Freeman's champion., 1857-07-09
yQn be was very polite add attentive
to me- '"'''''Nt
4 have no doubt he was I mutter-

y w W W"S VVly PVAlIS Auu avConuNV
to me- ~
4 have no loubthe was, I mutter-
ed. sfi 10 aN9dss 9d, " IN
Monsieur and Madame go to Par
! isT said Letoux. 4 shall have the
honor TO accompany them
There was no help for it. I could
not DO SO unmaancrly as to iepulse
polite1attention, SO i bowed my head
aoqhieScenee. 10 eal IN ,
W. w,er1eeaSqcn on our road to Par;
is,gsl Sst cone up in one corner Of
the railroad.rariaXa, while my wife
and Mr., Letoux coaversed in French.
Now l-knew little French, while my
wife spoke itljke a native. ] could,
howovsr, distinguish the words Mon
her Monsieur and Ma chere Ma
dame very often repeated. | did
not much llkeit2 but held my peace.
We arrived IN due time at Paris,
and, under the Frcnchman's advice,
took apartmentsin the Hotel Mcu-
rice.
Then followed a long weary month
of sightseeing. Oh, how tiresome
it was We visited the Louvre,
Pantheon, CatacombS, Versailles, st.
Cloud-and a hundred other places
I don't remember. We returned
home every day tired to DEATH
How | wished myself home again l.
And my wife became more distant to
me every day; it was evident she
took no pleasure in my society; not
a day passed but we had violent
quarrel, and hotah hour passed that
diNpot curse our recently acquired
fortune. aB .. .u'
| ceased at last to go ont at all with
my wife, but my place was very well
dllsd by Monsieur Letoux, who took
her everywhere. a"t o..' 10
! This eternal Frenchman was al
ways with us---he paid assiduous court
to Jane, but | did not mind it much,
for in spite OF all the difference be-
tween me and my wife, Ihad still faith
in her honor JG'Idd not believe she
was vulnerable on that point.
Alas, | was previously deceived
bS Ito Blselet me anticipate,
N(hla .ii6 before stated, thingSwent
on iGS yais manner Tor more than a
month, unil became perfectly dis
gusted with the whole affair, and
would spend my whole day in Galig-
nani's reading room, while Letoux
gallanted my wife about. This be-
came SO regular that my wife never
saw me till late at night, and never
expected me during the daytime. 1t
was relief to both of us to see each
other as little as possible for now
there was no sympathy between us
our thoughts, ideas, and wishes were
entirely opposite. How different
from our modest home in Baltimore
There we had agreed in everything,
and our whole life had been one Of
unalloyed happiness and love Ohfa
tai, fatal fortune Why was cursed
with the possession of 10000 ayearG
One day | went to the reading-room
as usual, but while there, | was taken
with violent headache, | deter
mined to 60 to my hotel and go to
bed, llo. cai aI prl ..
Acting upon this idea, contrary to
my usual custom, | returned homo in
the middle OF the day.
| was just about entering my bed
room, when / heard a voice in the
.parIpr on the same landing with the
sleeping Apartment, 7mttl
| cautiously approached the glass
ylooG and pocpel over The green blind.
20 Gol'l what dia'l see there. -.could
i believe my eyes o. gnal N1
Yes, lhere was Monsieur Letopx,
kaeeIing at my wlle's feet kissing
h5l han aodoh | horror of horrors
he was gazing lovingly and smiling,
lily in his face, oil hJldw NJ ofad
My brain was on fire and my heart
beat tpmnlously. Hlr indifference
| could bear, but dishonor never ! l
rushed into my room and seized q re.
volver Railways carried withme when
travelling. With one bound | was
ingthe room confronting the guilty
pair, pn,gtls} yd ,ro im,L.B
Villain, you must die 7 / exclaim-
ed, and discharged my pistol at Lo'
toux, the ball entered hH heart, be
reeled, gased at me with o. CLASSY
stare. and fell dead at my feet.
sNow,,'madam, II is your turn
exclaimed, facing my wife, you must
rsjoin your vile paramour,' 'aEgJq .
llisi0h, mercy, Jonathan. mercy I
dsho exclaimed clasping her hand'
together, !, .,,,,5 loI,A.,s...n .lI
lsg What chow mercy 10 vile wo'
II man Ii Ia von--navar t' iHt'