New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-09-26
A ROMANCE WITH A MORAL.

A ROMANCE WITH A NORAL..l
Sad Dawn Of Wedding Dag for Tonns Nan of
Pennsylvania
Walter Wade, a bold, dashing stock
and provision speculator, came home
from California to fulfill a promise OF
marriage with Miss Fannie EeEert,
which was to take place, says a Glen
View, Pa, special. The most elabo-
rate preparations had been made,
and the relatives and friends OF the
young lady waited with every emotion
OF pleasure for the happy event. But
Wade s recent ill-Iuck IN the specuIa
tive field drove him TO despair, and
rather than face the disappointment
which would inevitably follow. he att
tempted suicide and now lies hopeless
] ~ insane at the home of his parents
some distance from this place.
Walter IS the only son Of Werner
/ Wade, who soon alter his marriage
fell heir to q large fortune. After the
young man had completed his coilesi-
ate studies and graduated with high
honors, he decided to take q trip to
California before settling down. and so
informed his parents. They entreat-
ed HIM to remain at home, but to no
purpose. Appealing to his father he
said: s.Loan me 81 900 and will re-
turn it with interest"
His father immediately filed out a
check for the amount and handed it
to him. The next day, after spending
an hour with his intended bride. he
started for. California in pursuit OF
fame and fortune. Four years after
ward his family and friends were SUR
! prlsed to see him arrive home. He
! entered his fathers house as though
his absence had been but for q day,
drew up a chair to where his father
sat, and taking from we'll filed
/ pocketbook $3.50, he handed it to
his father, saying:
s'Here is the borrowed money With
6 per cent interest.
This was all SO rapidly done that
Mr.. Wade had hardly time to realize
who it was and what it meant. AS
ne related to his parents, he had met
with phenomenal success, and by
shreWd and conservative speculation
amassed a million dollars. After q
few days stay, during which time he
renewed his pledges of love to Miss
! Eckart, who in the four years OF watt
ing never doubted his sincerity, he
| departed again Letter afterletter
received by her, in which he boosted OF
his continued success, and said that
he was now perfecting arrangements
to come home to remain. The we'd
ding was therefore fixed for June. 49,
But Wade's character was too weak.
to resist the temptations that=noW be-
set him. An irresistible fondness for
wine and champagne suppers took
possession, which was soon followed
/ by every form OF wild and reckless dis
sipation. Then luck turned against
him, and he began to lose money, un-
til his fortune was nearly all swept
away. Depressed in spirits, the DASH
ing spectator returned home His
general appearance was detected, but
by the aid OF a stimulent he managed
to assume his old spirits. In this
way the suspicion that might other.
wise have been excited was overcome.
! A few days ago he remark
ed to his father that he desired to
write some business letters, and for
that purpose he retired to his room,
giving instructions that his privacy
must not be intruded upon. Every
thing in the way of preparations
for the wedding next dav had
reached a point OF completeness,
and at 5 p. M. a friend OF the
groom called to see him. AS the mat
ter was urgent, his father went up
stairs and called him. He repeated
the call, and, receiving 70 response,
forced the door open. To his horror.
! he beheld his son suspended from the
halter-strap, with the end knotted.
around the top of the bed-post, al
most dead from strangulation. He
quickly cut the strap and placed the
i body on the bed, and then quietly but
quickly, summoned a physician. The
doctor said that another minute
would have produced death, and that
while he might possibly survive, be
might be helplessly insane.
! The business letters which he was
supposed to be writing were to Miss
Eckert and his parents. They told of
his dissipation and his losses at gam b.
ling, and of his complete ruin. He
says in his letter to the young lady:
.sF'or many months | had con-
slant run of ill-luck. The ardor of
gambling, unlike the every other pas
sion, is rather increased than dimin-
lshed by loss and disappointment.
| Without being warned, therefore by
ill-success, still went on until the
last OF my money was gone I then
began to draw gradually on the S1O,-
600 you placed in my hands for safe
keeping until the day of our marriage
q ! 10 Nh III
bent OF my evil genius, sum after sum
was taken, and all alike buried in
that accursed vortex which had al
ready swallowed up so much from
me"
| To his father he says: eighteen
months ago I attached my name
to a paper, the prospectus of
which was profitable land
scheme. It originated with sharpers,
and l was Victimized. Periodical
snrees were indr1Iged in. and with 81