A New York Woman-killer

On a recent afternoon a Jersey girl, pretty, dcurure, and iingularly interestiug, sat in the depot at Jersey Oity, roading a newspaper, wh?le waiting to take the tratn for Newark where slie resides. Suddenlf a sea led cnvelope was slipped into hor hand, and the inessengcr moved quickly away. Surprised and confused she thrust tlic document into lier pocket and hurrted ftboaid the train, which was tlien ueai'ly ready to de part. Roaching home, she gave the niysterious letter to her fathei', who ujion reading it, learue'd that ''T. M. J., South' Williain Street, New York," was anxious to make the daughter'a acquaintance, if agreeable. Then the re was a meeting of inceused relativos, and it was decided to deooy the initial personage f rom Ner York to the Jersey shore, wheré, an infuriatod uncle declared, "We'll give hira somothing worse tlian 'Jersey Lightning.' " And so the young lady wa directod to write "T. M. J." a noto iu which his boldness was to be compli meiited and lii desire for an appoint niont gratilied. The response was al that could be wished for. The infat uated lover was directed to be at th i Miii'U u Liül'K. ClioiiTrxC é v'eii "]TIIc the relativet of the yonng lady hek anothcr convention to deteraiiui tli fato of the expected vietirn. The ma jority were in favor o(' kickiug Rome lVoni the blcak AeY Jersey üiioro into the toinb oi' the Capulet, bat the mi iiito the prcsenca of bis idol ïnd a nuniber of invi.ed guesta, wa flimllv carried. He was met at the park aiu iuduced to enter tlie house, wher, the uncle in the case iutroduced him as '-a fair specinieu of the New Vork masher." A more forlorn iiomeo it wou ld be difiicult to imagine. His cana feil iroiii li ia .'mud, the violets in iiis buttonliole bluslied and his knees smoLe together. With the most abjeot apologies he took himself out of the vailey of humiliiUion and ran rapidly toward the depot with tha family watch-dög in hot pui-snit, while Juiiet shouted n:eriily to the enUmsiastie cauine - "Take him aud eut him out in üttle stars."