The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-10-07
From Putnam for September.
An Episode of New York Lite

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That was the gayest season ever
known in New York. Many Of my
readers will remember it, the year
Fooly absconded and Terwilliger
committed suicide by blowing his
brains out on his wife's handsome
carpet
He did it to spite her, SO she al
ways declared, for he knew her
attachment to that particular piece
of tapisserae. I never believed 1t.
8asa. I have always thought the man was
-12aao driven to desperation by difficulties
a G,1-S and perplexifies in his business and
srg;,f torment at home 2It9 was hard
Of s1s thing to Withstand b0th,2 and many
Z strong men break down under the
t.home influence as,s.s
In my opinion, what hastened
Terwilliger' send was his wife's deter
f.. mination to give grand ball, which
should excedeo in splendor one by
5rs.1 her hated rival, Mrs. Peter Crowor-
-q thy. I'D 9bs-I 5.lL Z7a l3e'2ols ~,
e. Terwilliger had fatty SAID that he
10. could not afford It'll ,..fu a9mow 4t
avo ycsFYou must afford it, Have you
] asn no regard for the. social position Of
= 81 your family 2. Here is Louisa just
come out, and you are so mean and
g. avericious that you grudge us the
means to enable us toliyerespectably
TerWilliger turned sadly toward
Is his daughter, in whose presence.
these harsh words were spoken
He fancied she looked as if she were
sorry for. him, but she did not
speak.o5I 9 tq91 o2sn>@aa at>
s.Wife, - he replied, with frm-
ness he did not usually display
toward her, II cannot let you have
q any money. My affairs are in a
desperate condition, and | do not
biso know what to do.'' He uttered this
& as if suffering agony of soul. .5. :, ~ -,,1
s.sl[mrs'F shaw! 1t has been the same
10 STORY ever since we were married.
q I don't believe you are any worse
49, off than you always are. you are.
gsqDp erpetually grooming and qQmplain=4
sad ing.''d" aig3t 'f.gmA1 yibaob ea3 9.
stint ..But Jane, ~ he said. in tone
ed. calculated to soften her, :s:youI have
eds mo idea what difficulties / am in 'aroi
a.. alt is mans business to have
s difficulties, and to surmount them,'''
sidsl s5torted his wife, ssand not whine
ltr about them at home.'' O.. aoi5ugab III
+. D.1a" 81 do, have surrounded them. y
sdT cried Terwllliger, -.'up to now; but,
taomrI am now in great trouble, and l
fear I can't get through 5a-'2'7 -a15'
"Can't get through! What do
.a2. ether men do q They get through,
10 and don't trouble their families
s. about it either. - ~ /, oi ~ ~.
-oT3 ii For Gods sake, Jane, don't go
80 ontin this way.qqI cannot do more
saaq than | can.'' .ia"i H2o"7ol-4 taD'r& ase
60 -. .57s.s Suppose you can't! At What are
5feis four or fyeothousand, dollars more or
esr less2 / don't want augreat deal Of
7i ready money "a large part of the
--S expense we will have credit for.
r-o Give me. three thousand dollars this
I'd morning, and Twill try and get
60 along with that In fact Io4sust
w. have it, III sa4 3'a4 .. Is52 IN
n 6lr5"nii7 carrot give It to you 81 have
not got it.plo noi3ou4ts9h sd1 9viog , a9o
& e7' s'Then borrow it. = o. 9a sa* ff:,
81 81 cannot borrow it. ~ 49, sa@ Ss6s
oil Il. .sWe have come indeed to pretty
al pass. You are igetting1oto be an
- Imbecile. This party / shall give.
VAS The cards are ordered, and the time
ESQ fixed. 81 Everybody knows about it.
Let me seeit you dare disgrace us
. e4 E TerWilIiger, glanced at his child
l.ra5 again; she said nothing, but sat
s.as with downcastaeyes. 1t was avery
525l unhappy spectacle. = e'ss15 @
A'4' He left his house unable to speak.
BE was choked. He endeavored in
vain to swallow. His lips were be-
n coming parched, and he frequently
"a fried ! to moisten them with his
tongue o-h .nLzsgaa aanloH -
I'd nos This crisis might come any day.
sa' He was terribly involved in his OPP
s3r9 erations, but his courage would not
3aG4 have failed him if he could have
s. 81 fo,373d my comfort or eympathy at