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/" Madam said he, "death had

no more. He died invoking blessings
on you, and in ignorance of the dread
full position in which you are placed.
Permit me now to reveal the whole
truth. +"
Charlotte replied by look of graft
tude and food of tears, and George
Won Rothkirch spoke as follows:
Being in garrison at Coblentz in
1918, I met Edward Won Bergfeldt,
with whome had formerly been ac-
quainted He then Appeared i'll and
lows spirited, weary 0 life and dissatis-
fed with himself He spoke to me
unreservedly of the differences between
himself and his wife, acknowledged
that he had not behaved well, but
wished for reconciliation. | visited
the family of Baron Schonwald, at
whose house | met a laly. who was
introduced to me as Madame We'll
theim. I was charmed with her beau
ty and intelligence, and frequently
spoke of her to Edward. He wished
to see the lady whom so highly ex-
tolled bnt.I could not prevail on
him to accompany me to Baron Schon-
wald's. At length | had an opportu-
nifty of pointing out Madame We'll
theim to him on public promenade.
80 Ny dear Rothkirch, he exclaim-
ed she is my wife 7
g He insis ed on my conveying to
her proposal for reconciliation
Madame Won Bergfeldt at first refused
to listen to it, alleging that her pa
rents would never forgive her if she
saw or correspo1del with her husband.
At length, however, succeeded in sha-
king her determination, and she con-
sented to grant him an interview.
cit was arranged that, on q certain
day, when she was to 60 to Muhlbach
with some friends, an imaginary per-
son. to whom we gave tie name of
Madame Trcskoff, should sen | mes
sage requesting to see her She was
then tc Join me at the residence of a
lady in Muhlbach, and | was to con-
duct her to the castle of Gutenberg,
here her husband had promised to
be in waiting for her
"On meeting her husband, ',Tadame
Bergfeldt was evidently agitated with
painful emotions, which she vainly
struggled to repress. Edward, on his
part, was exceedingly gay and ANNA
ted; he had brought with him wood
cutter, who carried hamper, fnrn ish-
ed with a dejeuner The husband
preached the subject of reconciliation,
which the wife endeayored to eyade,
on tie ground of the objections Of her
parents The dialogue became warm
and reproaches were mutually inter
changed. Edward complained Of the
heat which wasindeed excessive, and
he frequently had recourse to the
wine, of which he drank very freely
I observed that he was becoming
greatly excited, and he even went so
far as to utter threats of vengeance,
if his wife did not accede to his offers
of reconcilia ion. Madame von Berg
fellt wished to depart, but he seized
her by the arm and detained her.
"'Ah!' he exclaimed, would you
doom me again to the miserable life |
have suffered for some years past p
Sooner will | end my days and
seizing knife from off the table. he
made motion as if intending to stab
himself
90 Edward said l, why terrify
your wife by acting this farce 2
80 Farce 7 resumed be in tone of
furious anger, do you suppose | fear
death p
By movement more rapid than
thought, he plunged the knife into his
heart. He fell at my feet, deluged in
blood, and Charlotte tainted.
The wood-cutter, who had been
sitting at some distance off, now ran
to US. Edward was lifeless corse -
With some difficulty we recovered
Madame Won Bergfeld, who in this
terrible crisis evinced great energy and
feeling 1t was long before we COLD
prevail on her to abandon the lifeless
remains of her husband, for whom she
was most anxious to secure a fitting
burial The wood cutter suggested
the idea of placing the body on the
steps of the chapel, where, he said, it
was sure to be- speedily discovered. -
We removed some of the clothing,
being DESTROYS of creating thu suspi-
cion of murder rather than of suicide
Charlotte wished to have her hus-
bands watch and ring which lie wore;
he had a second ring, but we found we
could not remove it without mutilating
the finger We bandaged the wound
in order to stop the effusion Of blood,
and then Withdrew. Madame Won
Bergfeldt cut her hand sill ghtly in her
endea, our to snatch the knife from
Edward she was dreadfnlly agitated