The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-17
A WIFE WITH MONEY.
What Young Man Wanted and What
He Received.

Lena Weissner had reached the age OF
"a. She was a plain young woman, had
worked hard nearly all her life, and had
contributed to the support of her parents.
Very little of her money went for dress,
and the young men didn't invite her out.
Her sister had married otto Mozer,a pros
porous restaurant keeper in New York.
Lena went to live with them in Pearl
street, saw that tney were happy, and
wanted to be happy herself.
She read one newspaper, printed In Ger
man. One day, in this paper, she saw the
advertisement Of an unhappysman who
had scare he'd for a woman after his own
heart and had found none, though he inn
posed only one condition. That was, that
she should have money. Lena had $50 In
the bank. The advertisement was signed
Franz Keyser.
Here, thought Lena, is my man. She
answered the advertisement. Franz
Keyser called on her. He was younger
than she, and was good looking: lie asked
Lena how much money she had, and she
told him. He told her he loved her,
and she agreed to marry him. She
told neither Otto Mozer nor her sister
about it.
On the way to the minister's house
Franz said: Elena, where is the money?
DO you not trust me?'
les, Il dO yOu, Shlo
ma. 81 have $50 in my pocket. / will give
you that"
"Oh," said Franz, 81 have taken that
already. took it out. l was afraid you
would drop it."
"Wie sorgfaltig''-how thoughtful
murmured Lena. This thoughtfulness
touched her heart, and without a mo-
from the bosom OF her dress and handed
it to him.
"Ganz recht, ich liebe dich," said
Franz, "but, Lena must have a drink. "
She went into saloon and she waited
for him to reappear, which he didn't.
She was i'll FOR two days. hen she
told her brother-in-law about it, and to
comfort her he made her cashier OF his
restaurant. She accepted, but resolved
she would find Franz II it took life time,
and she would make him suffer.
A bright girl works in Otto Mozer's
restaurant i'm Pearl street. She was born
in the town Lena was born in. Lena
confided in her. ''We'Il catch him,
said the friend. Every day she got the
German newspaper and read tho adver-
tisements. AT the end of two weeks she
saw an advertisement signed Edward
Miller. 1t related, as the advertisement
Lena had answered had related, that the
writer was young man who had searched
everywhere for a wife and could not find
one. The only cOn0lt1On was tnat sne
must have money. The bright girl
answered the advertisement. She said
she had money, and back came letter.
The bright girl compar d it with the
letter Lena had received. The handwrit-
ing was the same.
"Now we will get him" she said. She
wrote to Miller asking for an appoint
ment. Miller said he would meet cher
last Thursday night at the corner OF
Third avenue and Fourteenth street. She
told Lena to go to police headquarters
and get two detectives. Lena did. The
detectives were in waiting with Lena
when the bright girl came along. Around
the corner i'm a few minutes came Miller.
ats Franz 20 cried Lena, and with a
bound she was by his side. She cuffed
him in the mouth couple of times be-
fore the detectives had a chance to stop
her. Then she poured out torrent OF
German denunciation on him. The
bright girl was SO happy she could hardly
contain herself. She and Lena went
around to the station, where the man
said he was Fritz Scheeferlein and that
he lived at Greenwich street. After he
had had a talk with Captain O'Brien at
police headquarters he confessed that 5000
of Iena's money was in the hands of A.
Green baum, with whom he boarded. The
captain sent and got that money for Lena,
Schaeferlein was remanded In the Essex
Market Court.