Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-28
BLONDES ESCAPADE
THE TRICK A SAN FRANciSoo
W1FE PLAYED ON HIN.
s.. and : Male Companion Go On
purine the Husbands Absence anu
Narrowly Escape Being caugn' -
Rastaurant at Breakfast

I'M III -
During the Husbands Absences
narrowly Escape BEING Caugnt ~ :
restaurant at Breakfast
N.w York dispatch: A leading San Fran
c;sco LAWYER who is temporarily q
~ this CITY is being heartily iangneu az
n;.,,t nv the select few who are cognizaho =,
the circumstances attending a sensa mra
escapade OF his pretty blonde wiie' ~,
LADY some time ago was tne oe
s,,,re in a scandal which agitated the inner
o;rclo of San Francisco. Last nlgn0, nei
husband being out OF town on BUSINESS she
and q male companion arrived at Newarh
NJ I and registered at a leading hotei az
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Grifitns Howaru
The man in the case is d son OF a weii'kho".
mine owner in the far West, who at presen'
i nr-s,,;np tile study of law IN New YORK
The two
SECURED THE BEES ROOMS
in the hotel, and were treated WIN lhe
Difference due to the Indications oil Weaibn
manifested in their dress and demeahor
An elaborate supper was served a
during which they kept up a tender ano
animated conversation calculated 10 give
the impression hat d nuptial knot mao
been hut a few hours tied. Repeated Calls
were made during the evening for q yari-
coated assortment of drinks. Grlf1tns
Towards first appearance in the streets OF
Newark was made this morning, Wneo,
wearing a troubled, nervous Q ne was
seen seeking financial resuscitatlon IN Ine
dingy recesses of a pawn shop IN Oeoai
street. Failing in his attempt to
NRGorIATE A LOAN
on a pair OF sleeve buttons, he and his
festive companion betook themselves te
New York, having taken the precaution te
secure return tickets to that city. They
left behind them their baggage, consisting
OF a modest and unpretentious handbag
Arrived at Jersey q somewhat exciting sur
prise awaited the truant pair. In the ex
parture they forgot to breakfast, and al
Jersey ordered the somewhat unusual mea
OF beer and lamb chops. The lady was IL
the midst of q gay remark to the aspiring
law student, when she suddenly turned
pale, and dropping her glass with a crash
exclaimed:
dh1AI A3A AVE AL -Ha
1t was indeed he, unexpectedly returned
and backed by two detectives, who were
quick t. observe the lady's agitation Tht
husband, happily for his cratic spouse
did not Immediately discover her. A wilG
appeal was raised to the restaurater to
open an avenue Of escape through thu
kitchen. The proprietor looked suspicious
but the pretty blondes frantic appea
moved him to grant her request, and, call
ing a servant, ordered that she be con
Quoted outside without passing through
the front OF the house. Alter winding
through several tortuous passages AND
the frightened blonde to the ferry slip, ano
SHE LOST NO
in crossing the river. 1t transpired after
ward that the lady's affairs, so absorbing
to herself, were not the only ones absorb.
ing the attention of the police. An i'm.
portant confidence woman and her male
accomplish were expected on the sans
train which carried the lawyers wife and
the mine-owner's son. By the irony Of
fate, the confidence woman was brought to
the arms OF the distracted husband who in,
dignantly rejected her, and in the confusion
following the mistake she escaped. The
culprit wife had meantime FASTENED to her
own roof. By the time her hapless lord had
reached home she had pulled herself together
sufficiently to receive him with perfect
composure, and scornfully hurled back at
her baf1ed husband the %insinuation that
her conduct was not all that could reason
ably be expected.