The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-24

mother said,
You will never be smart man, o Ned,
We all fear.
TWICE MARRIED.
How Mrs. vandeleur Secured Revenge ON
Faithless Husband.
When the engagement of pretty
little Clara Eversleigh to Captain Jack
Vandeleur, late of the Hussars, was
publicly announced, the friends of
the future bride with one consent
held up their hands in amazement and
horror, while those of the bridegroom
smiled significantly to each other and
hoped that it would bs<all right; for
the Captain was not precisely the sort
of parti ordinarily defined as eligible,
or even endurable, by parents and
guardians. He was, in fact, a very
bad lot indeed-a notorious gambler,
q man who lived both hard and high,
and one whose name was continually
getting mixed up in divorce cases and
other proceedings of a more than
doubtful character. For some years
past, ever since he had left the
Hussars, which he did in suspiciously
sudden manner, Captain Vandeleur
had lived entirely ON his wits, for his
private means were exceedingly small,
his tastes expensive and his family de-
clined to have anything to do with him.
He had acted as bear-leader to several
guileless young gentlemen, whose
pockets were much better furnished
than their heads; but such is the
lamentable mistrustfulness of human
nature that of late the Captain had
found pigeons Of this kind deplorably
scarce and wary. He was getting
much too we'll known, and had he not
CHANGED to captivate the schoolgirl
affections of Miss Eversleigh there is
really no knowing to what inconvenient
straits the gallant Captain might not
have been reduced. That young lady.
unluckily for herself, was an orphan,
and an hciress in a small way. She
had, moreover, a very rich bachelor
uncle, from whom her expectations
were both definite and considerable,
so when the Captain met her one
summer on the river, he felt that the
time had come for last desperate
effort before he quilted his native land
for BOulOgne, or some such congenial
retreat. Miss Clara's guardian uncle
was not near to warn her, while the
people with whom she was staying
knew nothing of Vandeleur's reputa-
ton, and rather encouraged his
attentions than otherwise, so in three
weeks the mischief was done. Van
dcleur was a tine-looking man, who
could make himself very agreeable
when he chose to take the trouble and
q months seclusion and comparative
abstinence did wonders in the way OF
graduating traces of previous
dissipation. Miss Eversleigh was a
little more than romantic school
girl and was therefore easily fascinated
by the astute wastrel, with the result
that she fell desperately in love
with him and willingly promised to
marry him. Having arranged matters
satisfactorily so far, Vandeleur re.
paired to London to interview the
uncle, from whom he expected an ex.
ceedingly warm reception. In this he
leigh, directly he heard his mission
inv I'D of - I, i
off to interview his niece, fond]y i'm.
agining that when she knew her future
| husbands real character she would al
once break off the engagement. Blu
he reckoned without his hostess. Tht
young lady was immovably obstinate
she was perfectly determined to marry
Vandeleur, and said that she knew be-
fore she had engaged herself to hin
that his past life had not been altogeth
er stainless. Mr.. Eversleigh lost hi.
temper and stormed at her, which, O
course, made matters worse. He thel
offered the captain large sum to Civ,
her up; but that worthy, who rattle
expected some such proposition, re
fused it with vast scorn and contem Ut
for he expected to make much bette
thing by his marriage and at the mo
ment really almost felt inclined to set
tie down and try responsibility, just to
a change. So Mr.. Everslelgh, who ha,
no power to prevent his niece from
marrying whom she liked, realize,
that matters were beyond his contro
and that there was nothing for it b,,
to give in. Accordingly, in a very fe,
months the couple were married, TO
the Captain was not going to allow hi
bride time to change her mind, an
they departed for Paris amidst
chorus of dismal prophecies from thei
respective friends.
For some time after the honeymoo
it really seemed as if Vandeleur ha
turned over q new leaf. His wife ha
about fifteen hundred a year, and
was distinct relief to him to wake up i
the morning and feel that he was nc
bound to win certain number {
games at ecarte in order to provide fo
his dinner. Writs and judgment sun
mons, too, became almost unknow
documents to him and his wife adore
him with a devotion which nothing AZ
peared likely to change. Perhaps
was the last fact that was responsible
for the Captains first deviations frol
the paths of matrimony, for to a ma
of his temperament variety was abst
lutely essential, and he gradually b.
gan to tire of Clara simply because b
was so certain of her affection.
Naturally enough, Clara was abor
the last person to hear of her husband
amiable weaknesses, but at lengt
some kind female friend informed he
that Jack had been seen under highl
suspicious circumstances with an orn.
ment of the burles1 Tue stage, and thel
was a matrimonial scene, which te
minated in Mysteries on the one sid
and bad language on the other. Aftt
this episode the breach between hu