Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-31

Do you tell me the truth.r also said. 81
want to believe you, but must tell Won
can't. No married woman would let man
enter her house except for one purpose. Did
be accomplish that purpose - She said.
No." | went to my children's bed and
said, My children, what has Your mother
done to us? / then threw myself ON the
bed with my children, ard wept tears of
agony. / returned to my wife's room and
took her into the children's room. 1 asked
her to tell Inc III the presence of the children
II she was untrue to them. She said, mo"
L went to the window. She came and knelt
before me. | again asked her if she had
wronged her children. She cried out, with
shrek of agony,
eyes, on! MY GoDi"
! could not believe what she said, and asked
if she knew what she was saying. She said,
Yes" l asked, "When did this occur? I'M
der my roof aud with my children nesr?" She
said, Yes" What occurred between that
and daylight do not know. She asked me
to forgive her. said no. / asked her If she
knew he had deprived me of my all in this
world. | recalled to her how she know how
L loved here how | had never given her oc-
CASTOR to wrong me, how we had been married
Tor eigat years and she had yet to hear the
hrst cross word. She said she knew it, and
wished she might die. walked the floor
that night, and in the morning | dressed my
sell and said was going out. She asked me
where was going. l said, "To your
father" She said, Don't tell him; it will
break his heart" went to San Francisco,
and went TO the bank, standing outside till
the accountant came in. told him that I
wished to take my holiday. He said, You
can't do that" l said, :" will, if 1 forfeit
my position. -" All right" said he. 1 left
him and went to my fathers house. He
opened the door, and expressed surprise at
seeing me. | must have looked agitared
and he said, my son, what Is the matter ~
We went into room and | told him what
/ had learned during the night He begged
me to be calm, and asked me how had
learned it, and who the man was. / told
him. He asked me where my wife was l
said, At home" He said that he would
During the relation of this terrible recital
the witness wept bitterly, and at times raised
his hands in agony.
Schroeder continued DR.. Stebbins talked
with me about the matter, and asked me
what l should do. 1 said l did not know.
He said, "We must bear it. We must bury
it deep down among ourselves" We came
home and walked into the house. My wife
came to the head of the stairs and 1 said,
=" Minnie, your father wants to see you" She
came down and threw herself into his arms,
crying bitterly. l left the room, and after
wards returned Her father asked her if
what she had told me about DIR. Lefevre was
true. She said YES" He took us both
into his arms and said,
"wE MUST FORGET IT. WE MUST BURY IT.
That /, in my love for her, must bear it.
My wife came to ME and sat down. She sat
in my lap and put her arms about me, and
asked me to forgive her, and asked if loved
her. / told her my love for her never ceased
a moment. II do forgive you," l said 81
will forgive YOU" She walked to the door
and called her father, and came in with her
arms about him. She said, "Psps, Edward
has forgiven me-" He took us both in his
arms. We sat down, my wife sitting on my
knee. He asked me if had paid Lefevrs
any money. l said, After what he has done
to me, l don't propose to pay the man who
has dishonored my home." / said that per-
haps l had better pay him, as he might at
tempt to face the matter down and present
bill, which / should refuse to pay. He might
sue me, and l should be compelled to show
cause why l did not pay him. Her father
that we go to the Office and de-
mand bill
THE VISIT To LEFEvRE.
We went there, and the Doctor came into
the room. looked at him in amazement-the
man who had entered my house aud pol
luted my home. Lefevre looked in the books,
and | looked over his shoulder. He looked
at what he pretended was my account. 1t
had one item of $40 and no more. / said,
g Find that account" / saw that he kept no
account-that he simply kept my wife going
there to inveigle her. He kept looking at
the book and at another book. / took the
book and slammed it down. My father
told me to write receipt 1 did SO. 1
said to him, Sign that" and he did SO
without hesitation. He made no reply to
anything l said when l took the receipt. 1
picked it up and looked at him, and he stood
cowed down. l said, Are you the man
that left 1l64 Alice street at 9 o'clock last
EVENING"" He hesitated, and | said,
81 Answer me-" He replied, Z" No." then
said,
"YoU ARE LIAR"
told him, :" If you ever dare to speak to
my wife, or even look at her or me, or at my
family, l will blow your head off, If l ever
see you ia the neighborhood of my house L
will kill you" After leaving there l went
10 my house with DR.. Stebbins. Dr. Steb-
bins did not give me any reason for keeping
The matter quiet. l knew myself what it
was, because l could not bear to have the
world know of my disgrace, my wifes shame,
ny homes pollution and my children's dis
honor l next saw DR.. Stebbins on Sunday
morning at church. my wife being with me-
We saw the Doctor after the service and
;alked with him. My wife and l then came