The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-05-25
MY WIFE'S LOVE LETTER.


features aud lovely red lips Her voice
was quiet and melodious and she wore
violet dresses.
l am afraid this is all knew about her
when we were married.
We first met in Dew nshire. | was
alone in strange place. She was an or
Dhan, and teacher in boarding school
She was gentle and sad. made her ac-
ouaintance, loved her, and we were mar
ried. I was young, just Starting IN lite,
and very much engrossed in my rIercan-
file business. | was not d very dem n
strat1ve man; and as Lucy was very On Ct
and composed in mein, Think we hardly
appeared like newly married people
had all confidence in my wife. 1t
was her neatness, frugallty, ana good
judgment that had won me, as well as
her beauty. All home affalrs-the hiring
of servants The domestic arrangements,
household biLls-I left entirely 10 her
management 1t was great rest to leave
nv counting house and turn homeward,
for was sure of finding everything right.
IF Lucy had any annoyances, she never
confessed them to me; and never took
home my business troubles.
We had been married year, when one
evening | came home as usual.
The rain came down smartly as gain
ed nv garden gate As entered The sit
ting room, found Lucy hurriedy put
ting away some papers.
sYou had better shut the parIor win
dow, Lucy" said.
Eyes, Will, she replied, abscntly, rum
maging in drawer.
When she looked the drawer through
she looked over the table, agd ilpally
went to the escri,oire.
What are you hunting for, Lucy
said |.
"Never mind she said carrles,'y
DINNER is ready, Will
We went to the dining room. Size
chatted If the garden and the incidents 81
the day. She planted mignonette under
the window THAI its fragrance might come
into her while size was working she SAID.
The Misses Granger had called, and the
man had been there to graft he pear
trees Die asant, ordinary talk, that sug-
gested nothing Of the mystery 70 come.
The rain continued all night. l1ut the
morning was clear. felt myself very
happy man as l stepped from my door
into The balmy spring air--The tnlii sw, re
den with their fragrance. | walked less
urely down the path, unlatched the gate
and went cut.
A fsw steps distance under the garden
wall, lay sheet ofpaper. 1t looked like
something that should not have beer
there, and went and picked It I'LL
RI vyns .lsvt,rgle square sheet OF nnrulfd
paper,and the handwriting was my wifo's
T aA htr
caught nv eve. With arrested attention
[ commenced an examination OF the sheet
With some difficulty [ read as follows
my DEAR PERCY:
Your entreaties and my own heat viii
no longer remain silent. My beloved,
am so miserable Your letters are my
only comfort in the world. | iced on
them-live on them. They are the only
brightness which lllumines my dark
way. My life is almost insupportablr
You know that do not love my HUSBAND
that l never loved him You only
know the whole array Of circumstances
under which / married him Well, he !,
my husband now, and Try TO he go'd
wife but my existence is Ike SOM
dreadful nightmare dream.
I am so desolate and depresseds'
despairing have feeling, sometimes
that am under a spell, that my facultie
are paralyzed; and that shall lose m,
mind in this dull, void living Only
when your letters come | live, and feel
and am exquisitely happy and miserabl,
both together. My husbands Ions
as perform my daily duties, he is con
tented. He knows nothing of my feel
mo n int4
comfort Sometimes | loath him. Us
ually am indifferent to him
But tonight it seems almost as if.
dared escape to you. Freedom, low
happiness-ah, can it stlll be mine
Before long will grant al interview.
will promise nothing more than that now
One more word.-Pray be cautious
nv husband should discover this CORE:
pondence caunot answer for the con~e
Quences Though he has never i'll trcate
nc. [ know him to be a hard man. Blu
let me hear from you soon.
Yours
The name was illegible, for the shet
was much discolored by the rain. But
was Lucy's fine chirography, and felt 6
if thunderbolt had broken around m
After moments blank bewildermer
and strange. bewildering pain, [ put tn
sheet in my pocket and quietly continue
on my way. l summoned a supericit
calmness, but was conscious of on
predominant feeling-hatred against m
wife for her duplicity. must have laoE
ed wretchedly when / reached the office
but my partner was to much excited
notice it.
Knowles, he exclaimed, there was
terrible fire in Birmingham last nigh
and our branch house is burned to tn