The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-03
THREE SAD PEOPLE.
THE INNOCENT SUFFER. WHERE
THERE Is 10 APPARENT GUfLT.
Business Relations Cause = Scandal Which
Resulted In The Discharge of Two
OF the Principals Involved.

just i've years and nine months ago
Robert Scott welded pretty Ella Clinely.
The wedding was a happy event, as the
young people were very popular and 1t
was purely a love match.
Everything went weli for a while. Rob-
ert had a nice position with the Baugh-
man Stationery Company. and life ran in
only smooth lanes until a little spot APP
peared upon the horizon OF their hsppi-
ness in the shape Of another girl. Robert
seemed to go all to pieces, and although
he had Heretofore always had the best
sort of a reputation for steadiness and in
dustry, he is said TO have gotten out OF
the narrow path n little.
For a long time this sort Of thing went
on, and while no serious breach Of the
marriage relation occurred. rumors were
aioat that Mr.. Scott was paying more at
tention than a married man should TO
another woman; and, like all such things.
they were finally carried to the wife, with
that unfailing certainty which rumors
nearly always put to the innocent head.
At His Business.
This is how the attachment was formed.
and the young man is more to be pitied
h blamed. He was, as has been be-
fore stated. employed in ~Baughman's
stationery establishment, and there vas
also an employe, or the gentler sex. with
bewitching dark eyes and Il fascinating
manner The daily and constantly close
business brought him under the spell OF
those dark eyes. and IN Is related by his
friends that they held the power OF a mag
net Tor him. ana then
Wen. in n little while he IS said TO have
gotten beyond all bounds. and that II be-
came a daily habit 20 walk home with the
girl. and that from this point he got to
calling on her. There is an intense moral
tone In this city which had apparently
been broken in upon, and so tho rumors
started. The clouds grew bigger and
blacker at home, but nothing happened for
some time. until the rumOrs reached the
wife.
She is a quiet little woman. and said
nothing. She acted. That evening, it is
related. after Mr.. Scott had gone out,
she dOnned her hat and cape ana went 10
satisfy herself OF the truth. She met him
on the street and LpbraiGed him quietly,
almost silently-when he was with the
girl. The girl said nothing and neither did
Mr.. Scott. Mrs. Scott went home. Mr..
Scott went to a hotel, and the young lady
went home. Since then, It is said. Mrs.
Scott has not seen MIR. Scott, and II looks
like they Will not hereafter observe that
part Of the marriage ceremony which
specified that they were we'd until death
did them part.
Finale.
Now for the unhappy finale Of this sad
story. Mrs. Scott. in her quiet, silent
way, went 10 see Mr.. Baughman. Nobody
but these two know what took place in
thar infnrrTfan~ htrf grt0I.faAt - l.. q. o.. -
that both Robert Scott and the young
lady were asked for their designations.
They resigned. IL Is said by friends Of
Mrs. Scott that MIR. Baughman offered
her the position made vacant by the
resignation Of her husband. but neither
OF them will talk about the affair. and SO
there is no way of verifying this state
ment. 8
The girl went TO Mrs. Scott and en-
deavored TO explain thai there was moth
ing wrong between Scott and herself.
that 10 was merely a p%latonic friendship.
but all 10 no avail. Mrs. Scott thought
her position i'm the matter was justified.
Mr. Scott stayed here until recently. try
ing for a new position, but IT appears he
could not obtain It. And then he was
advised that friends of his wife were
very much i%ncenscd against him. and
intended TO do him bodily harm. and
so he HE'D himself away for pastures
new. II is said that he is now in one
OF the small interior towns OF North
Carolina. RumOr has IL that the girl
is with him. bat this is untrue. She is
yet In the city and is very much grieved
that her imprudcnce should have put a
stigma on her name. She is very posi-
tive i'm the assertion that she has done
no wrong. and it really looks like a case
Of misunderstanding all around. Her
name is withheld as a matter Of simple
Justice. the other facts are given out
with the hope that a reconciliation may
yet be reached. Dark eyes are fascinating
aud man is but human, when ne errs.
but there was nothing w~rong-that is,
criminal wrong.