New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-09-18

conclude that Richmond will get the full
benefit of the law.
SHE DID THE COURTING,
Ind Found Out litter Maa.riage that Her
Husband Vas Unstable IN HIS affections
~ Chicago Romance.
Chicago Correspondence Cincinnati Enquirer.
Two lines in the divorce list published in
daily paper this week, informed me of the
sequel to a sad and peculiar romance. It
was not procured on the ground of
ONE OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS,
but on that simple but far-stretching plea
''incompatibility."
The case is more interesting, perhaps, to
me, knowing both parties, whose union
brought happiness to one and wretchedness
to the other.
Ten years ago there left this city to study
medicine in Germany, man young, good
looking, with more than the average amount
of brain and morals. His weakness lay in
proneness to discouragement, and made con-
slant stimulus necessity. He proceeded to
Munich, entered college, and prepared for a
course of hard study. Wishing to make a
speciality of brain diseases, he arranged with
a talented and old member of the faculty for
special tuition in that branch. The older
man, pleased with his new pupil, his desire
to learn and his industry, opened his house
tohim, and evening after evening they spent
together, deriving mutual pleasure, aud the
younger much profit.
The Herr Professor was a wiGower, but
found frugal and devoted housekeeper in
his only daughter. Elizabeth, who unselfishly
had put aside all thoughts of marriage in
order to remain the companion of her father.
In domestic duties and unrufied serenity
her youth passed away, and when she mot
the young student, already fifteen years his
senior, gentle, quiet woman, his attitude
was simply that of respect and liking almost
flial in its nature. A year flew swiftly away.
but at its close brought the news of the total
failure in business of the young
mans father and his consequent
inability to support his son abroad. An
immediate return to this country was the
course that naturally suggested itself; but to
this the old professor would not listen. in
sisting, nay, demanding, that after such
fine start, it would ruin his protege's pros
poets forever. No, he must remain, enter
into the family as might son, and pursue
his studies. His wishes prevailed, and the
young man became an inmate of the family
on still more intimate footing. As time
went on Elizabeth, whose heart had never
been touched, became deeply but insensibly
attached to the American student; but, always
reticent, betrayed nothing. However, an
event occurred that soon brought
matters to a crisis. Only three months
after the last change the professor was taken
suddenly i'll and expired, leaving will that
made his daughter sole heir. The fortune
was not large, but more than sufficient to
maintain Elizabeth in comfort and even lux
ury the remainder of her life. It had not
been amassed by making, but by saving
Again the young man announced his return,
but this time only to encounter the plead
ings of Elizabeth. He reverted to his pow
erty, she to her prosperity, and begged to be
his creditor. Pride prompted his refusal,
and it was then that love forced the quiet,
blue-eyed woman to speak:
would you accept aid from your betroth-
ed wife?'' she asked in strange voice.
"What do you mean?" was the answer.
II mean that love you, that you are my
life, and that if you will make me happy by
letting me help you, will be your wife,
How strong must have been the feeling
that prompted such declaration
The young man hesitated. It was a
great temptation, his profession had
become beloved, sacred; besides he
was heart whole. And then he re-
spected Elizabeth, she loved him; they might
be at least contented together. he assented,
and after graduating with high honors, they
were quietly married, and came to this coun-
try and to Chicago to live. Here by stran-
%nIr
and the strangeness of such union, when
Every year made the difference more appar-
ent, and the wife, far from friends and coun-
try, centered more and more her affection
upon her young husband.
All went along smoothly and well until
just two years ago, when there came over
the blue sea an orphan, almost friendless,
and a cousin of Elizabeth. Always generous,
the latter hearing of her young relatives
distress, had sent for ard offered her the
protection of home. So the little Libusa
came, young, innocent hearted, lively as
bird, into the quiet family of two, and the
clear, hazel eyes that met those of the young
doctor did fatal work.
Too late to love, he yet found his heart
was capable of far different sentiment
from that Elizabeth had ever reused.
Days, weeks, months only made the mat
ter worse, and a: last, unable to conceal his
feelings, the unhappy man ilnplored his wife
to set him free. Strangely selfish,
yet unselfsh, she refushed to accede to
his wishes until she awoke to the fact
that she was mourning his hatred; then she
consented; and this week, man has put
sasunder what God never meant to have been
Joined together.