Show great of promise case vs straw slaw the defendant it in tills this suit just decided at st louis is aa mr ar henry shaw of that city an old and highly I 1 respectable citizen or of immense weald 1 ased aged about sixty five years arid and tire the plaintiff is miss aliss effie effic carstang a young woman under thirty years of age the datig eliter of a deceased of i character but in humble circumstances a a of life it was it in ev el idenar that mr air shaw during a period of t two a years continued those attentions to the young lady chib are un derstad ato to be sign ficano 1 to an eigan ement and which rich unless on oil tins tills supposition vi mould be manifestly improper proper ile he visited her constantly to t the he virtual exclusion of her other ac tiam was treated as a privileged guest by the other members of alie family was admitted to her 11 private avate apartments P pud rid in all respects was pa placed t upon the footing of an accepted lover lie made her costly presents among others an elegant piano and was waa in the habit of sending her almost daily such delicate tokens of 0 his alfe affection tion as the choicest bouquets banquets orilo of flowers ivers his distinct admission to her sister of ain in engagement was also brov proved ed aa time of marriage approached tor for which tile the wedding dress had been procure dhe suddenly without warning or any excuse of a qu quardel ariel discontinued his v visits i sits hai ing first rei removed noved the piano to his own resilience residence on the pretence predence pre tence I 1 hat it u as wanted for a in musical us i pirty party how much miss carstang but suffered in feeling we ate aie left to conjecture but her reputation was somewhat compromised by the abrupt discontinuance of mr air shaws s visits leai eat ing the impression ill that it their previous intimacy int amacy was open to suspicion the defence was laine and inconclusive an attempt was mae somewhat indi recty to impeach her character but fu I 1 and P probably b aggravated the damages the dei decided led cial weight it of testimony was to the effect that she hii a I 1 a prudent chaste and virtuous girl the verdict a in tire the case cafe was for the plaintiff an and awarded the full amount aal of damages claimed oue one hundred thousand dol larf one ane of the heaviest i verdicts ever given i in this or ariy other country for a b each of promise of marriage llie die wealth of the defendant was proved on the trial to be over a million of dollars |