, 1875-01-24

short distance in q racswagou or sta.e-coacI1,
her carriage being At tha next village Passen-
ger N the same conyeyauce has seen and con-
y+rsed with her. He finds charms he move:
knew, sud is impressed Us never befors. He
eagerly obtains her consent to be formally pre-
aented to her when she shall return to her home,
aud. when the presentation takes place, she finds
her new acquaintance to be OF excatlent family
and adequate worldly prospects: Herr hilnoen
becomes at length, her daily visitor, for he Ii,
indeed. her suitor, and is successful Peepara-
tons arc now made for their marriage. Herr
klinden's brother had heard sometbing and
loses no time In telling him, under tho most
solemn pledges Of fEa:espa regard aud secrecy,
information, smiles ben,sn1y on his brother, who
has evidently heard OF some other than his
Gretschen. and rushes into happiness.
About eight months after the marriage the
hlindens are driving IN the country. 4 shower
is threatened, and shelter is sought at village
good dinner il uot to be expected at so small an
hostelry. for kGnden ia an epicure, but it is
Madame's desire. aud She who has been unac-
couutably cold OF late, must not be denied. The
ham forming the pieces de resistance. During
the meal Madame hears ca1risge coming do~n
the street. She is familiar, abs says. with the
sound Of the wheels, and knows the ownax, whom
she names, and begs her husband to 20 to the
window to verify her sagacity. He1r klnden dies
street. closes it. and returns to the table with tho
ASSURANCE thar bis wife has, for once IN her Life,
boea mistaken, for no carriage is visible And
then the topic changes. But what Is this
Herr kIinden finds the ham in bis plate TO be OF
different color nhan be resumes his meal After
the interruption. The hint which bis brother
gave him on the announcement Of his intended
marriaRe, al UNDECIDED then, nov flashes upon
hin. The late coolness OF his wife lntensl|les
the dread suspcioa. With admirable adroitness
table, and IN moment he hides the slice Of
ham which waa on his plate in his pocket-hand-
kerchief. aud substitutes another slice from the
tbs dsah, which, on her return, she finds him eat
lug, and comme,lds his appetite. Dinner ended,
on pretense Of lookio2 for some needed thing,
Herr Kindeu weut out, and straightway goes to
= chemist, and says, With i manner OF uo0d1ous
composure: ''Analyze for me what you see On
this piece OF ham, and tell me the result Gold
will be ready, and the closest secrecy must 10
preserved" The chemist WAS at no loss in solv-
ing the question. for, this time. no subtle combi-
natious had been employed and arsenic, in its
hldeous na1edneae, WAS what be fouod.
Herr Nindea was nearly stunned bT the an
nouucoment, but be preserved Appearances 80
Well that Madame'8 suspicious TeEe not excited,
until she found, Oh their return home, shat her
husband gave no signs OF the consequences that
should already have begun to show themselves
On aiightlne at the door Of the house, he de-
parted with Abruprness, and then ahe felt not
ouly that her d,abolical effort bad failed, but
that her intended victim nuat have been in some
way conscious Of his dauGer, and had evaded It.
To lis brother vent Herr kGndeu. and made hlm
hsn conddante. His b1other would keep 20 con-
fidepce in SUCH case. He broke from him, dsd
to the police, and. before the w1etched husband
could interpoee, the guilty wife Was prisoner.
In her coll abe copfessed the sad detail OF her
crimes. She declared that ahe loved all hez hus-
bands wheu she married them, with indescrioa-
BILE fervor, but that fee1lrge Of tho most uout-
terable wearineas aud dislike which invariably
followed the b.ef reign OF her passion, had
driven her: to their destruction. Her trial VAS
soon had, and the circuulstantial evidence which
80 strongly colroborated her confession left no
room for anything but her conviction.
Ono ulo3s extraordunrr feature Of this wretch
ed voman's prisoD-1ile MAJ ha noticed before
her story is finished. Wni1e in restraint, a7=:.-
inc her execution, 1 wonderful disease showed
itself On her person. Voluptuous in appearance,
she seemed the incarnation OF health itself. But
when abe had I1ann
1.-The arcu1zed breath Of dungeon daw"
but for week. her back and shoulders enlarged
abnormally. and from the boil-hke pxo.uberances
which aoon presented themselves issued innu-
mesable parasites The gao!-phJsician exe1ted
his utmost skill in 80 remarkable case. bus altn
out succese- The medical faculty. ut large vere
called in, and, though every effort was nade
which science or experience could suggest, the
phenomenon continued. The physic1ans. ia /
body, besought aud obtained years reprave
from the execution Of tho miserable criminal for
obliged 70 own their inability to check or Tan
alleviate 30 horrible malady.
The ax Of the e1ecusioner closes the scaus.