Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-10-28
KEN0SHA WIS. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 49, 1858.


= Then with the tierceness of d tioer
fearful of losing his prey, l turned my
eyes towards my husband and his guilty
paramount. She seemed to be ENJOYING
the performance intensely but2he seem
to see nothing but her. His head was
bowed towards her, and she would oc-
caslonaliy lift her eyes to his face. Then
saw him smile Just as he had smiled
upon me thousand times) while he bent
sun lower over her with renewed deyo-
ton.
Each movement was like AIRED hot
dagger piercing my heart. l knew not
what demon possessed me; / think
must have been mad when Z vowed a
terrible revenge. 'Twere better, rea-
soned, that he should die while, there
yet existed in his heart a spark of lows
Tor me than to see him little by little
drawn away by the Syren, till perhaps
L should be utterly deserted, and left
with all by blind love eating away my
heart strings ike consuming fire. :
Az my request we left the opera at
an early hour, and with terrible pur-
pose entered my home But what was
that home now to me p The love that
had Frightened it was no longer mine.
Some demon furnished me with resolu-
ton to execute my desperate purpose.
! 1t had been our custom sometimes
10 drink a glass of sweet wine of an eve
nlng when we were alone. [ drew the
table to the fire, and placed the decan-
ter and glasses. Then with trembling
hands | brought a deadly opiatc,
the nature Of which l well knew
The first effect it produced was a
deep sleep, which in few hours ter
minated in the still sleep Of death.
filled the glasses, and into one | dropped
the drug. All was done with rapidity
lest my resolution should fail me. n
- hen all was ready paced up and
down the room, nursing the fires which
ragged within. my bosom, by recounting
to myself the wrong | had suffered
pictured to myself my idelized husband,
lying stiff and cold before me, andI fell
into a passionate fit of weeping. Then
| drew another picture--I saw him
drawn from me, giving his love to an
| other. l thought of all the agony had
suffered that night, and i'm agined how
much deeper would be my wrong if l
spared him.. At that moment | heard
his night key in the latch, and he soon
entered the room. / stood in the recess
OF the window where he did not at once
observe me. The wine first attracted
his attention in the fatal glass. / saw
hlm lift 1t to his lips, drain its contents
and fell fainting gu the floor. -ra,
knew no mere for several hours.
When | rallied Twas lying upon the
sofa; the lamp was burning dimly
easy chair was wheeled tc my side, and
in it | saw the form OF my husband.
sprang quickly up--the drug was doing
It's work. lie was in heavy slumber
and already his breath came thicker
and shorter, and his pulse beat but faint
ly.
My anger had passed away, and all
the wild worshipping love which l had
cherished towards my husband came
rushing back on my heart, I chaled his
hands, kissed his lips, stroye to rouse
him, but all in vain. Again l paced up
and down the floor, but oh! what differ
ent emotions possessed me now.
"a folded paper, which had not be-
fore noticed, and lying upon the table,
caught my eye. Scarcely. knowing or
caring what did, I took it up and open
ed it. [ saw it was in the handwriting
of my husband, and eagerly read its
contents. Great God of Heaven! What
had [ done? It was a note that Ernest
had sent me, and which did not arrive
until [ had gone out. IT ran as follows:
Excuse me, Aggy dear, from coming
home to tea. My sister of whom l spoke
to you this morning, has come home and
has sent for me to come to her. IF she is
not to weary, l viii take you botll to the
opera this evening, and will call for you
at eight. Your loving
HUsBAsD.
Snow, for the first time, remember
ed that he had told me in the morning
that an only sister of him, who had been
absent for several years, was expected
home that day. His parents resided in
another,part Of the city. He would call
for me at eight | had gone out early,
and probably by: some gcarelessness of
the carrier, the note had not arrived be-
fore that time. l afterwards learned
that he did call for me, and being told
that / had gone to the opera with somel
friends and probably had not received |
his note, he proceeded to that place with
his sister, hoping to find me there.
g A ,yrilI h,N,,,, that ba ,,,ifrlA I, III
reused seized me, and / sprang to his
side. But alas too late He had ceased
to breathe. aa.av .ls.--g i
sob! heaven OF heaven! what evil had |
my blind, passionate temper wrought
me and mine. Again | became insensi-
BILE. '........- i
" ! opened my eyes. Loving, tear
stained faces bent. over me. 4 soft
hand gently stroked my. temples, and /
gazed into the face of that gentle sister
whom l had never. seen, save on that
fatal night. She kissed me, and whis-
pered D.' e''a'i' a.''q 90
Dear Aggy, you are the greatest
sufferer Of us all '3f'
" Twas told that I was found IN the
morning by the servant, lying upon the |
iioor insensible, and my husband reclin-
ing in bis chair, dead!
sit seemed that suspicion had not
rested on me. The coroner was called, |
and his virdict Died by the visitation
of Cod g 80 d Lew EeeI |
Heaven only knows how I loathed and
hated myself I longed to confess the
truth, but for the sake Of others fore
bore to reveal what would have brought
upon the family deep disgrace and adj |
ditlonal grief A long illness followed, |
and my reason reeled. [ was carried
back to N, ", ,,nror,tn cn1,lL Mt -.or.,