Butte record., 1854-10-28
THE HUSBAND g. THE ARTIST.
AN ENGLlsHaAN'S REVENGE

/ following story Of z wealthy Englishmln
! who may constantly be seen at the grand
opera and the italian opera, and who
enjoys great reputation, not Only as
being u connoisseur OF music, bat furt!i-
er, as being Il gre t amateur of pointing
How the reputation was acquired, you
will presently see.
He was, he is, one of those Bedoain
Englishmen, who live alternately in the
European capitals, except when they are
on an occasionai jaunt to Egypt, 0; to
China, or to lndiI, or the Holy Land
He never travelled alone his wife IS
with him-his bona fde wife-far not
vithstandlng his Grant life, < sp apt to
weaken ones morals he had all the
English respect for the sex, aad a tru-
Engli>hman's love for his wife She was
a beautiful woman one Of those 8 keep
sake y beauties, that once seen, make
man dream forever. Her social success
was very great III ali the cities they
visited.
In Rome, after some years marriage,
they became acquainted with German
arti4t, of a good deal of reputation. who,
to his art, joined the learning Of Bene-
diatine, and knew the city Of Rome as
well as Winkelnann or Fiseongi. The
German volunteered to be their cicerone
in the Eternal City-they gladly ace p
ted the offar Many We're the hours they
passed with him in the museum Of the
capital, in the Vatican, in St. Peters,
and in the delightful excursions they
made in the enyirons of Rome.
The artist became in love with the
English lady; she reel procated his alfec-
ton. The husband was long time in
seeing the stain upon his honor Several
months passed away before he perceived
it, for he was very much pleased with
the artist, and they had long been on the
most intimate footing Although stung
to the quick by such base faithlessness
and such gross violation of the laws Of
hospitality and friendship, he saith moth
ing he disliked scsaes He was, never
theless, determined, upon complete re-
venge, and he appealed 10 cooler refec.
ton to furnish forth suitable punish
nent. as the passions are bad counsellors
lie left Italy ana retired with his wife
to England, saying nothing but az rero;r
to the artist When he reached Eng
land he told his wife Of the painful dis
coyery he had made. and gave her back
to her fathers hands
lie then returned to the continent
alone, and visited Germany, Russia and
France, where he purchased great
ma paintings. Tie then went to Italy,
meanwhile continuing to purchase paint
ings, and at ias;--two yeais had now
passed way since Their last meetiug-he
ealed on tae German painter, who ill
lived Il Rome, and demanded satisiac-
ton from him.
His cnlliepge was accepted. and the
Englishman, according to the European
custom, much better than ours, being the
off nded party, sell cted the weapons he
chose pissols During the past two years
he had practised daily for several hours,
and his own address with The pistol had
: become an unerriag certainty Of shot
He sent the shot wherever be wished it
to go,
The parties went IN the ground-they
were pIac d at thirty PAGES apart, with
the privilege Of advancing ten PAGES be
fore firing. The signal was given, One
Two FircI"
The word & Fire " was scarcely out
If the seconds mouth when the English
man fred without moving Ills antag5-
nlst's pistol I'll from his hand and was
discharged by tie FIJI, the bail buryng
itself in the ground The Engl ishman's
ball had altered the artists wrist an
amputatIon was necessary; his career Of
ar ist was ended-and forever.
A few days after the amputation, the
Eng ishmia called on him, and, without
noticing tie angry reception he met, said
TO the suffering artist:
6 If you think my vengeance is satis-
fed with your shattered hand, and tn
wreck of your artists career, you
strangely underrate the agony OF de
ceived, dishonored husband; have con-
demned you to life OF vain regrets, to
never-ending series of impotent sighs,
to total oblivion by all amateurs and
historians Of art
40, no, sir" interrupted the artist,
his face beaming with a ray of hope the
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