The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-18

cne invited MIN TO mnner-Io LHt pcs<
little dinner which the head and hand
of woman could devise-and, as her hus~
band was most agreeable, she piled Adj
ans with extrayagant fattery. She toid
him how this charming woman, her y
sister-in-law, stood on the brink Of ruin
of despair, of suicide perhaps; abe shows
ed him-which Is more than b can 40
anybody elso-how nothing but an imu5e-
date marriage could ave her, and ahe
spoke In glowing terms Of the admlrs-
ton, Of y gratitude, she personally
would feel for the man sufficiently noble
thus to save q woman
And when she rose from the table, still
flushed and trembling from the stress Of
her emotions, all r~ustling with silks, AL
vaporous with laces, all shimmering with
jewels, and smiled sweetiy In into the
young mans eyes before vanishing from
the room the die was cast And when
Colonel Kingscote-welI trained hnsband
took up tile theme and, half laughing,
wholly earnest, said:
You're surely not going to marry Mrs.
Drummond-Wo really, ehf" the cap
tain's doom was sealed.
Indeed / ami I'd do anything to save
a woman" he declared, ~and to please
your wife"
Was it hypnotism? No other explains
ton seems possible. After this events
marched rapidly. Captain Adams was
introduced to his bride on Nov. /, and he
was married to her on Nov. at St
Margaret's. Westminster. At the church
door they parted, according to Mrs
kingscote's promise, and presently our
martial Quixote left for India to rejoin
his regiment.
The newly made Mrs. Adams, an adj
venturous lady quite after her sister-in-
laws heart, was not long before coming
to the conclusion that she would like to
go to India, too, and she wrote accord
ingly to Captain Adams to inquire Il she
should come. Imagine the horror Of
young Don .Quixote, the wild rush 70 the
telegraph Office, the concise cable, Ger
tainly mott and then the uaburdening Of
the whole strange story to his colonel
Wires were pulled, friends were set to
work, with the result that Mrs Stepha~
ME Adams wrote her savicE the following
letter, which ended matters;
My Dear William want yoa 10 hare tbis letter
to show in case at any tina thEe sbnzH be 9 mis-
understanding and that It shosd b Thought thnt
you have behaved dishonorahly to ms Ths mar
Rage which took place between " on Nov. !,
1894, was arranged by Mrs. Howard Kingsccte BE-
fore you had seen me or / you- 1t vas undertake.
en- to save me from the effects Of . crime ! had
committed. AT that time ! vzs heavily In debt
1 was threatened with bankruptcy snd also with
worse trouble, as, for the sake Of ArA Howard
Kingscote. / had committed psFjuy. Ths only
way for me to avoid exposure and the consequence
Of these troubles was for me 70 marry Is once
At the request Of Mrs Howard Kiugscoee. and
with my consent, you want through the mar
riage ceremony with me. ! did II 70 save my
self, but ! have never been your wife except In
name. You sacrificed youreit Tor me. and ! un-
dertook never to ask you TO ruppoys me. 1oa
have behaved in a perfectly hpoosshle way 20 No
throughout our acquaintance, aud ] can never
thank you enough or be grateful to you enough
for the sacrifice you have made tor ne ! hope
no one will ever misunderstana the facts Of the
case, which / have stated here and which actually
occurred. I am, SrzTAk<1E