Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-09
Enduring Love,


c'fl sho tetrothed horsaif 10 yourg man whom
sAo loved d,a.li. She weot hcms f.om board
Icg school Hih her heart pledged to her Lover:
out she soen iuuod that her father WAS of a
q It rent mind. A. i. B as he'd grown en-
orntu'iy IN wealth, Wills the young man' Ia
tier, . ,utr c?, hal bocn unforlul lase. Mr..
D0'S ioibido her h cluoteGsLc) the suit Of a
p0Ir man s0D aCd she was oteient, than yh
-he vas reVeugeiuly repeIIsnt TO other suitors.
one peat her winters heie 10 Readi0g at her
home, aud her sumMers at her fathers c1uptry
horss 1t Wormel ;dort, twenty miles diHaot.
lhe y0uug he!tcss became almost arceiuse
Iut shc dii MT let an1 body knGw the reason.
IN eV,ry;illG tl5l her father give her the ut
most freedom; hut 10 the mater Ct o husbsni
10 Dlt onlY d'nled her the man of her likiog,
but h0alIy chose o0e for her. Tnis was Decor
Beaver. who lived close by the Boas residerc,
ct Wnrnodort. acd belonged to wealthy iami
Is. Kate married Dr.. Beaver. lie was in all
respects worthy Of her. There was grand
EeGdiog, aod an * eodel bridal tour. The
hus6aod w.s sccc ?sslul in his profession, the
VILE tcclmo loader 10 fashinnble society, AID
daughter vas born
Dr. Is eaver tEcltedIy eutere6 the tffice OF the
prosecuting attorney of this c,uuty, William Nj.
G00omao. one day. aud ssked for Eelp TO ey-
pose aod punish ialthless wifi, Ho believed
;hat hi'c had lover other than himself, and
wanted The uHans o! learaing the truth. d.
ioct7cs Rtra placed at | is ssrrico, ard it was
not !ocg haicrs ho wss prepared to plaioI7 &C.
ca &C his Hilo lie hid witness 10 bis tf6,c.
aud thcn sent Tor her Sho c.mo without kpow.
ng what she was TO hear, and the blunt accu.
saIloo OF hsvIog teld c|apdes!ius meetings with
her lover was like boa in the face
whoever says that lies" she ldigllpt'y
replied.
Did ycu never vito to hin?' he asked.
Never since | left school,"
Have ynu not Wliten to him within three or
four s?'
NO"
Then he put before her the proof Of hor
fslsly-a letter which she had sent by house
maid TO the lover, but Which the detectives bad
intercepted. 10 it tho said, who could i'm
aslne hat such drama was being enacted here
10 real lltc?' The dcc.or said that they would
have to separate. She wcpt, aDd begged Of
hi not 10 drive her cut.
let me rcmaio rs your ions, keepcr," she
o;led, "f not as your Wif."
Her prayer for iVrsivtncss was 10 vain, Her
huS >and caV6rtlg asoertained that the witness
dad heard al she had said. and then dismissed
her. lie permitted her to say in the house,
bu: o. looecr as his wife. She would not 20 to
her ia!htr Tor Comfort, tor he already had,
through si ute 10 bu5lucsi, as muca trouble as
he c5u!u besr, aud she dared not SEQ or seLd to
Der lover. She vas informed that her husband
had bceun ploooedlags for divorces. She made
90 defense, snd Sid that she woald c)nfass to
her fa:hcr. The aged aud broken 6o4D paau
went to her, responsive 10 message, and heard
| tr2m her o9n lips how wfetchedlg the wcdl eek
| Of his plat Mig had turned out.
The testimony giving before the referee,
Simon L. y Rell 2. was 800 7lnciDg enough; but
it hardly degraded the case to the level of
ordinary divorce prtc ,edln2s. However, tho
professional spies sWorc that Kate and her lovsr
met frequently; but her own servants described
| his visit TO the house. 10 her husbands absence
| A rear gate has been fixed 50 that he c>uld
| open it from the outside, o,rtain signals had
been agreed 90 to indicate dagger and safely,
notes had bseo sent to end fro frequently. and
hc had all but lived in the bouse while the doc
tor was away on fishing excursion.
| One witness described the wife as slipping out
| from the presence of her husband in the psrlor,
littiIg her silk train as sEe tripped over the dew
| If thu garden 6 ass, and meeting her lover for q
| sentimental ex xshsDga Of words in the shadow OF
"a back feuce. knOthar told CT ber jeslousy on
! heariEg yuclor that re VS. paying court 10
girl and II seems that i: WAS her dread OF
his III arTyiEg any body else, raiher than any pur
pose or ides Of bang Untrue 20 her own vows,
ihst made her cliIg TO him. Sha always spoke
most respectfully " her husbsud aCd prs SD
him for lis klndAess and generosity
She once told the stcry of her ,ch"ol day ID
! nance 10 friend rs an occurrence 'rg past
but added, impulsively, love him TO this day
a passage in one Of her le!tsrs 10 him, however
indicates that she had rejected q proposal &
elope ''Msy God bless and reward you for oUl
devotion" she wrote, tor never can" and the
last four words were uuderscoTed.
The lawsuit. ending yester!ay in DR.. Beaver
securing the divorce, made the msttcr known L
every b3dy. Kate Kept herself ou: of sight. 81
though crushed by shame. But she could no
hide fro q. herself, and, to desdeR her feeling
she took to drufgin herself with opium Hel
resson was soon destroyed and she was taken Il
the Daavll.e Insane Asylum.-N 7. Sun
/ LTdROP'S CONoTITU rIONAL TON
II lC, highly recommended preparation 70
Dyspepss. biliousness, Headache, Indigestion