The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-29

| r,Yn xuaa NOT II must have been more tn
alcohol than the heat Of the stove whic
shoots his head mournfully at Browns words
but but lite was not SO gloomy as 1t had seemed
few minutes before
"WeII. how did you come to do itT' burs
| out Clark, whom curiosity, o. well as : dle
ktaiit,, and aavl,,m rendered fidGety and talk
alive alive
''s Sill Pierre would do nothing but shake hi
head and Sigh. In view OF having to stand
" would ar1u1l not commit himself. But { knew tina
narhans Ia might never come to TRIAL at all.
aYol don't look like a man who woul,
/ stril,e woman" said I.
The prisoner started and gave me y quick
| Innuar
1 ~ awear IL heaven. said he ssthaS neve
laid hand On that woman before. Mach a.
have been provoked. --or----.,," here he hest
tated. -f.irritated-i never struck her. VIVA
ha I last night vas the affair Of mo
mart The first thing / knew was ridin1
ont If the village and feeling that hae
stabbed somebody"
aAnd taken Somebody's horse,' addet
| Brown, dryly, the first flush of the whisk,
| having exnentied its softeniDg effects.
aoh7 I vas going to send the mare back
| "a mr. calculated Brown. with gatire quite
| lost upon the prisoner. ,
The ice being broken, and the whisky haU.
Ing had its effect on his tongue, he nov
leaned back In his chair and spoke as follows:
| n might as well tell you, gentlemen, hoW1t
| all came about-at least So far as 1 an able
because there are points In my experience
can't pretend to account for. The woman |
hurt SO badly the other night is my Lawful III
and when / married her, doubt II there was
q hannier bridegroom In the land. Happy
isn't the word: was mad with Joy and 1
acted id such way that everybody was max aLss
ing fun of me, | saw them ven enough a1I3e,l
| They thought was blind to their rldlcule,
but / took 1t all In. Only my delight az get
ting Lou-that is the name Of my WlIenW was
60 great that didE + care stray lof Ildicuis
o. anything else. Well, ! had had hard q
enough work to get her; tnats IaeI, Anu
marriage Was ne triumph II 81 S Ths
business Is Dad enough pu1 WG W. III aa1'lol
swing than pass such time as ula Inen i, =
You may suppose ssom ny sayans vi et az
had hard work 70 get nel, G,a1 s .lle
was uneven, on InaI 1hels VIZ H. IL Nh
aganst tbns. y th NOS i non trne vas making
one Of Inose t4ngs - +ian r. for narfeet
Ilttle money, nau II, iet nnIama,od ~ . ehnrnh
steaalness; hsVet ulhnn in ~ hadn;t .
aliu 1aasn. n - ~ oharactar for SQUARE
cen., nssei tau nhrr IN me from the frat
nes ss ah .ooa tgonS hsshfn and never had
Iakea - bain m haIla when began to follow
q rnnd 49, after her Tall,s antuativ theIght
aaonma Att a ~ ef s. y doahn mo atanf 4 o her
That il 4 nnIg IL - ahnW Van that H. re was moth
i1r aroinsty ny, w n ony ,-- no ar mo nnar
Well. that was thc hsshning Of it ali. / was
a. wall recaiy.Sarhat + waa nnrtain al1 vas
ripht. an.il4sI s,1nnnsa that Turned INV head
It'll, - ;,st iat IN braI ss ali around and If
esiJn,t i;usf 1--we that uirlf There WASN'T
,p.thin1 mnnldn,t dn fnr har Wall Che
siin st 1s,ita nudaratand II ali semetimas
Ihinh woman don't know what love is. at
I !anat thau AM lave III wav va nen dn
rhe,, ~ cooi and aaam tn nc ahla tn think If
.a,, go+hing fai. ahead when the man ia half
o,,t If h7s mind With The Measure ripht
tharn Prettv snon she heoan to tip},t off
.snu o T snhmitted and would have stood
o ir,asst a,nYth;nr Rnt nayt thing that han-
an,,ad - hrnIss. tba anaa, a,naS+ Tbnn
pe e sao bar and n wa had tna row She
MC W ebe i didnt n h,,+to fr o,d
must keep ny distance and al that sort q
sw .nev o 9po nbo I'D 1n no rae far
cale lol anypouy ei5e, slu PIP VIZ ta.e ~. aoa
hu ~ alneI 4ho LIZ ai ~ Wao
paIcneu up, anu W Weie 'lch as W..
soon tne same .ning 20 occurred ~ d ag Wa ZIP
t,me Was luItouS ana sIayea o away; H w.
sne $1,000 tnaC apout Two weeks ana then
cropped; was apout ueau ny t .l oi,ne, DuI
l had detefmlned noJ 70 o. make Ine advances
and go she had to. Well, gentlemen, I'm
she acted great many times. 10 say loved
her all through would not De true. On the
contrary there were times when l hated her
SO that lay awake at night Just to think
over what could hurt her most, why, nave
had long plans mapped out TO humillate and
shame her, and 1t was only by keeDing my
logged every now and then. recall
ing that 9 man has no business with such
dirty, small work that ! saved myself from
putting them into execution. There was one
thing noticed, however. When was near
her | couldn't be half so vindictive as when
we were apart. Out Of sight could ponder
over the most ingenious plans for her ruin
and harm, but when she was by there was
something In her eyes or the turn OF her head
that made baby OF me at once 1t was
that-whatever 1t may be-which prevented
any such move on my part and brought us
together at last beforea clergyman in church"
$50 we got married after ALL" continued
Pierre, only stopping long enough to address
himself to his tumbler, and never taking his
eyes off the dark top 81 the white-and- red
81 suppose you are married men, gentlemen
he said, and for the first time looked up quick
". Brown nodded gravey and assumed
an answer for the rest of us; and
the speaker was too busy with his