The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-04
THE DYNAMITE FIEND'S END
<LoVE STORY BEGUN IN NEW YORK
AND ENDED IN BREMEN,
The Fortunes Of a beautiful French GirI-An
InduIaent Husband and his Pctted. Ntifui
Wife-The Last of her Millinery Bills.

Wife-Tbe Last of her MiiIiners' Bills.
From ne chicago Tribune.
LEIPZIG, Saxony, July 1.-Somo years
teo-your readers may supply dates from other
piaces--a canny Scotchman migrated to America.
The principles he took with him were not those
taught In Tho Shorter Catechism, and one might
suppose, from his after-course, that be had been
started in life With the parental injunction,
sect money, nv son Get money, honestly II
thee can but get money!" BY unknown ways
be succeeded In getting enough to give him the
appearance OF great veal h. lie spent freelv
was Of emnently pleasant manners aud social
Instincts liked society, and made himself
most delightful member OF 1t was mati-
monlal cltcb and might have married money,
but he saw one who put out OF his nina all
thought OF making It by marriage.
The lady who sealed hts fate was muc h
younger than himself-a French girl In New
York, without permanent home, or friends on
whom she could rely for support. She was
peautiful-surpassinely so accomplish ed, er ico-
tuI and elegant /: had been born AMI bro u ght up
In Paris, where her mother still resides SPOKE
several languages with hIency, and was lifted
with everything but money for sd orning the
came deeply enamored OF the beautiful, friend
less girl proposed, was accepted, and they were
His wife's tastes were expensive. She be-
ueved him TO be person Of almost unlimited
resources, and spent freely for the adjournment
OF the lovely person he loved so much to sea
beautifully adorno1. He Iroyed to DO an almost
sdoring husband, gentle. arectlonate. devoted,
ntteDtive-often performing with his own hands
Tor mis- wife and children SCI vices usually re :
dered by servants, and for the performance OF
which he had plenty OF paid attendants. For
instance, he thought no one could prepare his
wifo's coffee and carry II to her bedside In the
her so carefully when she sat up to drink it. II
baby cried, nurse and mamma gave place TO the
superior tenderness with which he soothed lis
Hhair al nf "
bis outlay lavish. His resources were supposed
10 be very great and, when he began to COM
and spoke Of IL to her intimate lady friends,
who spoke Of II again to their husbands, ana II
was good joke to think Of the canny Scotch
man being alarmed by tue milliners' bills OF his
beautiful young wife.
Years ago they came to Continental Europe
and hero no passed as Southern American
ana, as a matter OF course, they were all he
%, sm their Saves war but Ss
aroma OF vast estates and great expectations,
IS well as OF past magnincence, attached to
them.
Our Scotchman and his bewitchlng French
wife lived here, In Leipzig, IN nne style, and had
knowledge of several langu Res fitted ner for
society; They had plenty Of money. and had a
very nice time. a gentleman made a short
Journey In his company. slept 10 the room with
him, and concluded that, Notwithstanding his
Thing must lie heavily on his conscience.
No innocent man could mako night 50 hideous
with groans and executions, uttered In the un-
consciousness Of sleep; but he did not often
sleep In a room with strangers, and 1t afterward
became a question whether he ever awakened
the supicions OF his wife by the horrors tnat
attended his sleep. Those who knew them most
Intimately think she never knew his secrets but
bbe did know thai, with all bis LAVISH expenui
bills.
