Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-26
HOME RUINED
And a Konan's Honor Stolen
Away.
A Pitts burg Dude Wrecks the Hope and
Happiness Of an Island Family
and Drives Them From
the City.

lips over a choice morsel Of scandal, the
details of which are calculated to raise the
hair of the heads of certain Of our re-
liRious brethren from that port on of the
ward. A short time sgo q gentleman and
family, hailing from one Of the Ohio towns
IN our close vicinity, moved to the -
street residence. The family consisted OF
his wife and two children, a small boy and
girl. The lady in he case is q beautiful
little blonde
SMALL But OF EXQUISITE FIGURE,
inclined perhaps 8 trifle towards embon-
point. The father and husband, who rep
Ttstnts a wholesale firm of Pittsburgh, in
which establishment he acts as q travelling
salesman, is necessarily called away from
home q good deal, and at times Is often
absent for periods Of q month or six weeks
st q time. Several month ago, while the
husband was known to be away on q trip,
the truly pious and scandal hating neigh.
bors one day noticed q hack drive mp TO the
| door; the driver having q suticiency OF
luggage on board as 70 cause the spectators
10 believe the occupant had come
TO stay for an indefinite period.
The occupant en- vac sting the carriage,
proved TO be a rather g~Ood.looking gentle
man, whose eye-glsss and general cut OF
his garments might have lead one TO be-
lieve he was q Gotham dude. and whose
age could not exceed thirty years at the
greatest. The hostess, who doubtless per
ceiyed him from afar of, stood in the door
Tsy and received him with open arms, 81
to speak, at least the manner in which she
received him savored more OF the school,
girls style of greeting TO n another, than
the kind the average man would care to
see
HIS WIFE ACCORD ANOTHER MAN.
Disappearing within the doorway they
were lost to sight but not to mind, for In
| the evening the neighbors noticed that tn
| light in the room the lady was in the habit
Of occupying was the only one noticeable
and that the light was kept burning till a
late hour ere ii was extinguished. The
lady, on being questioned the next day
as TO her visitor, stated it was her deaf
brother Of whom she was very fond, and
whom she was dying to see, that he lived
in Pi~ttsburg, and that she had not seen
bin for two years, on ccoun OF his IN
ability OF leaving his business. The
stranger remained dOmiciled with the
family for nearly two weeks and
by a strange coinc idence received an
urgent business call that carried him away
lust before the husbands return. The
husband on his return home the next day
was received by the same display OF alice
ton she eyirced for her dear brother. Toe
little occurrence of the above description
was enacted over and over again, the good
locking brother from Pittsburgh always
putting in an appearance during "Huooys
absence" and never showing himself when
he was in the city. The ~neighbofs who
were
LONGING FOR A SCANDAL
having thrice passed over the usual two
weeks. the prescribed time for a fresh scan
dsI, and suspecting there was a redeemlng
hope in this quarter, held a secret meeting
End elected a representative, whose duty
il was to Law the case before the husband
The deputy, with the nice sense of Ell.
Quelte displayed where there is personal
dangers, approached the husband in a
quiet way and asked an irrelevant question
in regard to the health of the genlleman's
absent brother-in.law, when he received
the astounding answer that he had no
brother.in law, as his wife had been an
only child. The gossip then pluck
ing Up courage told the whole tale
Of the handsome brother from Pittsburgh
and his visits TO the lady during the hus'
bands absence.
On receipt Of this astounding news the
husband became wrathy. and denounced
the whole crowd Of would-be friends and
svmpathizers as a cowardly pack OF liars,
slanderers and thieves, who merely for the
love of gossip would steal a wOman'S honor
away by the Shiny uSe of their -
tongues. In spite Of his wrath the blow
had been struck, and the ~neighbOrs could
see by his hsggard face that the iron had
entered his soul. At last, TO satisfy his
doubts in regard to the tales told, the hus-
band
LAID A SCHEME,
which, contrary to the usual custom OF
such plans, in this case was successful
| One morning an express wagon drove no
to ,he door, snd the gentleman, after car
ing for his luggage. babe his wife an alice
,iOnate adieu. stating that he was called
away on business for the firm and would
not be back for several weeks, and started.
as she supposed, for the train, whereas he
was safely ensCoDced in the house of one
of the aforementioned friends, and in a
rOOm where he could watch every move
ment in his own mansion. The first day
everything passed off quietly, not even y
visitor passing the threshold, the
husband at last beginning to fee
much more comfortable, aud in
rliued to believe he had been hoaxed,
resolving. however, ii be had, in his OWL
MUD, 10 make some one sweat for 1t
At neon the next day the selfssme hack
rev I'D Of lbTt TIC NDOls hlh buC uuoOAuO
who was quivering with excitement, rec
ognized the brother from Pittsburgh as {
T. rmer and very wealthy lover of his wife
Restraining his feelings by 8
great effort be concluded to wait for night
fall ire he pursued his investigations
gUrther, noticing in the meanwhile tina
the hack, as usual, after depOslting its lug
gsge lad departed whence il came. At tn,
aCur 4 midnight the husband stole acros'
the ST. eet and perceiving that all was dari
and quiet within the mansion he opened
The the door nOiselessly with his pass kel
and
STOLE TOWARDS HIS wIFE's BED Room.
Perceiviug a light in his wife's ROOM, b,
opened the doc and discovered his wifi,
and her brother so engrosSed with on
anOther's society hat his entrance was no
noticed, till 3 bitter ejaculation broke from
the lips Of the husband, whereupOn tn,
usurper picked up his hat and fled. al
open window furnishing him With tn
means OF has:y egress.
What passed between the husband AM
guilty wife, and what steps he will take a
vengeance toward her equally guilty part
ner, We are unable 10 state. Suffice IL {,
say, if the husband is, as he is said 10 b
by his numerous friends, a man of nerve
and the cowsrdly blackgusrd who DESTROYED
his honor ever again meet the chances ar
that a tragedy will be a fit sequel to such
tale Of
MANS PERFIDY n wONAN's WEAKNESS.
Last week, wife and children left, no on,
knows whittier, while the husband, ate
disposing of the furniture, also dissp
peared. In conversation with a friend prio
to his departure, he stared that he hs,
been married for five years ant
during that time had neve
II -,.,.,.. l.. .1-.1os. F.. ll II l..
ton on the part of his wife. that they hal
always lived happily together and tina
such a thing as q disagreement, howeye
slight, had never entered his bosom, tina
the present great calamity bad broken hi
heart and he did not care what became 0
him. SThe gentleman was qnite industriou
and sober and was well spoken of by thos
who knew him, and has countless friend
in the city who will extend him the righ
hand of Shin uhi1a snffarinu frnn