The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-08-13

anu sonl lnuo une service, ana you ought %
DC an onicer In three montha IL they suc-
ceed you VIII be patriot and hero We
grasped my hand and thanked me warmly.
kept my word, and thought had done
the best possible thing for him.
About six months later. when / was still
In 81 Louis, the card Of q well knowa law
yer, In onclal position was brought to me
This gentleman showed some embarrassment
81 au9ressing me Finally he told me that a
Trend OF mine had become intimate In his
family, and that he would like to KNOW
something from me about him. i shanld
mention that this gentleman was the brother
OF TWO young ladies who afterward attained
much celebrity in the literary and dramatio
world asked him the name of the person
10 whom ne referred, and he said it was De-
M ione: I assured Dim that knew no per-
fou must know him. said he. He
palks OF you as mono but an intimate friend,
we argued the matter for some time
pooh OF as being very persistent Suddenly
WIG idea crossed my mind I asked the
genueman IL the man who claimed to be my
friend wore malachite studs, and, 10 and be-
nold, ne cldl 1t was Ashley, alias Dumont
ALIAS Delorme, whom had supposed to be
serving brayely with Hemingsen / then
uncovered that he was very intimate with
the Two young ladies to whom have re-
Ieerreo; Ie; had won the affections of one of
When l explained matters to INV yjSitor
ne was terribly enraged, and vowed venge-
ance against the man who had deceived
aim wished to aid him, and persuaded
nim TO promise TO use no violence; to be
GUIDED Dy me, and TO go with me TO New
YORK, where mis- sisters and my old ac.
quaintance then were He did 30, and
we TOOK rooms near his sisters. | knew
very well the enc who had become engaged
and with the freedom Of an old
friend told her the truth about her hanco
one received the intelligence with surprise
ana sorrow, but, womanlike, did not believe
fme. learned from my friend that, as soos
as leIt MS sisters. Ashley went to them, and
persuaded them that / had slandered him
from motives of jealousy knew the fel
low was SILL In the house, and bribed
porter TO place III his hands note from me
telling him that he had better meet me NJ
my rooms at i o'clock the next day / re,
celved In due course reply, ssying that he
would be there; and he came on the minute
My friend, the brother OF the girls II will cal
him SAM, was with me, but let nae do the
talking
Our friend of the many aliases was look
Ing very well, and, as usual were the NAL
ach1te studa When / taxed him with hin
perndy and duplicity, he broke down ant
he had been in winning che affections of al
csamable young Lady whom no could moi
possibly Marry.
Finally hs sSreed to sail for Europe next
morning, and leave her to forget him. He
said that $3.50 would cover his expenses
with that in hand he would solemnly prom
lse TO take himself of and make NO further
trouble Sam at once handed him double
the amount; and fully thought we had
gotten rid of him forever
Judge OF my astonishment when, next
morning, Sam burst into my room, his haiI
actually standing on end, and informed me,
amid oaths and lamentations, that the man
had indeed gone, but having twice as much
money as he expected, he had taken both
married one of them, but she subsequently
secured a divorce from him. The other
married famous artist
in Europe fortune favored him, and he
was quite an important man in France
under the empire, and was once sent tc
London by the emperor on o mission.
@Not long ago, If you will believe it, / met
this man face TO face on Broadway, looking
extremely well, faultlessly dressed, with the
ribbon of the Legion of Honor in his button.
hole, and still wearing the malachite studs
He insisted on saluting me, and was as affa-
BILE and frank as possible
S'You have done me great services in time
past, said he, when / was down and you
were up Fortune is sure TO change. Now
1 am up and it may be that you are down.
IL 30, believe me that shall be delighted to
reciprocate. Here is my card, and beg you
TO command me- at all times, and in all waysr
The card was that of a journalist Of much
note, and such, believe, is my remarkable
acquaintance to-day.
sYou may suppose that ! have been ro-
mancing little On the contrary, while
have suppressed some names and altered
others, ] have told you only what actually
happened, and doubt not that 1t will be my
f0rtuna ta meet thiA remarkable man in
some other capacity still in this world.
Should meet him in the next, am sure he
will still be wearing the three studs, even II
they be asbestos instead of malachites