The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-11
1886 NEWARK AVENUE e.

either of the young ladies, while Mrs.
Sehmitt said, contemptuously:--.
Pooh, you are not one of the dying
kindl'
When they had recovered somewhat
from the excitement occasloned py the
shock of the exposure of the man they
had trusted. each girl asked him in turn
why he had not told her of his a~flllatlohs
with the other, and she would nave never
said anything against it. Both OF them
declared that they would never have any
thing else to do with him, and Barue ae-
| clared that he must clear out Of her
house as soon as he could move MS pc
longings the following morning, which
was Yesterday. Even after the terrlple
| exposure of his conduct ana ms pelng
confronted by both the girls ne Iad
wronged. EmmerSon never lost his nerve,
which had stood him in good stead IN
many another trying ordeal. turning 10
| Miss Schmitt, he said
Come into the hallway, EN-; L WanI 10
| have a few words with YOU"
Mrs. Schmitt would not trust her daugn-
| ter with him alone, for fear he would co
something desperate, SO she accompanies
them and heard what he had to say
nWell, EN-" he said, when he mad MS
| late fiancee in the hall, away from MRS.
Barue and Camille, now that 1t is all out
| will YOU marry me? You might as well.
| I will make you a good husband. | never
loved thai other girl. l could not pre-
vent her from falling in love with me
and forcing her attentions upon me. 1
never III lON6 dIJ gil Oal ~
| came to this country-(Emmerson. came
from England five years ago)-'do let ev-
erything go on just as if this unpleasant
| ness had not occurred.
| she had discovered his real nature IN time
and had been spared years OF misery anu
| regret and declared that he could never
be ANYTHING to her again. (.
light said Emmerson. cody, ana
| then he called Miss Barue into the nall
| and made her precisely the same propo-
a. 4. IL 10 So ~ nrntnCfa f1OnG IN
two women compared notes. and DECIDED
| that he was a bigger s~coundrel than ever;
Each young lady declared that she would
| have given him up if he had told her OF
his love for the other. Miss Schmltt mas
notified all her friends that her wedding
will not take place. Miss Barnes cards
of invitation had not been issued. EN-
merson had been engaged to Miss Barue
for four years.
He met Miss Schmitt in G%reenville, on
the shore of the New York Bay, two ana
a half years ago, when she was bathing
with a party of girl friends, and he was
| there with a number of his companions.
They were introduced by mutual friends.
| and he accompanied her home. After that
they met frequently, and he soon began to
be a steady caller at her home. After
counting her for nearly six months he be-
| came engaged to her. All the time he was
continuing his attentions to Miss Barue,
who he declared to Miss Schmitt was
| nothing TO him but a friend.
Last July Emmerson and Miss Schmitt
| had a row and parted. The trouble arose
over his drinking habits. He called on her
| and she declared that she would have
nothing more to do with him, while her
| mother declared that he should never ell
ter her house. Two lays after this oc-
renee he wrote Mrs. Schmitt the follow
ing letter, pleading forgiveness
ssMy Dear Mont feel I must write to
you although you told me not to write or
come near you again. ] wish I could
express to you my feelings since left
/ md a r +ipn4S do not Epnpy If 7 qrn in INV
right senses or not. ] saw my En- after
] left you, but | could not meet her, so !
turned off in another direction and
/ then Wake as far as the Armory and
would AVE called on my way beck but
my feelings would not allow me. ! never
felt anything cut me so much as when ]
had to say Goodbye to you. When /
left England ] did not feel it half SO
much, as ] knew | could go back, but to
think of having to leave you and part
from my En- forever, whom / dearly love
tand always Wild. is testing my feelings
more than ] can bear.
Il did not know what to do with my
self yesterday; ! was simply miserable;
I could not sleep. / was up early and
walked up and down Palisade avenue,
and wandered as far as tile Fourteenth
ner tthe little | did have) ] got on the
car and went up to Gutenberg and went
over to cliffside and wandered through
the woods. The country and woods up
there are fine Everything is In blossom
and the odors are grand. but in it all /
was unhappy. l was glad / had gone
up there as l wanted to be alone and
think of the past, which ] regret to say
was anything but pleasant TO me.
met two or three couples in the woods,
which was only a sting to me and made
me think of what ] might have been
they seemed to be enjoying the pleasures
Of courtship. but / who was longing to
enjoy the same pleasure was, as may
call it, a miserable wreck. Now it is
hard to think that l should be such, but
I cannot think that I ann anything else.
terday. but | thought Of your last words