The sun., 1893-03-18
CAPTURED BY ANOTHER GIRL.
CONDUCTOR STEWART. r. n. r., DID
NOT MARRY JENNr DUNKIX.
There Was n Woman su New York Who
Carried Hin or Brides Ring and All, ON
the Day that Was Set for the weddine.

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Carried Him or. Brides hing and All, cr
| the Day that Wa. Set Tor the weddine.
| The acquaintance between Arthur F. Stew
art and Jenny Dunkin began about year age
| when Stewart went to live at the Dunkin
| house. 2pS Montgomery street. Jersey CITY.
| Jcnny's uncle. Frank Dunkn. is a conductor
| in tho employ OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
| and the acquaintance between him and Stew
| art. beginning when the latter became con-
ductor on the Washington express OF the
| Pennsylvania road. resulted In Dunkin offer
ing his friend rooms in his house. Although
Stewart Is AZ yenrs old. and by no means n
handsome man. Jenny. who is only It, became
attached to him. and he. to all appearances.
was infatuated with the girl. Their engage
m ent was announced some months ago.
one day on tho street. Jenny met Stewart In
the company Of pretty young girl with short.
curly black hair. When he returned homo
Jenny asked him about the girl she had seen
with him.
oh that's friend Of mine from the coun-
try" said ho. i've known her for years. ever
since she was child. Her name is Lou Mar
tin and sho Just happened to be going through
town on her war South"
His fnncte was not. however. fully satisfied
with this explanation. and the coldness she
exhibited worried stewart.
break off the enga cement. and finally begged
the girl 70 marry him Immediately. She re-
lcnted sufficiently TO st March 10 as the
date for the marriage
Stewart was. delighted to all Appearances
IIc got two weeks leave Of absence from the
railroad company. He tcleGraphed to WASH
ington and Baltimore. where he intended to
stop on his wedding tour. for rooms at the
hotels. He invited all his friends to the we'd
ding. ard they came up like men with their
wedding presents. Finally he sent to Florida
for Il big bunch Of orange blossoms for the
BRIDE and also bought diamond ring. on
which he had engraved From a. to j.. March
10, '0:i" This ring he showed to Mrs Dunkin.
Jenny's grandmother. remarking that he in
tended keer Ing it to give to his wife after the
wedding. 1t was to be an afternoon wedding.
All this time. however. Stewart was leading
another life. tho central object o! which was
the Lon Martin. with whom Jenny had seen
him. He would telegraph to his fancee that
he was detained over night in Phi ladeiphia:
Then he woul: take train Tor this city and
eighth street. where Lou Martin lived with
Mrs d. Arnold. He se I'm ed all devotion to the
Martin girl .pS tHs S.s sse s1ii od G the
she was going to marry Stewart. There was
not n day. when he was not at the fat himself
from him. on va-ious pretences he kept put
ting of the question OF marriage ,h; With her
however.
asked him point blank when he was going to
"i know now about the Dunkin girl in Jersey
City" said she. II believe you're in love with
Stewart denied this strenuously.- protesting
to settle matters when he next came. His next
visit was on Wednesday night. He appeared
Take this. said he. handing her n diam ond
ring Does that satisfy youp I've furnished
st for on Place s nous, on be
for few weeks"
The sr examined the rGc oT.h on it ~ ths
She made no comment then. although sne
afterwnrd told friend that she knew for whom
the ring was originally meant.
stewart then went 9yar to jersey CITY and
before he had told Jenny all about Lou Mar
tin. and declared that he had broken with her.
Ire hen Rs s
to square himself with Lou Martin. On the
morning OF the day that had originally been
that he had some business to attend to and
would return IN two hours -.-.-.
Mrs. DunkIn. Jenny's grandmot other. saying:
Your Ienny need sn,sr,an n. no thought Of marrynS
Mrs. Dunkin. who knew where the Martin
aunt SssTar and LoH Martin Ia, had jass ie
who said that Stewart had hired a fiat on
place.
They went away. and shortly after Stewart
and Lon Martin came IN. About 10 o'clock
they lett again. saying that they were
going out Of town and that when they re-
turnet they could lie found at Waverley place. |
e found that Arthur had loft the girl he was
going to marry to marry me; were tha girls
that ia q man I'm proud to marry"
Miss Dunkin is very i'll over her lovers
falthlessness. and was not able to leave her
bed all day. The Dunkins do not intend to
proceed against Stewart. They say they want
nothing more to do with him. and that he
could not have Miss Jenny now under any