The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-06-20
.Wa-L.ugt1l Capital.
Love, Jealousy, Murder.

al haa-l-H 4 - y AEA tA4-EAl A4l- y GELA-ta
tiOnai, me!OdTamatic romance, with
: line moral written IN tine shadow o
the scAilOid. Kate Tzs the belle D
her country, rosy, supple, swift, spiri
ted and beautiful, but torn dOTI
cOquette, who Liked 10 make meE
love her and women hate her. Bot
Southern, her tianRce, was emphati
caliy a brick" dsshiug and hand
some, a favOritp everywhere with tht
fair especially. With thehigh prerOg
. alive OF choice all over the country
BOb's he3Tt played battle between thJ
two rival bellies, Kate Hambrick anl
Narcissa Fowler, and between the
two rivals, c0nlending for the best
catch OF the nelghbOrhOOd, il may be
imagined that there was ~ cordial g
hatred as lirst-class grcen-eyel
monster could engender. Animals
and men can he Jealous stsGs will
lock their horns for pretty doe, ant
dying, leave the horns there Gs s
monument and curiosity for the hunt
er for no hand, not even that o.
death, can ever unlock the deadly
clinch of that desperate combat. II
is common for men in similar case:
to win place in the deaths instead
OF in the marriages but all jealousy
Of animals and men pales before that
of a woman. And then an angel Oi
beauty, when she gets the devil in
her, is such a beautiful devil she has
the fascination OF the serpent, and
also It's fang5. They sometimes pre-
fer to make men the instruments of
their vengeance, but that Is vulgar
and treacherOus 3 fine, pure speci.
men OF the devil should be bold So
well as beautiful in fact, OF that
kind whose "undOubted mettle should
compose nothing but males" and
who enjoy the diabOlical satisfaction
of doing mischief. When the lovely
Narcissa discovered that she was
about to lose the finest match gsme
OF spoon" ever played in Pickens
county, Georgia, she turned on an
additional amount OF blaudishment,
and quite shook BOb's heart and resO-
luton he almost wished at times
that he had not made up his mind to
marry Kate, so bewitching was Mar
clsss and though Bob did not know
how much poetry, yet, as he basked
in the smiles and favOIs of the two
rare beauties, he naturally thought to
himself, chow happy he'd be with
either were tother dear charmer
away"
Now, Kate Hambrick was ss happy
as professional beauty can be, for
she was going 10 get the best husband
and beat the best cOquette, and there
was happiness in one and triumph in
the other but knowing her Robert
to be susceptible and not over coy,
and perceiving how her rival was
forcing the pay, she resolved to put
up her pile on one hand, that is, she
told Bob that they must be married
at once, or not at all. The result was
almost instantaneous. Old man
Hambrick found himself q ready
made boarding house keeper for q
young couple without any board bill
paid, and Bob for the first time eX-
perienced the violent sensation of
mother-in-law.
Happiness was not intended TO be
unAllOyed. Every rose has its thorn,
and the happiest bridegroom a moth
er-in-law, which philosophical re-
Election passed through BOb's mind
exactly as the moon marked that
period which, in loves calender, is
called honey, because it is the sweet
est product of beauty and industry.
While meditSting on love and moth
er-in-law, Bob was officially informed
by the Pickens county q. &. Gossip
Club that Narcissa WaJ dy ing for
him, and Just wanted to tell him 3
couple of anecdotes before she died or
married. Then other members of the
G.. G.. told Mrs. Kate Southern that
her Bob had been walking with Mar
cissa on 3 moonlight night, and at
the next dance, sure enough, Bob
danced with Narcissa and whispered
in her ear. What he said must have
been pleasant, for the owner OF the
ear gave such smIIe as seemed to
indicate that she was going up to
heaven on u rainbow ; and she whis-
pered back again, and then glanced
triumphantly at Kate, who was
watching the dancing and Whisper
ing anXiOusly. So on, through many
dancing parties, with daily repOIts
from the G.. c., love, quaTrels, sweet
recOnciliations, mOther-in-laW and
greeu-eyed monster. Both the beau
tiful coquetteS were in love with Bob,
and he somewhat charmed by both,
with the advantage to Narcissa OF no
mOther-in-lsw. The next dance was
to be held at old man Hambrick's,
and the young wife thought that, in
her own house, she had a right to her
own husband. She asked Bob il he
meant to dance with Nareissa, and
she looked so dangerous that q
shrewder man would have to take
warning but, when the susceptible
Bob got under the battery of Mar
cissa's eyes, the first thing he did,
was to look to see where his wife was,
and the next was to lead NSrcissa out
on the floor.
The gay couples went off into that
rOllicking old cOtilIiOn which still
prevails in Pickeus county I; but in
the midst OF the revel, a white hand
seized NarcissR's throat, and the
gIeam of a blade msde the dancers
start with alright. Before an arm
could intervene, the vengeful Weap-
on sped wild, drearful shrek re.
sounded over the music, and then the
jealous wife stood over her fallen III
val with q look of demOniacaI tri-
umph, the blood Of her enemy cover
ing the snOW-White dress and equally
white arms. There was a cry and
rush to seize her, but the husband,
drawing a revolver, intimidated the
crowd, and followed by his nearest
relations, took her from the house. 4
vain pursuit closed the first act Of the
tragedy, and the curtain rises on q
pastoral scene in the mountains OF
North Carolina. The terrible Cly-
temnestra is a young mother fond
ling her little babe, named after him
for whose love she forgot her sex and
conscience. And In that tender Of
flee which makes bad women good
there is something sacred, which
ever crime cannot effsce.
Bob had turned from LOthariO to 8
model family man-his moIher-in-law
was not there. But the picture is too
bright to last, and Fate, that terrible
stage manager, must change the
scene. 1t Wss q stormy night, and the
driving rain and muttering thunder
lent their effect to suit the action
the watch whom the SOutheTns kept
out was not asleep, however. and he
heard the approach of a party of
hOrsemen. In moment the Tefu-
gees made ready to move; they had
had a quarrel with a toll-gate Keeper,
and expected row so by the time
the horsemen got to the place they
were gone in their wagon, PlOdding
wearily along through the night and
storm, the fugitives at last thought
they were safe, when suddenly, at a
erOss-rOad, twenty muskets from as
many hOrsemen confronted them,
and they surrendered, as they
thought, to the North Carolina sher-
iff but when q voice called for Kate
Southern, they knew In q moment
that 1t was theI GeOrgians who had
hunted them in vain for months.
The third act is the court room i'm
Pickens county, not far from the
scene OF the murder. The crowd is
dense and the interest deep. The
spring flowers are on the grave OF the
murdered cOquette, and the success
ful rival sits in the prisoners box,
pale and worn, but not q whit less