His objections being overruled. he put them
into the form Of commands and prohibitions
but these proved as unavaiing as rem ons tran ces
n milder form and, while they were here, ~
this quaint old city he made determined stand
about one dealer In PARTICULAR No more credit
was to be given to his name there-no bills ruu
on his account-and, when q larger bill tn an
usual came, there was fierce alterc alton; but
the lady's tears and loneliness, her pretty airs
poutng defiance. martyrdom, aud misery, dis.
armed him, and he retir.- his own room and
bed to mediate on ways and means. These came
The ways he had followed ; the means he had
taken to clothe those delicate limbs IN the next
room in purple and nne linen; the price he had
paid for the jewels that sparkled ON those
dainty fingers; the soul he had exchanged fo
bauoles the misery, the sngaIsn' ne nad sen
luxury for birds In gay plumage the conndins
friend of his youth doomed to sudden and ter
rible death that this woman might dawdle ava!
her life In ease and Incidence, and disregard al
bis admonitions and orders about carelessl'
pedients! These thoughts maddened him, un
ILL., sprlpginR up with foam ON bis lips an'
furious revenge In his eyes, he rushed into he
room, dragged her from her luxurious bed
dashed her to the floor, aud, with repeated anI
furious blows sought to make an end OF her
Her cries brought all in the house INTO the hail
but no one dared to enter the room. elcept al
Did nurse who mad been with them long time
who rushed In to her mstresss rescue.
The sight Of her diverted the maniac's atten
tion Il ON his PROSTATE wife, so that he left OF
beating her, and darted fier the nurse. Thu
wife made good use OF the diversion 10 get to al
ppen window and throw herself out, althouSt
the room was i'm the second story. Some vine
and treils caught her, and she held on sh iverinl
lest ne should murder the children. Toe nu Isl
got out Of his way; and after searching for then
both for some time, and making every on,
tions he went back 10 bed Inc nurse belpet
har m the eel
fibly bruised aud bluckenei she kept her oed
aud refused 10 see her husband for days-wouio
have left MIN, but she had no home to wnici
The could go, ana Of course she mad triumphed
Tho end was full OF humiliation for the coward
Ice Of his conduct, full OF contrition. aul oige
TO appease her anger. She, victorious, dictated
terms OF reconciliation.
They left LeipziR; went, think, to Dresden
and lived on In the OLD way. He was from nom
anooG deal on business; and. one day, she re-
ceiyed telegram from iiremen, asking her Z
come to him. She passed through Leipzig, an
called on her friends as she went; could no
think why her husband had sent 80 perem tori
for her, but went on 10y the Il II train. Arrive
at no end Of her journey. an othcer. who seen
ed to have been expecting her, accosted her 10
ana he put her aud her chilIre inlO a carrag
and took them to hotel, where they seem t
have been expected. But her hush did nc
appear, ana there was strange confusion aOOu
everything. People looked terrified, aud hurre
Ing a funeral. She asked TO be token 10 her "a
band, ana he answered her eyasiyely Mhef
was her His chief would tell her Mkt
about many things thai she thought her ow
private affairs, but gave Der no iniormatioi
about her husband. After some time he Dega
10 give Ter history OF the recent events IN III
city. Ho led her up to them gradually, an
watched her closely. After an hour Of torture
she understood that terrible crime had b. c
committed, aud the chief WAS convinced b
Ihe was innocent Of any participation In II
when she exclaimed, And my husband did II .
The shief Was sorry that II was even 50, an
OF cOurse she tainted Again and again she wa
questioned and cross questioned, and at I'll
end OF TWO days " as taken to hospital u sc
her husband. As she passed through the col
rdor to his room her blood was curdled by erie
Bs Of panther in extremity. he noise IT,
creased AS sue neared tho door and. admitted
she found man writing Oh a bed 10 the ful
thest corner There was no other occu, ant /
The room but IA man in attendance, and tn
bowling wild beast was her busbaLdl
A suicidal wound had shattered his Jaw S
that he could not articulate word. His tongu
Hss swollen and prOtruding. His head ana c
we're enyeloped In blOod-stained bandages, an
ais blood-stAined soul GlAred forth from hl
aorror-strcken eyes. For a time she covore
per face with her hands TO smut ont the frRh
lul vision, and tried to stop her ears against th
more frightful cries. Then she went forward
and, thriving herself on her knees at his be-
nde, exclaimed passionately, " How could YOU
How could YOU bring this disgrace ON me all
on our childrenT
This reproach added fuel to the flames Of TOT
kuIo ia which he WrlIhed 90 A Is - n u