The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-05

The broker had protege in the person of a
young jew whom he had given a chance to
make good staff in life He frequently
invited this young man 10 his house and
they occasionally dned together down town.
About SIX months after the brokers' mar
riage he was obliged to remain down town
until evening and he invited his young
friend to dine with him. The jew, whom
| will call Ben iamins, asked the privilege of
inviting his sister and the broker consented.
The three dined together The young jew
ess was very beautiful and she did every
thing IN her power to fascinate the old man.
She tiattered him and made fool of him
generally, as woman can. His vanity was
so tickled that he fell into the trap head and
ears and asked the girl to dine with him next
DAY. She agreed and pretended to keep the
affair secret from her brother. The next
day they dined at the Hoffman House in a
private room. When they were somewhat
flushed with the wine there came a knock
at the door Who's thereF asked the broker.
Its |, replied a voice which he recognized
as that of BenjaminS. The broker let the
young man in and a stormy scene ensued.
The girl took care to throw a comprom ing
air about the affair and she wept copiOus
tears, declaring herself to be ruined socially.
The young man stormed and threatened an
exposure. Finally the broker was SO scared,
ter, that he gave Benjamins check for
81, 500 to keep the affair quiet. From that
day he was the mans victim. Finding him
self in so much trouble and still being blind
to the share the girl had in the matter, he
sought consolation in her society and of
course was compromised again and again.
FINALLY he grew angry and refused to yield
10 Benjamins' demands, which had begun
to be extravagant. This angere1 the young
a ha rn,,Nt 70, he 60 ff,
tort more money in that quarter. Her sus-
picions were excited but she would pay
nothing and finally, in revenge, Beniamins
got up such JOB on the broker that divorce
proceedings followed and a separation re-
suited. The affair was hushed up in the
divorce court. 1t completely broke the
broker down. He had let his business go
to grass, ana to-day you may see him about
the street borrowing money of his acqualnt-
ances. The wife was married again shortly
afterward but her second husband died soon
after. To show the persistency with which
blackmaller follows up these affairs viii tell
you that this young man never took his eyes
off the woman. He was always looking for
chance to get money from her in some way
and little while ago he thought he saw it.
He called upon her, raked up all the old
affairs and wound up by saying that he
knew of her going TO dinner with man,
and proposed to inform her family If she
did not pay to hush the matter up. She
replied by giving him the address of the
man with whom She had dined l was that
man and you can bet that Benjamins dropped
the affair right there. 1t happened that we
had had some business together concerning
the estate of her second husband, who was
an intimate friend of mine, and not wishing
to have her come to the office, we took din
ner together. The affair shows what close
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person to whom their attention has been di-
rected.