Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-06-25

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| ing spenge ON the back Of my hAad ay,
| the aAeeted part; while shn baYas, | fsu
| only the sfnarting caused by its ihseus
beat, and that is as nothing eosnpared /
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'ssix naoaaha ago / vas happy naz
lived without Q care, upon my iacoms
ana was in peace and Friendship with al
the world, enjoy ing all of pisasnse that
man OF tarty y-fve anda 20 eniUy. A yea
ago mazrihd married Iox isFs. M
choice fel upon bssatifal,- accomplish
cd, warfh hearted girl, the Dyotsassf % On i
countess In the neighborhood. fhIs par..
sion.ess aaaisien lowed me~-nat from mat.
itsds aleas. though through las shs haf
become mistress Of M home aad ahare,
OF stf | possessed she had truly child.
| like lore for me. For haff wear eaef
snceeading day broughsms more happi-
ness than the last. Whea ] went so TIE
city for ! day, nay wife could scarcely
rest; when i returned, she came out to
iaeA ms mile from home; and ouee
Khen I1haa Asse@ bal&seds aksa asgas saossd
her eyes the whole night long. Whan ]
occasionally prevailed upon her TO pay a
visit TO the countess, who loved her ten
DERBY, she always retained the same daY-
il seemed impossible for her to remain
more than haG day away from home
and me. Her love fdr me even went so
for that she gave up dancing rather than
rest her hand In the clasp of another. In
word, rny wife was An innocent child,
who had no other thought than me.
II know not what demon one daY whis-
pered in my ear sVhat If all his BE-
only Gsstsgsed?' Thus man, in the midst
Of the greatest hsppinass, too often
experiences 40 insane desire to look for
pain.
"My wife had little workable, the
drawer Of which she kept invariably
toeked. l had often noticed that she had
never left in open neVeE, By any chance,
had forgotten to take out the key. This
thought began to trouble me: what had
she TO conceal from Tne2 was Ger
tainly beside myself. / believed in her
Innocent eountenanee, her clear eyes, her
kiases and embraces no more. What
II these were bat parts Of the deeep-
tion ..- .1 . ...
"One day the countess visited u.s. She
came to take my wife hoana With her,
overwhelming her with pursuasions TO 90
and spend the whole day With her. Our
estates lay not far distant from one an
other, and gave ny wife promise to
follow her soon.
Scarcely had the carriage left my
courtyard, when collected together all
the keys could find, and with them
sought to opgu the closed drawer. at
length | found ane.
Ga looker-on would have taken me as
| drew cut the drawer, for one who for
the first time in his life was aboaE com
mitting theft. / was q thief, opening
a lock to steal from a weak woman her
"My hands trembled as | came in con-
tact With the different things in the draw
er, bat carefully avoided creating any
disorder that might betray ny presence.
Suddenly my breast seemed IS If crushed
in 10y iron bands felt on the point of
sudocatingl Under a roll of lace lay
packet of paper; quick IS thought my
heart whispered they we're letters; at tha
hFst glance any one would have known
them TO be-koue- letters.
"The packet was bosnd together by
sose-colored ribbon, embroidered With
silver. As touched the ribbon, thought:
rs this right? Is it not unworthy Of an
honorable man, thus 70 steal the secfets
Of his wife-seerets which belong 20 her
alone! l. she anzw erable to
me for her thoughts and feelings before
she became my wife2 Should | he jeal-
ous OF the time when she scarcely knew
of my exisssnce2 But what If these let
sers dated since 1 hare had right to
watch over all her thoughts, to be Jealous
even or her dreams-since she has been
my wife2' 70 ." 5.~.t "
''I united the ribbon. No one was
there no Mirror neax, 70 point out On
my cheek the mounting aash Of shame.
| opened one letter after another, and
read them all through TO the sud.
sfOh, that wac terrible hour
"Shall tell ven what was in those let
sers ? The most despicahie treaeheFy eV-
er practised against man. Ny beat friend
had written tham-but in what sone p
With whas persuasive and passionate ell
oqaence did he speak tharein! How he
planned and eounselled the course a wide
might take to deceive her husband And
all these letters were dated since our mar
riage- while had been so happy | fnd
no words to picture what experienced
on reading them. 1t was feeling like
the working Of deadly poison. / drank
this poison to the laAt drop. I read eve
r. one of these letters through by itsalf.
Then laid them in order, bound them
together, covered them with the lace, and
locked the drawer. ~
81 was certain THAI nay wife, IL I did
not 60 for her, would hasten hone before
evening, And so it was. How quickly
she sprang from the carriage and ran to-
wards me how abe embraced me, how
she kissed mel How happy she was TO
be with NE again ! s-G Gsr..-. -..- sr
stI allowed her to perceive nothing Of
the revolution which had taken place
within me. We talked together, snpped
together and retired Is usual to our
roons, which were sida By side did
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the hours. Aa the first quarter past mid
night struck, stood IN her chamber -
like a little angel in the midst of snowy,
white clouds, lay her lovely, fair head in
peaceful sinsnber upon the dazzling white
pillows. What mostrous lie of n&ture.
TO lend 10 ain features 40 inaaosna 1 was
as determined, - iaaexihle, as . mono
maniac in his Hxed idea. The raging
poison of jealousy had eaten into mT
soul. Softly laid my hAnds apon her
throat, and saddealy | pressed than TO-
getheEs That nomens she opened her
large, dark blue eyes, saw me with
amaze, then closed shesn slowly. She
was dead. She died wsthoas having had
any time to utter . word In hes own de-
fsnse, peaceful a. in dream. As mur~
dered her, she felt no anger towards me.
Only siagls drop of blood, pressed out
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