Show WHAT LUST DID I The Ult of Oaouui H W How gate IS an instance ct tow rapid a mans descent the devil may be when he la hefDeti down by a lustful lust-ful nature to which he baa given way I just aa tbe cacaO < < psrgoaH rise in i the I Wlld wad an balance of what well directed Ambition will Uc tor a man in ibis rrpubiicim country How1 rut4 when be darted oil in lit for mimlf w I poor carpenter and his fmnily untl frietuld were liki him all poor uur was be well educaied bpt be applied himself adgiduouay to book and by bard study made buu self known ag a wan ot learning as well 23 aj good mechanic When the vyar broke one he Wnt with a Michigan regiment as second sec-ond lieutenant and aftarwarda achieved fame as an officer in the signal service being practically oot the head ol the department for sometime some-time and came near succeeding Gen Myer aa chief Of f the service In his Arctic explorations he won distinction dis-tinction Failing in his efforts to be appointed head of the signal service he resigned his commission in the army and is now under indictment for stealing from government something like 100000 with which money he 0 out agrand swell Washington his eatabliBbment being one of the toniest and his mistress one of the gayest in the national capital l He is effectually effectu-ally crashed and can never rise again His family as well as he are disgraced his property will all pass from his hands and he mUSt e ion go ont of the world as be is already a physical mental and moral I wreck And all this through yielding yield-ing to an unholy lust We see in an exchange that his mistress ruined him Her demands for money were greater than he could honestly meet henoa he was forced to choose between be-tween giving her up and accept the exposure which would fDllow and stealing from the public fund under his control as disbursing officer The blame for his fall is attached to the mistress whereas she rather than he is entitled to sympathy if there be any to waste on the guilty pair Our readers will remember that a few weeks ago the HERALD contained con-tained the story of how Howgate came to have the mistress who has ruined him She was a poor girl employed in one of the departments Her beauty attracted her lustful eyes and he deliberately set to work to I ruin her by gratifying his base pas sione He used his money freely and after weeks of scheming and the employment of much flattery he succeeded in his scoundrelly purpose The girl was debauched and her poor but respectable New England parents and family brought to sorrow and disgrace She became reckless and made Howgatea money fly spending spend-ing thousands upon thousands for giddy pleasures and in a vain effort to drown her shame To say that she has ruined him is to speak falsely It washis own lust his base passion that ruined both him and her making mak-ing her a vile thing despised and hated by herself and him a thief from his benefactor and a robber of his own family No one can feel sympathy for the wretch who has brought BO much misery upon all about him |