Year: 1867

A Case Of Marital Iuddelity.


A very amusing case of martial in
fidelity came to our knowledge yester-
day. The particulars, an near as we
can learn them, are as follows:


A young man, the pOssessOr Ofa beau
tifnl and affectiOnste wife, for some
time past, without the knowledge or con-
sent Of the aforesaid wife, had been pay
ing little more than considerable at
tention to q young and handsome wild
ow in the city. The fact is he had be-
come 80 deeply enamored Of her that he
neglected his too confiding wife. to en-
JOY the company of his gay, dashing
and wicked widow. For several months
the naughty husband paid his most de-
voted distresses to the widow, during
which time he, fortunately or unfortun-
ately, excited the suspicious of the staid
and sober old ladies, and the curiosity
of the young ladies in the vicinity of
the widows residence. 1t is useless to
say that q thousand pieces Of STRAIT
egy were resorted to by the female por-
tion of the neighborhood to get into the
secret, but without avail, and the affair
continued enshrouded in mystery. A
few days ago, however, an honest Irish
girl, belonging to- the household of the
"gay and festive" husband, chanced to
pass the widows residence and rs she
did so, happened to cast her eyes in that
direction, and in so deing, beheld a
scene which We shall not attempt to
describe. The injured wife knows all
about it and that is enough. The faith
full wife, having noticed this piece of
infldelity on the part of her mistress
husband, and wishing to expose his viii
laine, concluded not to see, but, if
possible, hear what was going on. She
managed, with great shrewdness, to
steal into the privacy of the loving cou-
pie, and overhead her employer make n
bold declaration Oflove, and propose an
elopement.


The widow acceded to the proposition
the time was appointed, and the bar
gain was sealed with rapturous kisses.
This was enough for Biddy, and with
the caution of q cat she left the prem
ises, and with heart overfowing with
sorrow for her injured mistress, hasten
ed to ner with fearful eyes, and related
all she had seen and heard. Plans were
Immediately entered into between the
lady and her faithful maid to catch the
guilty pair. The widow was to meet
her lover on the night of Saturday last,
at the foot of the Lovers Leap, at
eleven o'clock. from whence the twain
were to leave for some more cOngenial
cline. Notwithstanding the hard rain
storm that night, the widow ventured
out to meet her love. Upon arriving at
the Third street bridge, She was seized
by two persons-the injured wife and
Biddy-and forced to remain; Biddy
took charge of the prisoner while the
wife FASTENED to meet the anxious and
waiting husband. They met the rascal
husband embraced his wife-smothered
her with burning, rapturous kisses-ap..
piled all the endearing terms he could
think of, and then tendcrly placed her
in the vehicle. Crack went the whip,
and away they sped. Although wet
and cold, the ardent lever was, or at
least seemed quite happy, and was pro.
fuse in his abuse of his wife, and loud
in praise of the widow. He drove up
to the widows residence, in order to
give the "dear one" an opportunity to
to take the last "lingering look,' and
was considerably surprised, when pass
ing the cottage, to hear his companion
in her tones loud enough to be recogniz-
ed and understood, demand to be taken
home Immediately. Her demand was
complied with, and what happened at
terw ard we are not prepared to say
The horse remained hitched to the fence
the remaining portion of the night. We
are of the opinion' that the husband
slumbered-"not muchly."