Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-08-18

revolver to his own heart, and pointing
with his disengaged hand at one after
the other of his five victims, he said, In
tones as solemn as King Arthur's over
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81 have made my dead. I leave you
to weep for them. There sits the last
of that noble house whose ancestor,
vanquished at Agincourt, dragged
himself into heaven in the face of his
foe. Yonder rests forever the descend
ant of the sternest puritan who ever
obeyed Cromwell. By his side hangs
the chin of voluptuary SO inventive Of
loves arts that, ere I perish, | wish [
could summon here his Dolly Sweet
legs, and hear her lamentations. But
see, and in the midst of his internal
ecstasy the revolver dropped
upon the chair cushion, "see that sin
full monster Into what twisted womb
Of what contorted shed devil was the seed
of him thrust? What life grotesque
and wicked did she lead while within
her went on and on his pre- natal moral
reformation ? What Jezebel smirked
upon him at birth Whose hag's drugs
nourished him? What pagan bestowed
him for tusor? What angel of deepest
hell singed his boys heart and shriveled
his mans conscience? Into the pres
ence of the loveliest, to the betrayal of
the most dove-like of Scotland S daugh-
tiers, what evil power led him? He has
his reward, and 1.-THE mailman here
upturned two melancholy eyes" have
mine But [ still cherish his sorrow
The old walters resolution had come
to him; in the instant he had seized the
revolver; in the next he arose and
aimed it at the raver head. Turning
away, the latter ran to the open window,
and, pausing one instant with wild cry
and gesture upon the sill, flung himself
to death in the manner of a diver, head
foremost, upon the pavement below.
In the latter part of the seventeenth
century Frenchwoman of eXtraordina
ry beauty startled Florence, in Italy, by
the splendor of her equipage and enter
tainments. Her husband, the Coun
-, had been dead some two years,
and the brilliant widow made such at
tractive use of the millions he had left
her that she soop ceased to number her
courtiers on her fingers. One night she
discovered a man in the assemblage at
her palace whom it was her destiny to
love. He, too, was remarkably hand
some, and for some time the fairest
couple whom the society of Florence in
those stately days had looked upon were
thought to be destined to life of mu.
tual i happiness. But one more
puissant than the French countess, or.
more dexterous at least, suddenly de-
scended from the north and captivated
Adonis. This was Russian woman of
high rank, whose residences and acres
were scattered through every country
in Europe. She departed with her
bri iegroom at the close OF triumph
ant season of revels, after inviting her
} Gallican rival to become her guest for
fortnight In the coarse of the approach
ing SUMMER. The Frenchwoman sur
prised the victor by accepting the in
vitation; and in the brief July of 1892,
at superb, summer residence on the
southern shore of the gulf of Finland,
hard by the sight of the present SPLEEN
did Peterhoff, the memory of the an
tagonism at Florence was apparently
laughed and whiled away.
%" The beautiful countess did not leave
her friends without obtaining from
them promise to visit her at her own
faVorite retreat the very next year. In
the following July she welcomed them
to an immense ancient country-seat On
a slope of the western range of the Car
pathian mountains. From the day. of
their arrival they were, treated, day, and
night, to succession Of pleasures
far SURPRISING DC any that she
had received at their hands. Her
retainers were numerous, trained to
perfection, and obeyed their mistress
with the celebrity, silence and humility
sof slaves. Her horses were Of the
noblest breeds and the bridle1paths
led through wild and charming scenery
Her suppersa laid with the glittering
display of that age, offered the dishes
and the wines of three countries.
Harpers and singefsz joined at a dis
lance in. giving the 9est of Martins
Palfeasts, which were, foil owed, almost,
nightly by theatrical repre- sentationo, or
performances of magicians, or dances
by young men or girls. which some
times took, on, disheveled and beyild-
ering gayety. o.i,1.aoe
The last week of the visit was FENDER
Led still more brilliant and delightful by
the presence of large number of dis
tinguished guests from various quarters
of Europe-friends of the countess who
seldom let summer pass without g &c ac s
Ieepting her Bohemian hospitality And
+ The. last night before their departure
was set for an entertainment, which
promised to surpass everything that had
preceded it in the respects of novelty
and beauty. n9sg agsai@D5 78e VI aee8do7
The countess had arranged series of
NEUROLOGICAL and biblical t0ble0ur
uivants, and d number of the guests 81
both sexes, sincludingaer' former lover;
the husband of the Russian, had been
prevailed on to take paris in them.
At the close Of a magnificent feast
and wassal the company separated.
Those who were to appear In the pre-
sensations we're conducted to their
firing rooms, while the rest stayed to
take seats or lie at ease as an audience