Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-25

glaring eyes. ] heard nothing, saw !
:. thing else and once, when rallied bv
ls companions, l replied that wa. no. VIC
II and begged to be left to myself
!. "Then with the fierceness Of a ,;o
g fearful of loosing his prey. l turned n
e eyes towards my husband and hispu;l
y "paramour.' She seemed to he cn;ov;,
i the performance intensely, but he seem,
+ to see nothing but her. His head ",
3 bowed towards her, and she would occ,
. sionally lift her eyes to his face. Then
saw him smile just as he had smiled upo
me thousand times) while he bent sti
lower to her with renewed devotion.
Each moment was like red hot da,
ger piercing NY heart. know not wba
demon possessed me; think / must bov
been mad when I vowed terrible reyeno,
i~ere better, | reasoned, that he shonl
die, while ret there existed in his heart
spark OF love for me, than to see him Ii,
tile by little drawn away by the svrx.;,1
perhaps should be utterly desertl ],
lett with all my blind love eatia away m,
heart'strings like consuming IRE.
At my request we left the onera at q,
early hour, and with terrible purpose
entered my home. But what was tb,,
nome now to me :? The love that had
frightened it was no longer mine. Some
demon furnished me with resolution to ex
ecute my desperate purpose.
ut had been our custom some,;mas 70
drink glass of sweet wine of an evsn;,,
wh;n we were alone. ] drew the table 10
the ilre, and placed the decanter and GLASS
es. Then with trembling hands brouch.
a deadly opiate, the nature of which I well
knew. The frss effect it produced was a
deep sleep, which in few hours ended in
the still slumber of death. | filed the
glasses and into one dropped the drug.
All was done with rapidly lest my resolu.
ton should fail me.
hen 1t was ready paced up and
down the room, nursing the fires which
ragged within my bosom. recountinp to NV
self the wrong he had suffered. | pictur.
ed to myself my idolzed husband lv;ng
sun and cold before me, and | fell into
passionate fit of weeping. efhsp drew
another picture. saw him drawn from
me- giving his love to another. At tha,
moment l heard his nght-key in the latch
r.->i I~-~~ "...-"" "nr,U nc un not
at once observe me. The wine first at
tracted his attention, the fatal glass. l
saw him lift it to his lips, drain its con
tents, and fell fainting to the floor.
Il knew no more for several hours
When | rallied was lying upon the sofa
the lamp was burning dinly--an easy
chair was wheeled to my side, aud in i,
saw the form Of my husband. l sprang
quickly up. The drug was doing its work
He was in heavy slumber, and already
his breath came thicker and shorter, and
his pulse beat but family. .....
"My anger had passed away, and all
that wild worshipping love which had
cherished towards my husband, came rush
ing back upon my heart. chafcd hi-
lands, kissed-his lips, strove to rouse
him. but oil in vain. Again | paced up
and down the floor, bnt oh what different
emotions possessed me now.
"A little paper, which had not before
noticed, lying upon the table caught my
eye. Scarcely knowing or caring what
did, took it up and opened it. l saw j,
yas the handwriting of my husband, and
] eagerly read its contents. Great God Of
fsHeaven! What had | done 1t was a
note which Ernest had sent me, aud which
did not arrive till had gone out. 1t rar
nearly as follows:
"'Excuse me, Aggy, dear, from coming
home to tea. My sister, of whom spok,
to you this morning, has come home ant
sent for me to come to her. If she is no
too weary, will take you both to the op
era this evening, and will call for you a
eight. Your loving HUSBAND
snow, for the first time, remembers
that he had told me in the morning tha
an only sister of his, who had been abscn
several years, was expected home tha
day. His parents resided in another par
of the city. He would call for me a
eight had gone out earlier, and prob
ably by some carelessness of the carrier
the note had not arrived before that time
afterwards learned that he did call 70
me, and being told that had gone to tn
opera with some friends, and probably ha
not received his note, he proceeded to ths
place with his sister, hoping to find m
there.
"a wild hope that he might yet be rou
ed, seized me- and I sprang to his sid
But alas too late | he had ceased
breathe.
.'Oh !! heaven Of heavens what evil ha
my blind, passionate temper wrought m
\ and mine Again | became insensible.
!. II opened my eyes. Loving, tear.stai'
d led faces bent oycr me. A soft hand vi
| gently stroking my temples, and ! gaze
! into the face Of that gentle sister, whom
E had never seen except upon that fat
0 night. She kissed me and whispered,
| "'Dcar Aggy, you are the greatest su
: ferer of us ALL
i II was told that was found in tn
r morning by the servant, lying upon Il