The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1882-07-29
n STRANGE STORY.
The Unfortunate TnfatuatiOn Which a
Memphis Lady Entertains for "a
WclI-KnOwn Gentleman.
In Spite of aII Repulses and DiscOur-
a2ements She IL willing 10 Die
Loving Him still.

Memphis Appeal
The stranoest fling in tbo world ;s .
woman's infatnat;nn For man IF doos
not neccessar;ly ranr;rn anco,,r,o oa,n a. eYu' ant
II NAV he rebnffad and orn,,ed w;H, hnt
Il crows ON anaen faed;ng ny mon M, ;tself eu'
# is ;mnoss;hie n ACCOUNT for What ;s I,
this subtle maqnetism that makes = IN wo. y
man forgat her dion;t.. and and love tta ,,o,, "u
who never rs,, return har Iovas WV
this ners;stars,,, in . bonelass cansep Il
# sometb;ng within bar tbat iools ha.
vond unfaSorahln surroundings g and /
conviction tf,at II will he all ri@,rf IL some
timep Whatever il Z nav he II is fntile
to speculate upon. Every day we see
women who have remained faithful to
their Ideals, disappointed ones patiently
waiting fer time to correct oil mistakes,
and poor infatuated creatures that hope
against rope. How many sach mistakes
IN TINS world!
AN INFATUATED LADY.
These moral snetulatiops are occasion.
ed bv the contemnlation al a STRANGE case
Of infatuation-and vet noy strange when
we consider woman's heaTt-that devel.
oned Yesterday, Considerable excitement
was accustomed on CarolSna street Fort
pickering Nv the renorS that Mrs Dora
7. Sharp' widow Of the Eate Judoe T r.
Sharn. had fried To coramit snicide hv
noiscnino Investioafinrn showed the re-
mort TO have beer true The cause Of the
attem nt lies in that nara of nat,1re that is
strsngar than fiction Mrs Sbarn has
been The victim of a n,,,st remarkable in
fatMation and from il has resulted suffer
iug to herself and great pain to worthy
gentleman, Captain Robert M. Leecli.
About two years ago she met this gentle
nsEn casually and
FELL VERY MUCH INLovE
with him. He however did NOT recin.
r@cate in fact for sorne fine be was To-
tallv unaware of her faeling toward him
Wa was verv nnch s,rnrised whom ha
heoan 70 receive tender letters from har
These he alwavs retrrned and in fact
S;d eyervtbinc he ronld to discoura ca
her He conceived the idea that nnrba ne
sbe was NOT ri sormd mind ( shnrt
t5me aoo he hanneped to 90 IN church
With his danghtey and = lady lrs
shnrn saw him Shortly afterwsrds shn
sont for him to cone to her The re.
rroached him bitterSv for Going with the
sadv 70 church She asked him to look
over her deeds and other naners and soc
r. ber estate was all rigbt
"My dear madam said he, s'if [ were
to undertake it wculd be twice asaong
as anybody. else, and wouldn't Know
any more about it when was through
than | did at first. You ought to get
your lawyer to examine your estate"
SHE wANy'ED LOVE.
This did NOT suit her at all She want
ed him TO examine her papers. Thinking
that perhaps she was pushed for money,
ne oliered 10 lend ner any amount she
needed. She sad sGe qua not need any
money; one wanted MS loVe, ana she
Wahted nm 10 marry her. she mad plen-
" OF property. AT the WORD marry, ne
thought IT Tune TO leave. Tins was not
ule emo OF II; She sent nm costly pres
ents, which ne returned. she gave ms
l1tie glrl handsome diamond pm Whlcn
he had returned. MIS-. sharp thought
some one was interfering IN the matter,
ana was keeping her letters and presents
irom MN. Day bepre yesterday she
mel MN on the street, and again pleaded
vlth MN. He told her as gently as he
could that she ought not TO 90 on that