Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-04-10


to this matter for me-"
ssThere was little for me to say.
promised to do what he wanted, and
babe him good by. In few days he
was fully extradited.
Three years later was seated in my
house in st. Louis when gentleman was
announced; and, to my surprise, in
walked Mr.. Ashley, alias Dumont, neat
as new pin, and wearing the malachite
studs. I looked at him in speechless as.
tonishment!
"'I thought you were in the peneten-
tiaryP said.
"'Oh, mop said he, 4 was only in jail,
and have never been tried. The cash
Ter died suddenly and there was no one
to prosecute. The jailer and I became
great friends. He was Knownothing
and a tremendous partisan, and much in
terested in that movement. wrote ar
ticles for him and was useful to him in
many ways. One day he said to me,
The door of this jail is open. Why do
you not walk out?' 1 did so, and here I
am. I have no money and want to earn
an honest livelihood Will you help me
| to do SOP
'Dumont,' said I, you cannot posi-
bly, stay here, with crime hanging over
you. There is just one thing for you to
do. / will buy you some clothes and pay
your railroad fare to New York. I will
write you letter to a man there who
will at once forward you to General Wal
ker in Nicaragua, and ! will give you an
introduction to my friend Hemingsen,
who is with him. Throw yourself heart
and soul into the service and you ought
to be an officer in three months If they
succeed you will be patriot and hero
He grasped my hand ana thanked me
warmly. I kept my word, and thought
I had done the best possible thing for
him.
"About six months later, when I was
still in st. Louis, the card of well known
lawyer, in official position, was brought
to me. This gentleman showed some
embarrassment in addressing me. Finally
he told me that friend of mine had be-
come intimate in his family, and that he
would like to know something about him..
I should mention that this gentleman was
the brother of two young ladies who af-
terward attained much celebrity in the
literary and dramatic world. [ asked
him the name Of the person to whom he
referred, and he said it was Delorme. I
assured him that knew no person of
tibet name
"'You must know him. said he. He
talks of you as could none but an init
mate friend
'sWe argued the matter for some time,
both of us being very persistent. Sud
denly wild idea crossed my mind. 1
asked the gentleman if the man who
claimed to be my friend wore malachite
studs, and, 10 and behold, he did! It was
Ashley, alias Del,ime, whom 1 supposed
to be serving bravely with Hemingsen.
l then discovered that he was very init
mate with the two young ladies to whom
I have referred; had won the affections
of one of them and had become engaged
to her!
when 1 explained matters to my
visitor he was terribly enraged and vowed
vengence against the man who had de-
ceived him. 1 wished to aid him and
persuaded him to promise to use no vio-
lence; to be guided by me and to go with
me to New York, where his sisters and my
old acquaintance then were. He did so
and we took rooms near his sisters. [
knew very well the one of them who had
become engaged, and with the freedom
of an old friend told her the truth about
her fiance. She received the intelligence
with surprise and sorrow, but womanlike,
did not believe me. I learned from my
friend, as soon as l left his sisters, Ashley
went to them, and persuaded them that
I had slandered him from motives of
jealousy. knew the fellow was still in
the house, and bribed porter to place
In his hands note from me, telling him
that he had better meet me at eleven
o'clock the next dav. I received in due
course reply, saying, that he would be
there; and he came on the minute My
friend, the brother of the girls { 1 will
call him Sam was with me, but let me
do the talking.
''Our friend of the many aliases was
looking very well, and, as usual, wore
the malachite studs. When talked him
with his perfdy and duplicity, he broke
down and wept bitterly. He acknowl-
edged how wrong he had been in win
ming the affections of an estimable young
lady whom he could not possibly marry.
FINALLY he agreed 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 promise to take himself off and
make no future trouble. Sam at once
handed him double the amount; and 1
fully thought we had gotten rid of him
forever
"Judge of my establishment when next
morning Sam burst into my room, his
hair actually standing on end, and in
formed me, amid oaths and lamentations,
that the man had indeed gone, but hav-
ing twice as much money as he expected,
he had taken both the sisters with him.
This is fact. He married one of them,
but she subsequently secured divorce
from him. The other married famous
artist.
ain Europe fortune favored him, and
he was quite an important man in
France under the empire, and was once
sent to London by the Emperor on a |
'Not long ago, if you will believe it, I
met this man face to face on Broadway,