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

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ous than you. Whan she took thosa, let
ters into haF care, she did nds AK What
/ they coBtsiaed, but gsvs ma her word 70
I guatd shma wail, and 4 aa ssare alssa aba
has kept her pledge sha lad q noAs
aoul II would have been impossibie Tor
Der to break her solemn pgonsise.ss 70
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kaow thesa lasksss. p .Ff
i ""fhey are aied togeshes wish q soss
eoloFsd ribbon, embroidered with silver
viii tSok FOR them immadfRsefy.s
Raah shaaL teak gay wiGe's ksss in
my hand, and began 10 saassh for the
packet. kss# bat TOO val whsre to
hnd It. ---
s'Ea this ID y saidI, as laas, bringing
'Yes, yes. Only see, hare 10 the same
Knot mxde your wife never united H.
dared not lifs up my seyss4-T feared
the eeunssss ssalgt read i'm them shat I
aad bad i anleesed-Ah, that i had gone
furthsSs aad eoHlmitted = monssReas
crime took brief leave of her, sxcu-
sing myself - weal as could / needed
90 Be saloae. The egsansas rsssyFaed homa-
Her husband was In all his actiang mean
and brutal !; his tastes were low and Who'll
y unworthy Of his rank. Had / been
sush q man, would have deserved 10
hare ssach WIFE, Bat nay wife was Al
innoeanf, apotless. angel, who loyed me-
when murdered her L ranen-
Der nothing Of what passed for hours;
but all know that whea | pseur1ed 60
sonssiousness, was sitting on nv wife's
cpfhR, In the YRult. was not yet 50 in
sane as to believe that could awake her,
but wanted TO speak TO bgr. Il seemed
TO me she eonld hear my words
:" By the true, upright love- With
which you once loved me By the love
which you took with you for ms down to
she grave Fl implore you, have mercy On
ane, and asenge yourself On ne In this
life Leave not my panishmsnt 10 an
other world, but let me. suffer here on
earth-tortuFe me, Kill me 7 Wait not
until am dead, but assuge yourself
now 2 -4s.a7 s--~
THUS madlg did speak to the mortal
remains of my wife i; whereupon sieps,
or rather swooned. began 60 dream
perhaps 1t was no dream { seemed 10
Gee the lid Of the eofRn slowly open, and
the fern Of ny dead wafe. RESTING therein
as slowly arise. / was 90 ny knees be-
fore the, eofin, my hand resting on the
side. Her lips were pale, bus red drop
Of blood sseod on them Slowly she
bent ovsr me, opsuRd her eyes aa she had
on that last time, AMI pressed kiss on
my hand she eIo8ed her eyes, laid her
self back again or her cold pillow, and
the oalhn alassd Ovsr her. i .s ..-.
''Not long after, / Was &wakened by a
frightful paias like the sting Of . seor-
pion. FASTENED home. 1t was still
daylight no one had noticed my absence
or my return. Fhe blood had disappear
ed from of nay hand, but in the spot
where the drop had rested, it wss burn
ing as il corrosive poison had penetrated
therein. This pain increased from hour
70 heur wiGh9us ever eeasing. Even IN
slesep | felt ii. i said nothfng of it to,
any one no ono would have believed me.
Aoa know now, sir, what / must have
suffered, and from what anguish your
knife relieved mel Scarcely had the
seaoAd wound hsalasi, ApwaEer, when the
pain came anew, For the third time il
now racks me, aud have not the strength
to enduFs IL longer. In an hour viii
say farewell to earth ! 0nly the thoaght
shat, since she has haan avenged here On
earth, she will forgive on the other side,
gives me ray Of Consolation.
! 81 thank you for your heartfelt sympa-
thy, and for yous aid. God bless you p
A few days later might have ban read
In The Journals "0ue OF our richest
patriots has shot himself. Grief for the
Eoss Of his vile i supposed to have bean
the causs-n -f.-- m.:r