Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-12
A PURRING BLONDE
With Big Innocent Eyes and so
Modest and Demure.
ENOUGH TO MAKEAGiRL HAPPY
To be Called an Amanuensis and to be
Near Her Bernard-The Stately Bru-
nette Wife Learns of Blonde
Ways-A Divorce.

NEW YORK, Nov 10.-Bernard Langsam
was prosperous dealer in cloak and millin-
cry trimmings at 1876 Elm street. He is a
we'll built, good-looking man of thirty and
is very fond of athletic sports. He had
particular confidence in his skill as boxer
and his bang always, hung over his fore
head in a graceful, negligent way. Lang
sam liked to have himself photographed in
his athletic costume.
Five years ago, when Langsam married
his beautiful, dark-haired wife, they went
to live in fiat in Seyenty-fifth street. 1t
was charmingly furnished. Two children
came and there was a lot of happiness.
Two years ago last summer Langsam
went to Europe to buy goods, as he had
done before. On the steamer on his way
home, he met Miss Betty kircheimer, and
then all the trouble began. Nobody seems
to know much about Miss Betty. She was
a pretty blonde, with big innocent eyes and
had dainty, purring manner. The two
fell head over heels in love with each other.
1t was all arranged by the time they
landed. Langsam sent his love to hotel
and went home to see his wife and babies.
They were very glad to see him and very
happy over his return.
The next day LangSam installed Miss
Betty in furnished room at 240 East
Eighty-seventh street. There he visited
her often. He was also particularly kind to
affection for Miss Bette increased at the
most alarming rate, and she, too, seemed to
be consumed with love for the handsome
athlete. Then Langsam brought her down
to his Office. He called her his amanuensis.
This seemed to make Miss Betty very
happy. To-be near Bernard and to be called
an amanuensis was certainly enough to
make any girl happy. Betty kept very busy
in the Office, and the book-keeper noticed
that Langsam wrote great deal-three
times as much as before Miss Betty came to
the Office, and he never could see any result
from the writing of either. That was be-
cause the love-mad pair spent half their
time in writing to each other.
Mrs. Langsam came often to the Office.
She learned to know the golden-haiLed clerk
aud she liked her. She was so quiet, SO
modest, so demure, that not the faintest
trace of suspicion entered the wife's mind.
She loved her strong, handsome husband
very dearly. and she was very certain that
she was all the world to him. For nearly a
year pretty and blonde Miss Betty was in
the Office. A year ago last summer Lang
sam sent his wife and children to Islip,
while he remained in the city.
BY this time his love for Miss Betty had
increased so much that he thought she
should have much better apartments. He
took her to No. $50 East Ninetieth street.
Then he and Miss Better had fine time.
lncy grew DOlutT anu UOIieF, appearing
often together on the streets and in thea
tiers.
One night two men, who are warm friends
of Mrs Langsam and Of her family, saw
the husband and Miss Betty together in
theater The next evening they followed
Langsam and the girl to the house in East
Ninetieth street. They stayed about the
house until midnight and returned the next
morning at O'Clock. Miss Betty occupied
the front room of the first fat. By stand
ing on the stoop the two men could see into
the window. They saw much more than
they expected. They notified Mrs. Lang
SANS father.
Langsam learned that he had been found
out. The next day august 2o) he fled with
Miss Betty. They took 4 train for the.
West, and since then the only thing learned
of him was rumor that he was in San
Francisco. He took a large sum OF money
with him. Mrs. Langsam went back to the
house to wait. No word ever came from
the recreant husband. A little one died,
aud he was not there TO comfort her. She
did not know where to send him word. For
more than year she waited, and then she
listened to the urgings of friends and in
structed her attorneys to bring an action
for divorce