Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-06-04
VICTOR HUGOs DAUGHTER,
Rom,nce Of Her Blighted Life
Welded, FOrsaken and Insane.

Rom,nce of Her Blighted Life
Welded, FOrsaken and Insane.
| HA IFAx, May 26.-The Halifax
Herald tomorrow will publish
some details of the romantic ca
reer of Adele, the daughter OF Vic~
tor I.ugo, to whom he left four
million francs, half his fortune, as
repor ed by cable. The facts are
furnis he'd by Robert Nation, @. O.,
a wellsknown criminal lawyer, who
acted for her professionally on sew
eral occasions. Adele, named for
her mother, was her fathers favo-
rite cltild. She was an exceedings
ly haI dsome woman, tall and state.
ly, with dark complexion, piercing
black eyes, wavy hair Of jet black,
high iOrehead and Roman nose.
Her story as told by herself Is as
follows; m Aas
| When a mere girl, living with
her parents in Brussels, she be-
came acquainted with young
man, one Pinsen, belonging to a
wealthy family then staying in
Brussels, and fell madly in love
with him. He appeared to be
equally infatuated with her. They
became formally engaged and were
secret y married, as she believed.
Owing to their youth and the ops
position Of Pensen's family the af-
fair vas kept private, and he
promised to make her his wife pubs
licly Ill due time. Meanwhile he
was sazetted Lieutenant in the
British Army and ordered with
his rec iment, the famous Sixteenth
| to Halifax, Just previous to this
he wlote to her to meet him in
Londol, where they would be for,
mally married. Victor Hugo res
fused 10 let his daughter go, and
said tlat if Pensen wanted to ma
ry her be must do so at Brusselsr
But A lele insisted, and finally her
parent gave way. Her mother ac>
compa lied her to London, but
before they reached there Pensin
had st lrted with his regiment for
Halifax.
Mother and daughter returned
| to Bru ,sels and shortly afterward
Adele clandestinely left home, re,
solved to follow the man she so
madly loved. Arriving in New
York she made her way to Halls
fax aid lived there for nearly
three years. Pinsen proved recre-
ant, but she seems to have follow
ed him day and night and frequents
ly declared to the family with
whom she boarded that he should
never marry another woman while
she liy ID. She was eccentric and
never vent out unless deeply wells
ed. at night she went out alone
in disguise, wearing a high hat,
top boots and earring a stick. All
her let ers were addressed to Ma
dame Pinsen, and she received
monthly remittances of S100 from
her father.
Pinssn repudfated all knowledge
Of or connection with Adele Hugo,
and was not here long before he
became engaged to a daughter of
j. w. Johnston, then Premier of
Nova Scotia. This coming to
Adele's ears she cOnfided her his
tory in professional confidence to
Mr.. Nation, and that gentleman
sent letter to Pinsen. His al,
legged relations with Miss Hugo
came % the knowledge of the
Johnston family, and they immed-
lately broke off all social inter>
course With him. Miss Hugos life
and conversation seemed absorbed
in Pinsen. She employed a good
deal of her time in writing, She
was a beautiful writer and one
time offered to Mr.. Nation all her
manust ript, saying that ifhe would
publish it some day it would star
tie the world and bring him a tor>
tune.
Lieutenant Pin.en left Halifax
with his regiment for Barbados
and Adele followed him. After
she went away she wrote letters to
some friends here which are still
preserved. At the time she was
here one of the sons of Louis
PHILIPPE visited Halifax, and learn
ing of ! liss Hugo's presence in the
city visited her. Some years ago
she became insane, and was placs
[ ed in a private asylum either in
| New York or Boston. The fate of
the maa who betrayed her is unS
known.
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