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From Tie Bizarre.
4 Wife's Devotion,

The following translation from the French
Is one OF the many striking examples Of femal,
tenderness, affection, and eonstaney, which
modern times have furnished:-
MIR. Weiss, who was town surgeon Of a
small town in Prussia, prompted BY that arden,
patriotism which inhamed The bosoms of The
people of that country. at the commencement
of the conflict in 1919, exchanged that situa.
Ilon Tor tie post Of surgeon TO the Neumarkt
Landwehr. The corps formed part of the force
employed IN the seige Of Glogua In the exc
eutlon OF the duties Of his office, he caught the
epidemic fever. No sooner did his wife receive
the account Of his situton, she Immediately
hastened to him from Neumarkt. She found
her husband in the height of typhus. and in
sensible, in cottage at NOsswitz, near Glopua.
Searcel y had she undertak m the Office ofnurse
when sortie made ION the 10th November,
1913, by the garrison of Glogua, threw the
whole neighborhood, and the village in partic-
ular, into the utmost CONSERVATION All its in
ha6tants betook themselves to flight. She a.
lone was left, with herapparently expiring hus.
band, in the cottage, against which the hottest
hire OF the enemy's artillery was directed. pro.
badly because it was distinguished from the
other houses by tiled roof Several grenades
breaking through the roof set the floor on fire.
Having carefully covered up her patient and
as it were, buried him in the bed clothes, she
ran out for pail Of water, extinguished the
fire and again directed her attention to the be-
loved object of her anxiety She found him,
to her great joy, in proiuse perspration; but
the incessant shower of balls rendered her A.
bode more more dangerous Atwelve poun-
der fell close to the bed of her husband, but
without doing him the slighes, injury. Re-
solved to die with him. she lay down by his
side, and thus awaited their common fate
Noon arrived, and this time the Prussians had
driven back the enemy into the fortress. She
was earnestly entreated to provide for her safe
ty, as it was impossible to tell whether the en-
emy might attempt fresh sorte. She, how.
ever, scorned every idea Of removing to a
place of security herself, unless she could save
her husband also; and though the removal of
the patient was deemed imprast cable she new
ertheess determined oa this hazardous and
only way Of ensuring his safety.
Having tied his hands and legs, to prevent
him from moving and taking cold, she laid him
closely wrapped up with bed and bedding, in
a cart covered with boards, in which she took
her stand, and looked at him every minute
She slowly pursued her course towards Sohmar-
sau, but scarcely had she left Nosswitz, when
The beseiged began to fire from the fortress in ,
that direction. The balls flew thicky about the
cart, AMI the affrighted lad who drove, took
shelter, sometimes underit, and sometimes un-
der the horses. She was fortunate enough to
escape this danger without injury, and arrived
with her patient at Schmarsau, which was al
ready thronged with wounded, and applied for
lodging at the first cottage. The mistress of
The house, whose husband had died Of
nervous fever, fell on her like fury, turned
.he horses heads, and protested, with many
bitter eXecratons, that she should not cross her .
threshold. In this desperate situation our he
prime had recourse to decisive expedient Al
most beside herself she drew her husbands
sword, and pointing it to the woman's breast,
declared that she world run it through her
heart, unless she Immediately admitted her
husband Terrified at this unexpected menace,
the other complied, and the patient was carried
into the house which had previously contained
fifteen wounded His wife, however, perceiv-
ed with horror, that her beloved charge mani
ieSteu hOU tle IedsL sign OI lie. Inc DySJanQ-
ers advised her to give herself no farther trou-
BILE about him, and offered to lay him out for
dead To this she positively refused to agree;
and laying him in the bed, she necessarily rub
bed his stifened body and with teaspoon ad-
some wine, the only medicine with
in her reach, With the following morning, the
expiring spark began to revive, and her Joy
was unbounded. She continued her attentions,
and in few days had the inexpressible salts
faction to see him out of danger. She now OBJ
tained a distinct apartment of her landlady,
who began to behave to her with more kind
ness than at first. When her husband was
sufficiently convalescent, she returned with him
10 Neumarkt, to complete his recovery. IN
fortunately, during her absence, one of their
two children, fine boy, was taken i'll, and him
her maternal care was unable to save. In the
of February, her husband again re-
turned to resume his perilous duty with his
battalion before Glogua.
what Hope Did.