, 1876-05-21
AN AMERICAN WIDOW.

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Geneva has its norgue. A short time since
medical man had OCCASION, in the course of his
professional duties to visit that CHA stly yestl-
bule Of the tomb. He had completeet his busi-
ness, and was about to leave, when h Il attention
was arrested by lnrge box which stood in one
corner OF the apartment. This bf X was not "a,
ail In keeping with the sombre ch: nacteristic NJ
the place. 1t did not bear the lcs st rcscmb} anco
to collin; there was nothing gyhateyer s,f tha
morbid or the suicidal In its ar Tipearauce-rather
the reverse, indeed The cxt rnal aspect of the
attair was that OF substanti Il, handso ne. brand
new travelling trunk, Of C lpacious Dimensions
and, presumably, ton ching its internal or,
ransuments, provided with every possible con
~. "A !; euFious-looktng box for such place as
| Il what may it conts .tn?''
+nnant An American 11 gentleman answered the at
s{ G9a q b. 6s5s sn;, ne! an American gentleman.
..n,s .sMe waits Tor bis wife, Monsieur"
have ine to ai ufu se , he does! am afraid he Will
". fas a. d',4 tout, Monsieur lc docteur. We cx-
sle trn tsIe ne oe 10 eake him away very shortly
! fora's e''' ''1'''"' 'u'a Is she travelling
.t:ro no aause herself Mr Mr,nsteur lie aocteur.n
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Leparted is doubled y.p in that cI1estt What
: sweet creature she must be! But. come now.
tcii ne al an about r.: how did it happen ~
,f.da,r hsee pia,sE Monsieur 1e docteur. You see,
;haaalhe Gang from the United States with her
late : nusoano to make the European tour These
americans yre always travelling. was reading
m tMe otnef :1ay book by French lady, Madame
vytnper Audouard; she has been much in their
ccountty, she has seen the way they live. Their
honscs:2re built OIL wheels, so that thcy NAV the
more easily be moved about People don't
qal5 gu their dwellings, as We do here; the. .have
toa u utemenagemeuts across there, sir They are
sIes to remove, he just orders the horses to be
Ius 10 ms house ami haul 1t to another part OF
tne Town. And Madame Audouard says TINT at
Gn seasons OF the year there some Amer
tean uIies "here one meets as many buildings
nm.osang along the streets as you meet cabs in |
deneya on q fine morning in d 1ele saison'
congratulate you on the correctness of |
the doctor You % must % make ionrncy tbses
Ut Say YOU ns.ve made one, and write look OF |
your travels like the French lady you speak OF. |
h,a n Inc me 4ntime you are forgetting ali about
1his gent eEnan in the box, and his Tifen
far don, Monsieur! Where was /? All.
YES! Madame accompanied her husband to
:. Europ they landed at Liverpool, and FASTENED
70 70 !-aris. There thcy spent some weeks, then
liter seeing something Of Switzerland, OF spend
ing year in Italy. Unhappily, however. Mon
asar fell seriously u ut the Hote! Dc Voltaire,
s4u, A4t@t ~" uAps' Sickness, Q4eu. The lady |
was in despair; she had lost her husband and |
she was in fear Of losingher tour, for the de-
ceased had made her promise, during the few
last .1 moments non Of his life, that she would not
but would herself take back his body to Ameri-
ca At the supreme moment Of her perplcrity
at the very moment, indeed, when she had
very nearly resolved to abandon all hope OF |
continuing her tour-thc light Of hope s!ea,ued !
Oh her troubled soul. She was stTucI by |
happy thought. As she ran her eye necAauf- !
cally down the columns OF the Journal DE- !
ue7teae, her interest was suddenly awakened
~ the account OF suicide. It was an ordinary /
affair enough. man had been found hanging
on Dig appic-trcc at the foot OF the SaIeyc, AS
there was nothing found Oh his person to afrori |
9 clue to his identity, his body has been place1
IN the morgue. Why said the lady to herse]f.
after she had pondered for few minutes over
this incident why should not have nv dear
husbands body embalmed, lcave him En- ds1ot in
the morgue, continue my travels at leisure and. |
10 good time, return here and take him to ]
Auerlca! Inquiries were at once made. the :
dea Was found to be feasible, the services OF mn
m b9lmer vas obtained, tho bog here was pro c
'1ded,, and there rests the husband-uuict | 8
enough, poor gentleman waiting until It =
olesses MS wife to take him back to America
'mongst az her bonnet-boxes and drcssing-bags.
me doctor was wise man,-hc had read
many BOOKS and seen many 1ands,-and Us be =
notghtt4ily smoked his cigar on his way into
own, he Old not make a mental note that nil J.
american ladies travelling in Europe, yhosc ( I
husbands died on the Journey had them mt j.,
chest and placed e., depot in a morQue unti1
acy we're through with their tour. S