Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27

confusedly that / could not understand
what she said to console me.
"Did / even listen to herf What
need had / of consolation / was not
sorrow-stricken. Finally she took me
Familiarity by the hand and said in a low
voice that she was obliged to confde II
me a secret and that she counted on my
honor ~ . nobleman not to abuse 1t
She had given my wife to keep for her
package of letters that she could moi
keep herself, and she begged of me to
give them back to her. While she was
speaking l felt several times that
shivered from head to foot. With ap.
parent GOODNESS / questioned her on the
contents OF these letters. At this ques.
tion the lady started and replied with
indignation.
"Sir, your wife was more generous
than you. When she took charge Of
these letters she did not ask me their
contents. She even gave nae her word
never to look at them, and I am con-
WINGED that she even glanced at
them. Hers wa a noble soul, and she
would have disdained to break in secret
her given word"
"It is well,' / replied. How shall
l recognize the packageT
"It was tried by a pink ribbon with
a silver edge
al will go and search for it.
II took my wife's keys and began to
search for the packet; although I knew
where it was, I pretended to have some
difficulty in finding it."
els it thisf' / said, handing it to the
countess.
eyes, yesi See, the knot l made is
still there. She v touched it,
II did not dare to lift my eyes to her
l feared lest she should read in them
that / had undone it, and that l had un'
done something else besides. I tool
leave of her hastily; she got into hel
carriage and drove of. Poor woman
she had her excuse. Her husband wa.
brutal and dissipated. If / had beer
like him I should have deserved q wife
like her. Obi but my wife! Her hear
was innocent, her soul angelic! Sh.
loved her husband even in the moment
when her husband killed her. l do no
know what l did during the first hours
that followed. When l came back II
the consciousness of the horrible reality
l was in the vault, beside the coffin.
saw the lid slowly raised and the desf
woman within rose no~iselessly beforeh.
l was stretched stiff and stark, besk tho
coffin, n hand or its edgs6s of the
other beneath her head. Tx d y h,onS
corpse were white; one:kttp sin-,w y"
hung from them. She evas = VT
yards me, openedl fssed my right hand.
murdered mI her a%9Rfffell again on my flesh
The drop OF 466ce more, she fell back
nsr eye sIffillow and the coffin closed
or nel cdead body.
Wy Short time after / was awakened
"a pain as that produced by a
Eorpion's sting. l rushed into the open
air. y was early morn. No one saw
me. The drop of blood had disappeared;
there "a, no outward sign of the pain,
and yet tive spot where the blood had
fallen burned as though being eaten
away by a corroding poison. The pain
no respite and increased from hour
70 hour. I could sleep sometimes, but
sven then ! never lost consciousness of
ny suffering. There was no one to whom
could make complaint, and for that
natter there was no one who would have
believed my story. You have been wit
hess to the intensity of my suffering and
know how much your operation
elieved me. But as soon as the wound
reals the pain comes back. 1t has come
low for the third time, and l have no
onger the strength to stand it. In an
lour l shall be dead. One thought con.
oles meas she has avenged herself on
ne in this world she will, perhaps, for
i've me in the next. / thank YOU for
our good Offices. May God reward you
Or theml"
A few days after the newspapers of
!" recorded that one of our richest
anded proprietors had blown out his
'rains. Some attributed the suicide to
REF at his wife's death; others, who
rere better informed, to an incurable
Those who knew best said he
q mononaniac, and his wound,
Vhich could not be cured, existed only
n his imagination.