IMPUDENCE AND INFIDELITY

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2027, 27 June 1885, Page 2

IMPUDENCE AND INFIDELITY

An Adelaide telegram of the 25th May ( , says:—"An incident, which bears an i unhappy resemblance to some of Boc- \ ■caccio.s least conventional tales, came out' • during the hearing of a Court case a day or two ago. A well-known merchant, whose commercial success is only equalled by the regularity of hisSundayobservances, was until recently in tho habit of paying nocturnal visits to a fair though frail one, whose little villa stands at no great distance from his own palatial residence in a fashionable suburb. The intrigue had I been continued for some months without raising any suspicion in tho merckit's domestic circle, and might have proJKed on the same even lines had he not been so' ' unfortunate as to arouse the ire of tho .frail one's privatefootman, who determined as aii easy means of revenge tbinformthe gentloman'swife of his littlo "goings oh." That samo night, no sooner had. her husband left 'to go to his club,' than that. revengeful flunkey, who was well aware what hie real destination would be, obtained entrance, to his house, and disclosed to the unhappy wife the story of her husband's infidelity. Being a woman of quick resolution, she threw a wrapper over her shoulder, and having. found out the locale of the villa, took herstandclose to the gate, determined to give her spouse, a warm reception when he emerged^"'. Unfortunately for the satisfaction of helf— ; just indignation, one of the servants' observed her arrive with the footman, and put her mistress on her guard. The frail one resolved not to be outdone in strategy,.and having told her admirer of the position he was in, she proceeded to disguise him as a lady who might bo visiting her house, His own belltoper was made effective as an improver, while a thick veil; completely Jiid his heavy moustache, . Thus accoutred they left, the villa together, and' passod" the .expectant wife, intent upon her midnight watoh. Having hailed a passing hansom, he was homo in a few minutes, all speed sought the sheltor of his cJfh. At about seven o'clock on a cold morning the unfortunate watcher, sick at heart, crept home only to find that her husband had been snug in bed for half a-dozen hours. It it oven said that the heartless . wretch carried his shamelessness to tho height of upbraiding her for having been absent all night. Much sympathy is expressed the lady, who is the daughter of aVealthy citizen, besides being young and charming' in her own right."