Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-03-03

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One OF the asost startling and inter.
-aing divorce quits ever enacted on the
legal stage in this country will, al aa
early d., engage the ssta and shining
Blackstone ;alrit u this city. The ro-
mantle details OF this peculiar life drama
will certainly cause the yossipa, not Only
Ut this particular locality. but Of the +n-
tire United States, to way their respect
i've Tongues. The story reads like
Romance, but every word Is a. true q.
gold.
Five y<srs ago among tue "younR
bloois Of d Gilmore there Was numbrr-
ei u young gentleman who. 10y Lapp!
continuation OF art and nature, was Ell
titled To high seat in the arena Of life.
lie wa. the hsppy possrss"r OF slD0, 0Oo,
safely invested ia registered u. 5. bonds.
The yauag man had very sristocratic
and wealthy another, aud she was ex-
lre,n-ly particular in reference 10 mr
sons choice Of domestic partner tor
liir.
On a brigh. morning in January,
1877, the young nan entered fashioa-
able kid glove establishment OH Leying-
ton street, for tn" purpose ot purchasing
M. kid glove. There he met his
destiny. The saleslady who waited Oh
him Was q beautiful brunette with q
most engaging mieu. 1t was the old
and ~, ever new story. When he an
nounc-d to his mother he was going to
marry this youug lady there WAS total
snI,ihilalon OF the domestic peace in
that Madison syende mansion; but as
the young lady brhsved 30 We'll the old
lady at last relented.
Two years later the young couple
were happily keeping house in luxn-
rious manner, aud the joyous prospect!
i've father WAS well known ~ a shrewd
and energetic broker. Al this period
Of the young husbands existence he dis
COVERED that his wife was using large
amounts OF money in u mysterious man
net. H- began to expostulate with her.
She returned confused and evasve re-
plies. and the young husband was much
prrplexed by his wite's peculiar behsv
Tor.
About this time the proprietors and
patrons of the "bucket shops aud low
gambling resorts Of this city were great
ly amazed 10y he behavior and display
Ut wealth which an aged colored woman
delighted them with. She Was very
light laula,to, and, while a CONSTANT and
heavy loser. WAS never short tor over u
couple OF hours at time. Where she
got her money no one Knew, aud she
never told.
Que day the young broker found him
self the proud father Of red haired
d,mpled boy. Que morning Afterwards
v hen his coning babe, aged nearly two
years, rat un his maternal grandmother .
knee, - culoied servsnt brought her q
letter. She opened it with smile Ut
peace, read with gasp of horror. aud
then, with one Wild shrek Of woe, che
and the infant simultaneously fell 10 the
floor. The letter, written in almost al
ille sibe hand and filled with III abund-
ant amount of phonetic spelling. con-
tanned the following startling words:
"iuur son s wife is Niger. lie
married nigger. am her grand
mother, and am what they call mu
iatto. You would think she is white,
like you white 10 k, but she amt. II
you duu't b, lleve me come and see ME.
send NY address.
Oh course when the old lad rec"ver-
I'd from her swoUn she refused Ia believe
that the note contained the tIath. How
ever, when the husband heard of the
conients. he Immediately began . strict
lntestiyatiun, aud when the tacts be
came ~ convincing that the wife could
deny no longer, with tears OF anguish,
confessed 10 her husbands arms, that
culur-d hl.vd lid run in her veins.
IL seems that The old mulatlo woman
gambler WAS his ~ites grandmother.
HIS wi:es grandfather was white man,
and her parents were white. her mother
la, my been more successful at drcep.
ton in this line with her husband than
the young wife had been with her young
broker husband The b-autitul bru.
nrlte wife then certainly had very
slight negro element in her physical
make up. II appears that The old col
orrd grandmother had tor years obtain
Ell "hush money" from the young wife,
which she sp.u, gambling. When the
young wife refused TO give the old
woman money she would threaten to
write or tell the secret to the aristocralic
mother in law.
Al last The wife, tired out, absolutely
refused l." give her any mole substantial
wealth, never even dreaming that the
old woman would carry her threat into
execution. But, in an evil hour, the
old female gambler did 80. As the
young wife refuses To give up her hns-
band. and az her attorney, one uf the
leading lawyers OF this city declares
that under The peculiar circuns' anc-s of
the case the nlarriageis legal. it Is stated
that the young broker. goaded @" by
nus Indignant mother, will institute q
suit tar divorce at an early day.-Rh'-
moe CIR. LouispiKs CJurier.Jour.UL