Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-22

70 to the theater with men to whom
she had been introduced. Whenever
she went out it was in close carriage
She would not return before midnight
During the day she was devoted to hel
husband, and laVished caresses upon
him with a stimulation Of affection that
on the stage would have been pro.
nounced fine art. The genial, good
natured doctor would see one night q
costly Jewel flashing at her throat;
another night a new feather moving
in her hat. The unfaithful wife, bid
ding him goodbye with the %carless
levity of Lady Teazel, would trip down
stairs, with her silks rustling, and
enter the close carriage. She was liv.
ing then at the Bristol, in Fifth ave-
nue..
At length
DIR. NEUTHER COULD BEAR 1T NO
LONGER.
To engage his mind he went to
Leadville to establish a hospital.
When under his direction it was COM
pleted he was the first patient within
its walls, and the first to die there.
When the doctors wife heard of his
death she put on deep mourning and
simulated grief, as we'll as she had
affection. Three months later a gen.
tleman who once knew her came upon
her suddenly on Broadway. She was
dressed in purple plush, and wore a
Gainesboro bat with white feathers.
why, | thought you were in mourn
ing" said the gentleman.
so | was; but am not now. I'm
married"
Impossible To whom?"
"To Ross Raymond"
"You were only a widow three
months. In a hurry, weren't your"
The little woman threw her head
back and laughed at this query. There
was something rather funny in the
idea, when you came to look at it, she
apparently thought.
swell, l couldn't help it, that's all.
l thought so much Of him that l
couldn't help it. He is the only man
that l ever had any true affection for"
But" said the other, "Mr. Ray
mond already has a wife,"
II can't help that either. Sorry for
her, of course, but | can't live without
him. l wash dishes for him and am
happy in doingit."
Meanwhile the real Mrs. Raymond
was in Brooklyn without means of
support. Her husband went occa-
sionally to see her, but as the story
goes he gave her no money. 1t is
positively known that she took an
article to one of the leading daily
papers in this city and pressed the
editor to accept it. Otherwise, she
said, she would not have anything to
eat. Before abandoning her alto
.gether, it may here be said, that he
had the house furniture sold at auction
and put the money in his own pocket.
TO RETURN TO RAYMoND's CAREER
as a journalist. When his connection
with the Herald was broken, he d.
rected his attention to out-of-town
correspondence. His card bore the
names Of the London Times, the
Washington Star, the Philadelphia
Times, the Washington Post, the At
lanta Constitution, the Savannah
News, the San Francisco A~rgonaut.
and the Baltimore Sun. He furnished
more or less letters of correspondence
to all these, except the London Times,
for which he never wrote a line. By
this means his name became well
known in many parts of the country,
and he became so prosperous that he
employed a stenographer at times, and
had his wife (Mrs. N.Y. also act as an
amanuensis, But some of his work
was decidedly unprofessional. He
wrote a glowing account of a gun
smiths shop, aud received a fine fowl
ing piece worth about 800. This
gun, which he sold to a bartender at
the Astor House, is to be ratified of
by the owner.
While Madam Neuth was fond of
her lover, she must have money, and
it is thought that it was this pressure
that induced him to start out on his
reckless course. He began by Dor
rowing S28 from the manager of the
New York bureau of the Philadelphia
Times. He drew up a sight draft for
the amount on the Atlanta Constitu-
ton, a paper he then had no connec-
ton with. Various sums were OBJ.
tanned in the same way from others of
his acquaintance. As sight drafts
make a quick circuit,
FLIGHT SOON BECAME NECESSARY.
The day before going, he went into
a John street jewelers. place, which
he had written up after the manner Of
the gunshop. The shopkeeper was
pleasant, and when a long notice was
shown him in print he was delighted.
Agreeable conversation followed, At
an opportune moment Raymond saun-
tered back to a counter where a clerk
was arranging some trays sparkling
with diamonds. 1.-THE proprietor"
he said, leaning over the counter, SIS
very much pleased with an article |
have just shown him. He told me
just now to pick out a diamond pin at
a value not exceeding 500. 1t is all
right, my friend"
When the clerk told the proprietor
that the gentleman had selected a pin.
according to his order, he nearly
choked with astonishment and indiC.
nation. The following morning the
correspondent-now developed into a
swindler-left New York, accompap-
led by Madame n, married to him no
doubt, but nevertheless Madame N.
Money was obtained at Philadelphia.
Washington, Cincinnati, Chicago and
other cities-how much, nobody here
knows. That he escaped until he tell
into the hands of Colonel Rivors me-