The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-23

dirty work seems to have been Unlimited,
whilo the diplomacy h q splaYed in the ne
gotiati 1ns for the $40 baby was such as to
awaken the envy Of tho most astute busi-
ness men in the city.
There isa woman in New York who is to
my mind the representative adventures of
the age. Ihave known her for long time
and | knew her very we'll Tor at least |
thought did before / ever discovered Il at
she was an adventures. / first encountered
her in the parlor of a rather famous leader
In the "chromo literary set, at a reception
given In honor of a young y etess whose
name l have forgotten as compile ely as she
herself has been forgotten by the few who
read her single volume of poems. Now the
Chrome literary set of New York is made
up of people who are anxious to become
famous in one way or another, supple
mented by few who have already become,
in n minor degree, famous, but not famous
enough t. enable them to graduate into a
better social circle. IL is breeding place
for queer people and adventures OF all sorts
and one of those whom it has brought forth
is he woman of whom write.
| asked TO be introduced to her because
she was the most attractive looking woman
in the room. She wore black-which was
very becoming to her-and had sad. far
away look in her eyes which was altogether
and dependent upon her own exertions for
her support, ali OF which, as | afterwards
learned, was strictly true, foe she mad at
that very moment no less than four hus-
bands. both living and dead, and had al
most persuaded rich old widower To be-
come her fifth partner. Dependent ON her
own eXertOns for support, she contriVed to
levy blackmeil on at least four men at once,
and was at that very moment in rec ipt
IF han1aeFeasa tyi. H.av. tg
live in modest style and lay by money.
She owed her success chiefly to her eyes
and her apparent helplessness. There are
in this world men who clutch
and women who cling, and she
vas one of the clinging kind.
She made all her points by force of tears
and pathos. She never threatened, sh
)nly begged. When other women would
have been angry, she simply bowed he
iead on some convenient article of furni-
turo and wept.
Her victims were all gentlemen of a
chivalric SO SO of h NOR and she sought
them out with unerring instinct. She
know that il would he no use to try no
fearful appeals on any other sort, and so
successful was she the practice of he
art that she usually had half a dozen "on
tue string" Mt the same time and received
from each ons a liberal allowance.
Gn6 also nau u DhDY-5lo PROBABLY
adopted" H. on a pecuniary basis--and she
went Mrs. Hamilton one better in that she
claimed for it a dou 10 pa ernity. That is
to say, two wealthy men of family wer
made to believe thai the child was theirs
ard to 20 butte to its support This game
the adventures carried on aith great sue
cess for nearly year, or until chance threw
the two victims together aud they happened
to comparenotes and found out that they had
been deceived. That ended the fascinating
young Widows income from two sources,
| but she had saved enough to enable her
| live on her income, and she is now highly
respected resident Of small provincial city
| where, | doubt not, she has already sue.
coded in gathering some soft-hearted fool
into her silken meshes.
This woman had no lover, as far as ever
knew, but she lavished all her affections on
the little waif she had adopt d from tht
baby farm and the child nov lives with her
as her own and isreceiving the best education
that she can give him.
AVN WUFuaV