
The young man, frightened BY the
accusation made against him. needed
not the advice of his many friends.
which in brief was for him to marry
the injured girl-see her through her
trouble-and settle down to q quiet
life. All this he in the excitement Of
tn moment refused to do, and hastily
packing . trunk aud securing money to
the extent of 1920, left the city,
taking . Fort WAYNE train and buy
ing . through ticket to Chicago. AZ
to his destination nothing was said,
and not Q soul IN the whole OF smoky
Pittsburg knew of the whereabouts
of this young man.
A few months later the East End
confined to the house of her
parents. overcome with grief and
shame, sick at heart at being 70 cruel.
" deserted BY her lover, discovered
that the looked for crisis was soon to
arrive, and ere many days would psse
she would Be no more a maiden, but
= mother. The child was born-a
beautiful little girl. with the blue ewes
Of it, mother, and with the general
facial features Of its father. The
young mother, sacred to her lover,
and true to her child. would not a.
Low the little one 10 be taken from her.
and the result was the child and moth
Dr. lived in her fathers houee, secluded
from the world-in fact, ostrscised
from society.
About the same time that the East
Liberty young man left for the West,
another Pittsburger-also . young
man-departed for the West. His
mission was unlike that IF the other.
He was of good family, and we'll
known in business and society. He
vent west in the interest of his en-
ployers - . travelling salesman for a
house. No crime was At
bic heels to haunt his conscience, and
10 leave for him an unsavory repu-
tation behind. The CONNIE, cial
drummer along in early spring
brought up At Fort Benton, NJ. T..
found himself-owing to q missent
letter containing IN installment of
funds from Pittsburg-in . strange
own without friends and without
money. More than this. sickness
,vercame him. and late one night,
tired and weak, he sank down upon
the sidewalk unable to 60 any further
,oward . shelter for the night. a
ew moment later . crowd of young
men passed on their way home from a
midnight game of cards. The crowd
,alted, and more ont Of curiosity
han humanity, stopped at the sight
II the fallen stranger and looked into
,is face. One of them recognized him.
old his companions to aid him. and
,alf an hour later the travelling man
sas slowed away in the young Ben.
onians bed in his boarding house
The commercial drummer % opening
IL eyes bebeld that his kind ben.fac- |
or was none other than an old Pitts. |
,urg fliend-the one that had caused |
he ruin Of IN East End young lady. |
The commercial drummer vas told |
he story of his companions crime and |
10 dessrtion of bic love, and was both |
urprised and astoniehed. Following |
be night Of want and exposure. the
RUNNER was attacked with typhoid ,
ever, and for six long weeks lay b.
ween life and death ct the boarding
lace of his friend. The East Lib |
rty young man bestowed Ill the at.
ention of . brother upon bis sick
ompanion, watched over him, paid
IL doctors bills. aud upon his recov-
~ gave him money to leave Fort
,enton. The parting between the
10 was affecting in the extreme. .
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