Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-22
TALKS OF THE TOWN.
Sad Case of Abused Confidence and
Family misunderstanding.
COMING STYLES OF STATIONERY.
A Little Echo Of the Fourth Still Linger-
ing on the SOuthside.
OTHER SHORT STORIES OF CITY LIFE

There is certain Allegheny county man
and a certain Washington county woman
who are Just about as angry as an Allegheny
county man and Washington county
woman can get. The condition of sffairs
came about in this way: The woman has a
husband that's bold, bad man, but q very
clever one. For some time she has been
aware of the fact that he was lavishing his
affection, and his cash likewise, a Pitts
burg damsel The Affection she didn't mind
SO much, but the loss of the cash was more
than she could stand. so she consulted the
Allegheny county man-who is a prominent
Pittsburg lawyer-and whose advice to her
to gain, if possible, documentary evil
deGce of her liege lords unfsithfulness and
determine upon her course of action after
WARD. For several weeks she played the
Pinkerton role, and was finally rewarded by
the discovery OF package of "deary-dal-
ing" love letters. Woman-lille, she Invested
them of their envelopes, and tying them up
with blue ribbon. she hied her to this city,
where she left them in the care of the at
torney. He being busy and absent-minded,
placed them in his pocket before going
home, instead Of putting them under lock
and key, as all love letters should be. The
following morning, without thought of the
package, he donned a lighter coat. and leav-
ing the other one for his patient little wife
20 hang up left for his office.
The little wife took up the coat: the blue
ubboned package fell out and, sad to relate,
was not replaced with the promptness that
always makes poor boys fortune in sun
day school books: in fact, TO be truthful, it
was not replaced at ali. 1t was instead, con
signed TO the flames and by them consumed,
for horrible of all horrible condolences the
diSlOyal spouse ana the lawyer bore the
same given name and the wife, in her in
0ignatiOn, took counsel of no one, but
woman-like, again, destroyed that which
would Justify her in her anger. Her man.
ncr toward her husband from that time on
was one OF studied coldncsS. much to his
mvStificaCiOn, which finally resulted in
HrousiUg his suspicion that her love had
been in some way alieEated from him. The
unhappmesS and misunderstanding became
greater with each day, and the husband
worried over his own domestic relations SO
much that all else, even the Washington
county affair, slipped his mind until re-
called by letter from the outraged wife. In
vain then did he search for the bundle of
letters that would form the ground for a
divorce libel, but 70 no purpose. Finally, in
despair, be appealed to his wife to know If
pcrChance he had left them living around
tile house. slowly the truth dawned upon
her after he had given his description of
TIE ill-1ated letters, but it was not until
fa!ly convinced by the reading of the letter
concerning them that she confessed her
Uhare in the transaction. Reconciliation
:oGowed, but abused innocence is very
angry over the matter, and his client is fur
ious Overtime loss of her evidence.