Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-10
AN elopfMENT SPOILED.


A Marrow Escape 81 . YOang Americas
Lady frSa ths Tells - = RrsasA Fef-
tune Hunter.
A Paris correspondent OF the New
York Times writes: An eiopement
was prevented last week BY the energet-
ic activity Of the young personf mann
ma, an American widow Lady, whose
name you will not permit me to men.
ton. Mrs. \. has passed the suu1iuer
with her two children, boy q IL Ana
q girl Of Is, at Ostend, where they n1eAe
the acquaintance of-acc0fdinG 70 ~
own statement-a Prussian 01ficer, who,
so far as the mother knew, was not par
ticulafiy attentive 10 Miss Ara6ella, but
very nice and sGiablc with George.
The season ended, the Y. family 10.
turned to Paris; everything seemed 70
20 happily, when Mrs. x. notices thas
her daughter moped and lost her 0ppe'
title, called in . doctor. There's 10th.
ing organic 10 fear" opined Hippocsa-
ties; "feed Der well, and she will -
over il; but evidently she has sons.
thing on her mind.n whats tn
matter, ArabeIla?" asked her mamma;
''are You in love with arybody?--
having had considerable snd varied
experience Of that kind herself - the
doxs,k pr took the bull by the hsEns "If
YOU sYe in love with anybody you shall
She distinctly said "nigger," declining
its syaenym, "colored man." Aabel.
Ia burst into tears and confessed mat It
was not "nigger," bN German. the
very identical German who had becss so
friendly with her brothsr, and that she
had been in correspondence with him,
via the concierge, rendered willing ey
the bestowsl Of occasional pieces q
money purloined from che maternaA
purse, and that II had gone on TINS foT
a month, Bct she was neRitent, and
would never do So agaiTr-oh, never,
never, nevertSnd IL dear masrma would
Only forgive, she would cease 20 think
of Adalbert. MIS-. Y. did forgive, but
her eye was not shut up. Probably re-
nemberipg suHdsy experiences ut sara.
i i've and ffE IfFS Years sR SaacK% sss Poln.
and waited, analffnally pouneed upon
anotsser missive, in which an appoint-
m sr1t was made fSra flight to Belgium,
EXPENSES for the same to be paid from
theIfastcFpal strong box above retesred
to, frwhich this promising chiM' had
obtained q second Key. Hesitation was
no longer possible. in about oaesn
minutes after the discovery Arsbefla
was being conductetto one or those ~
stitutiens where rbellious ohve
branches are kept out 81 harms way,
and there she remairsand Is likely 10
remain until who AdAbet really Is can
be sscereaned, which sppears to present
some difs eulties, rs In the Rue de Lille,
at til G German embassy no name siffif-
lar to the one which he gave can be
found on the official list.ef the German
army. Probably he viii turn out to be
one OF the many cheua'isys dindusfrte
who haunt .Dntinental Watering-placcs1
and get int the society OF travelling
ans, all Of whorls are supposed |
10 be- of the Crunsus family. Their OBJ
iect IL to marry torture. Their plan
Of eampa ign is to compromise girl, 80
that her parents will consent to mar
riaye, II she be wealthyAto turn her
sarift With a aimed reputation II she
ne dOwerl, ~. You may form some idea
Vt The char acter of this particular Don
IsAn from the net that, In neply to the
agonized m others appeal to his senti-
inents as gentleman, he sent .
rbsIlenge to- hel-' son, a mere boy still
wearing the unifNm Of Frenrh college:
BE careful OF foreign confidence men,
D,lxht to be v rittsn on every page OF an
American tot rists' notebook, for there
are legions of that class wandering
about, and, SIN 'te ofall warnings getting
on, too, thank to assumed titles and q
of goo beeding which go far
with the multitude" always, andt which
Is more astonis hing, not only with the
multitude, but with those who By their
own, birth AMI social status ought to
have learned ito distinguish between
sterling metal a nd plnchback. Dmet
man; last year, In the drawlng.room OF
q lady whose p ositioss and belongings
are undoubted. recognized this man
AZ a released jai bird who had passed
six months In NJ azas for swindling. !
took TO her the account OF his trih and
sentence as published in the Petit
Journal, and W as Told that "ths fact
of his conviction proved nothing; he
pspys,,,h be all right because he wa. re-
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