The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-28

ofnccs of various broker. In Wall and
broad streets, and 20 study tins work. Her
luck was limited, however, n $6Oy00O,
which she had somehow scraped toQetlser,
soon went skying in q venture I'm oil
stocks. The certiflcates are to-day worth
about 10 ccnts q share. Then shc tried
vice ! m', ni%ass g ss1 the H Serss Of asS shsaa ls nS.
only to fool them. In some cAsEs slsss
would suddenly discovcr a Disparity i'm
religion that would stand in the way; and
again n would lament bitterly her lack
of fortune and swcetly refuse tn saddle her
devoted one who wished To marry her.
She had at ono time ON the string n United
States senator, q rich broker and z very
Ign and does business ia the Swamp In
this city. The last time I saw her was ON
h sr Sna i SnS w xu,s m,aF fan s%
No one, to look at her lovely face, with it's
fine eyes and innocent expression, would
for the last sight years lived ON her wits
n vcritable Ar~achnis, weaving her spider
like net about men To entice and destroy
them.
One Of the smartest blackmailers i'm
New York "a few years Y was a little
black-cyed widow, who occasionally used
around Broad and Nassau streets i'm the
guise of a simple, unsophisticatcd book
For a subscription agent she
ate and, what was worse still, she could
not hide her ignorance. But she was woe
s%.'S II ' DRESSING presaiiS a%a Ssi n"s hsr vice ,ne
Tins until they fairly fell at her feet. She
had at different times dangling
n PRESENTS, h'a ve aS' prsm ,snms b ner
ker and n distinguished professional
musician. Ia belonged to the little
work their victims till the latter are either
disguised or dead broke. The little widow
was a money-saver. too. and soon had n
tNanasftfas1 ..sr,. tItx. fri1pssta ~ 1n,. .,x.-
ible acquaintanccs, who had thus far re-
lieved her of the necessity of exercising
more than a nominal extent. Stat,icttes,
line painting by masters she had never
heard of, cabinets loaded down with rare
antiques, and n valuable collection Of
Jewels make up her treasures, aud i'm ten
years or less she has learned the secret of
keeping u substantial balance at her
The typical matchmaker il, however,
usually a woman of far more than ortli-
nary ABILITY. Sometimes she has beauty,
the dash, the ''ncrye'' that carries her
through safely and successfully. She
knows just how to whcedle and COAX am,
tiatter. aud then. when the gudgeon IL
fairly ookcd To pull for all she is worth
at the purss-strings She Ia charming
ana e"''p,s,.am' e,,"ugh :" long as sh.
The instant it ceases tn flow she
shows her t,cth-and they are sharper
m%an-cating white shark of the Atlantic
which in her prototype. Sometimes the
spell endures for an indefinite period,
woman of this character was at the opera
with n gentleman one evcuinG lately,
when the latter observed his wife in "a box
with some n He was indiscreet
enough to- mention the fact To his com.
p~anion. who Instantly told him that ''that
woman must leave tl: thea,er Mt once. o.
tai the box and persuaded his wife twho,
luckily, hadn't seecn his companion) to &c
home!
Married women arc rarely heard OF as
blackmailers and only when they act in
conjunction with their husbands do they
ever come under the observation of tho
police. in that capacity. The badger
game" il too well known tn need to Ia,
mentioned as the lowest form of black
engaged as ~confcdcrates. Ii is scarcely
possible to work IL successfully ia New
York now so well known are the methods
to work alone. She tries a sym.
pathetic role that IL sure to produce an e.
feet in u majority OF cases, oven IL il fails
i'm others. Widows, divorced women and
occasionally single young ONE mere
the cond { IONS of married life are unfavor.
able to such u wa at ON. Marriage is SUR
rounded by pure and absolute safeguards.
and IL Is only when these are rok down
and all barriers removed that the wife
strays into the forbidden field and begins
- make prey of society mt large.
u lily WV wty W NtessA VIZ Il
t"ss We yesterday. "ihe moa,smt a man
or woman tries d threat of exposure
To extort money, they should bc handed
over ~ the police. No mercy ought to he
shown, FOR u failure i'm one place simply
makes them the more Determined To sue
ceed in the next. Ii sometimes requires n
good amount of moral courage tn do this,
especially where the victim has something
he does not care tn have people know
about; hut il is far preferable to make
a bold front of IL, whatever il is,
less extortion. And u woman is
worse than u man, for she has no limit
tn her demands and will even kill the
goose that lays the golden eggs. There
are more business mon ruined by this sort
OF thing. or driven to exile ar suicide.
than people have an idea of. Most men
will stand any amount of bleeding rather
than risk am exposure that may cause n
domestic breach and end in n divorce
court. In nine cases out Of ten, the vic
tim is tortured by n delusion that his tor
mentor has got hold of some damning
secret. when the latter has really got
nothing of the sort and is working largely
on surInise, leaving the fears of his prey
to do the rest"
Given Away by ~ Parrot.
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