A ROMANTIC CAREER.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1223, 7 August 1885, Page 3

A ROMANTIC CAREER.

The * Herald’ publishes some details of the romantic career of Adele, daughter of Victor Hugo, to whom he left 4,000,0110 francs —half of his fortune. The facts are furnished by Robert Mattoon, Q.O-, a well known criminal lawyer, who acted for her professionally on several occasions. Adele, named for her mother, was her father’s favourite child. She was an exceedingly handsome woman, tall and stately, of dark complexion, piercing blaox eyes, wavy hair of jet black, high forehead and Roman nose. Her story, as told by herself, is as follows i When a mere girl living with her parents in Brussels, she became acquainted with a young man, one Pinser, belonging to a wealthy family then staying at Brussels. ' She fell madly in love with him and he appeared equally infatuated, so they became formally engaged and were secretly married, as she believed. Owing to their youth and the opposition of Pinser’s family, the affair was kept private and he promised to make her his wife publicly in due time. Meanwhile he was gazetted a Lieutenant in the British army and ordered with his regiment, the famous Sixteenth, to Halifax. Just previous to this he wrote to her to meet him in London, where they would be formally married. Victor Hugo refused to let her go, and said that if Pinser wanted to marry her he must do so at Brussels. But Adele insisted. Finally her parents gave way, the mother accompanying her to London, but before they reached there Pinser had started with his regiment for Halifax. The mother and daugher returned to Brussels, and shortly afterwards Adele clandestinely left home, resolved to follow the man she so madly loved. Arriving at New York, she made her way to Halifax and lived there for nearly three years. Pinser proved recreant, but she seems to have followed him day and night, and frequently declared to a family with whom she boarded that he should never marry another woman while she lived. She was eccentric, and never went out unless deeply veiled. At nisht she went out alone in disguise, wearing a high hat, top boots, and carrying a stick. All her letters were addressed to “ Mine. Pinser,” and she received a monthly remittance of LIOO each from her father. Pinser repudiated all knowledge of or connection with Adele Hugo, and had not been here long ere he became engaged to the daughter of J. W. Johnston, then Premier of Nova Scotia. This coming toAdele's ears, she confided her history in professional confidence to Mr Mattoon, and that gentleman sent a letter to Pinser, whose alleged relations with Miss Hugo then came to the knowledge of the Johnston family. They immediately broke off social intercourse with him.

Miss Hugo’s life and conversation seemed absorbed in Pinser. She employed a good deal of her time in writing. She was a beautiful writer, and at one time offered to Mr Mattoon all her m musoript, saying that if he would publish it some day it would startle the world and bring him a fortune. Her father, who was devotedly attached to her, used to tell her that she could wiite better than he could eighteen years ago. Pinser left Halifax with his regiment for Barbidoea and Adele followed him. After she went away she wrote letters to friends here which are still preserved. At the time she was here one of the sons of Louis Philippe visited Halifax, and learning of Miss Hugo’s presence in the city, visited her. Some years ago sho became insane, and was placed in a private asylum either in Now York or Boston. The fate of the man who betrayed tier is unknown.