The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-08
Eoblemen and American Girls.

A man calling himself Count Gustave
Rink appeared in Montreal some time
since, took rooms in fashionable hotel
and was soon welcomed in the best So
ciety. He became engaged to beauti-
full young girl, the daughter of an infiu-
entail citizen, who, it is said, was daz-
zled by his description of his estates,
palaces, and the brilliant position he
would give her in Paris.
Count Gustave, however, was de-
tected in stealing a watch, week be-
fore the time set for the marriage, and
turned out to be O. professional thief
well known to the police of New York.
This young lady was fortunate in being
rescued before marriage.
Hardly a year passes that does not
record the ruin of some wealthy Arneri-
can girl in our cities, who is tricked in
to marrying some sharp adyenturer
that has personated a foreign nobleman.
In well-known case in Philadelphia
few years ago, the 'scount' was the
good-looking son of mulatto barber,
who gained some money by gambling,
which he spent in money and jewelry.-
He took rooms at the most expensive
hotel in the name of member of the
French embassy. He was received and
caressed by fashionable society, and
finally married the daughter of a bank
er, within ha1f-a-tiozen squares of the
alley where his father piled his trade,
and his mother kept a laundry.
The welded pair started for Europe,
but in New York he forged a check for
sixty thousand dollars on his father-in-
law, was arrested, tried, and is now
serving out his term in the penitentiary.
American girls, in time, will learn
caution and self-respect from such les
sons. They ought to know that the pre-
judice OF caste is SO strong In Europe,
that no nobleman viii come to this
country TO look for a wife among the
daughters of our tradesmen, lawyers,
and doctors, unless he wants her dover
to build up his shattered fortunes. The
ssoount,n even if real, who proposes
marriage, is almost inevitably mercen-
airy and vulgar, even though. the blood
of the How ards runs in his veins.
Do not hold yourselves cheaply, girls.
Marry no man, foreigner or native,
whose antecedents are not known, not
only to you but to your father. You
viii lose nothing by precaution. IL
your sutton is a true, honorable man, he
viii be glad to show his life, and he viii
value his wife all the more because she
did not stand ready to drop into his
arms.
&c Had Terrible Time.
A gentleman, possessing rather
rough appearance, q native of Kansas
City, and who receives bis letters and
bills addressed through the mail TO one
William King, strolled into the Union
depot last evening just drunk enough 10
look tired and sleepy. He threw him
self upon one of the wooden benches IN
the genflemen's waiting-room and was
soon asleep and snoring. In few min
utes passengers IN the waiting-room at
the time were startled by the eapers ne
began to cut He was evidently Q chronic
sonnnambulist and imagined in his sleep
that he was driving a street-ear and en-
deavoring TO manage very wild team
of horses. He stood up or the bench
and yelled: ..Whoai whoaF as he leaned
forward and held out his hands. rs
though he were attempting to obtain
tighter grip ON the imaginary Lines ne
was holding. AS soon as he was salts
fed that be had stopped the~ horses. be
Bumped fiam !. the bench exclaining.