The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-02-20
ROMANTIC M1sCEGENATIoN.
Story of a Baltimore Brokers
Marriage With a Beautiful
Brunette.
New York Sunday Mercury

One OF the most sensational and IN
teresting divorce suits ever enacted On
the legal stage in this country will, at
an early day. engage the astute and
shining Blackstone talent of Baltimore.
The romantic details of this peculiar
life drama will certainly cause the
gossips not only of this particular 10
calltv, but Of the entire United States,
to wag their respective tongues with
great velocity and TO roll their individ-
ual eyes with earnest amazement
Five years ago among the young
bloods" of Baltimore there was num-
bered young gentleman who
BY A HAPPY COMBINATION OF ART
AND NATURE
was certainly entitled to high seat in
the arena of life. He was youthful
twenty-three assorted years of age,
handsome in face and state! " and dig
nifed in form. He was the happy
possessor of one hundred thousanc
dollars, safely inves.ed in registered
United States bonds, bequeatbed to
him by all aged grandfather, deceased
from the govt. The young man had
a very aristocratic and wealthy mother
and she was extremely particular
in reference to her sons choice of a
domestic partner for life. On d bright
frosty morning i'm the month of Jauu-
ary. 1877. the young man entered "a
fashionable kid glove establishment Oh
Lexington street. this city, for the
purpose of purchasing number seven
ladyis kid glove, which was the size
that snugly ehcased his small and
finely formed hand. There, to COM
press an individual world into few
words, he met his hestiny.
THE YOUNG sALEsLADY
who waited on him was beautiful
brunette with most engaging mein.
1t was the old and vet ever new story.
When be announced to his mother
that he was going to marry this young
lady there was total humiliation of
the domestic peace in that Madison
avenue mansion. As may be
imagined. the marriage caused
A SERIOUS DISRUPTION OF FAMILY
TIES,
but the young lady behaved so well
under the circumstances, she was so
pretty and so bewitching and kind in
manner to her mOther-in-law, that the
old lady at last relented. Two years
later the young couple were happily
keeping house in a luxdriant manner,
and the joyous prospective father was
well known as a shrewd and energetic
broker on the Wall street of this city.
At this period of the young husbands
existence he discovered that his wife
was using large amounts of mouey in
a very mysterious manner. He began
to expostuIate with her. Dear he
kindly said, 81 am wealthy, / know.
but l cannot stand these mysterious
and heavy drafts. What do you do or
do YOU want with all this money. pet ?
IF you keep on this way We shall both
die in Bayview" CThe Baltimore
al,ushouse.) She returned confused
and evasive replies, and the young
husband was much perplexed by his
wIFE's PECULIAR BEHAVIOR.
About this time the proprietors and
patrons of the "bucket shops" and
low gambling resorts of this city were
greatly amazed by the behavior and
display of wealth which an aged color
ed woman delighted with them. She |
was very light mulatto, about the
exact shade.as far as complexion went.
of an ordinary cream puff with a
couple Of teaspoonfu's of ginger in its
culinary makeup. She was a most
inerdinate gambler. seemed to be com
pletely carried away.by the passion of
chance, and while a constant and
heavv loser, was never short for over
a couple of hours at time.
SHE ACTUALLY APPEARED TO OWN A
Guild NINE.
Where she got her money 10 one
new and she never told, but she had
t. and that was all that was necessary
or the particular business she was
hen engaged in. One fine day the
roung broker found himself the proud
ather of q red-hued dimpled boy. He
hen did not find so much fault with ,
his wife for what he considered her ,
and useless expenditure !
# money. and supreme content and
lnalloyed happiness held high csrni-
,al within his castle walls.
One morning when this cooling babe,
low aged nearly two years, sat on his /
knee, a colOred servant ,
brought her a letter, fresh from the