The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-16
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The story OF Man Whs Discovered His
Aiianeed Bride in n Uouss of Ill
PANE.
Instances Of womsn's trust BETRAYED
through mans perhdy and heartless-
ness have come to be so commonplace
and OF such frequent occurrence that
the mention Of the latest ease OF blasted
hope and ruined life attracts little more
than passing remark from the general
public, and the vigilaut newsgatherer
must seo something more than the bare
facts before he viii! attempt to make an
item OF it. Cases wherein the male
heart, schooled presumably in the art of
deception SO thoroughly that nothing OF
WOllanly nature can "phase" il, is
/ rendered desolate and the life Of it's DOS
SCISSOR made failure through woman's
I pefndy and talseneSs, plentiful enough
III me novel Of the day, are exceedingly
rare 10 reality, and when an instance Of
the kind is discovered, the prossic
chronicler OF every day events proceeds
10 spread himeself thereon.
| such case, repl9te in all that goes TO
make romance of the day, developed
llsell the past week TO the Interested
senses OF reporter. Two weeks before
| the close of the exposition modest
! looking though richly dressed Young
| lady arrived in this city alone and took
rooms at one of the leading hotels.
| where she registered AZ Miss MARY
! CoWell, from Little Rock, Arkansas.
she remained there perhaps three DAVIS.
when she suddenly left, stating She
! would seud tor her baggage, which She
ulu gay or two alter, and nothing
more was seen or thought of her.
| Just before the close of the exposition
an excursion was run from Little Rock
10 this city, bringing perhaps 200 peo-
PIE. In the party were q number of
young men, and OF course they deter
mined to see the sights. They took i'm
| the town on the Saturday night ON
which the exposition closed, and
III the course of their rambles
visited q number OF the more
arlstooratic places Of attn, among them
that OF Grace Lewis, on Ninth street.
Here the party OF young boods gave
things n sanguinary hue, and cham
pagno and bottled beer flowed with It's
proverbial tre0uess. Just before The
party prepared to leave Il young woman
who had been Gus started to enter the
| room. She stopped in tho door and
ANoNt'l NluNuds luth WIN u STARTLED ok
clamation turned and ran ont again.
! lhere had been mutual recognition.
| The woman exclaimed "My CODY and
ran up stairs. The man, picking up his
hat, left the room without word to his
friends. No ordinations, recrimtna
ions or explanations took place.
The next morning when the party OF
| young men started homo one OF their
number was missing.
The sequel is soon told The woman
/ was tho same who had registered at the
hotel as Miss Mary Cowell, Little Rock.
/ She belonged TO . highly respectable
family of that city. and had left ostensi-
| bly, to visit relatives in Memphis, but
| allerward concluded to come on to this
! city where, in sudden tiy OF despOnd
ency, shO entered tho house Of rostitu.
| ton. The man she recognized she was
engaged to marry. When he left the
| house he Went to saloon and did not
leave the counter until he had imbibed
enough to make him beastly drunk.
| He has continued in that same Gondi
ton ever since, and to-day is only the
| wreck of once promising young man.
| evil never return to Little Rock, and
at his present downward gait, will fill a
! pauper's grave in six mouths.
This is one case where the easy down
| tall Of a woman has proven the ruin of
INC man.'-iCourier-Journal.