Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-03-30
CLEARFIELD, Pa, WEDNESDAY MARCH 80, 1881
A TOUCHING STORY.

Since Theodore Tilton "condoned'
the extraordinary conduct Of his spouse
after her exploits with the Reverend
Beechor We have read of nothing more
touching or magnanimous than the act
of Mr.. Dewitt Beebe, of Sullivan county
| N. Y. Mrs Dewitt Beebe, an attract
i've young woman, it appears, became
enamored of certain Col, Henri b,
Loomis, q gallant Frenchman and
wandering musician, and forgetting her
marital VOWS and pledges tocleave only
to Dewitt, fled in February last with
the Colonel, taking with her some 3d..
900 in money and some valuable jew
elry. Before embarking upon this lit
tic voyage, however, Mrs. Beebe man
ifested her tender regard for her bet
ter-hali by attempting to poison him,
and upon being discovered in her
scheme we are told that she "burst into
passionate food of tears !" but wheth-
er frcm remorse or chagrin is not
known. 1t is to be presumed, how
ever, that it was the latter, as only a
few days after this pleasant little do
mestic episode she was snugly domi-
ciled with her paramour in Philadel.
phia, and the Colonel was lavishly dis
pensing her cash among his friends.
But Mr.. Beebe was not TO be ruthlessly
robbed of the wife OF bis bosom, and
with the aid OF detectives he ascertain
ed the whereabouts of the false one,
and on Tuesday secured her arrest and
that OF her companion. When the trio
met face TO face the scene is described
as pathetically affecting. The husband,
we are informed, was laboring under
strong excitement" which, under the
circumstances, is quite surprising.
However, he appears to have soon
grown more philosophical, as after "up-
bralding her for taking up an uncertain
existence with comparative stranger,
be remarked, in words Of tenderness
that would even put Mr.. Tilton to the
blush "My love has never wavered
for you, and to think that, not content
with leaving me for another,you should
attempt to poison me, IS almost more
than | can bear" Mrs. Beebe natur.
ally could not resist the tender appeal.
Tho allusion to her failure to poison
Dewitt was doubtless too much for
hor devoted nature to Withstand, as
she "sobbed hysterically and appeared
as though she bitterly repented the
rash step she had taken, but she de.
MED that she had attempted TO take
her husbands life" While this touch.
ing domestic drama was being enacted,
the fell destroyer of the once happy
household, the gallant and fascinating
Colonel, "stood coolly looking on and
was even so considerate as to permit
Mr.. Beebe to take his wife quietly ia
the depot without interposing any OBJ
lection. 1t is true that the cash he
had stolen was still in his possession,
and that may have served to soothe
his lacerated feelings. On the other
hand, the account was in a measure
balanced, as Mr. Beebe recovered" "most
of the stolen jewelry." When Mr.. and
Mrs. Dewitt Beebe return to then
roof.troe after the forgiving spirit man.
Tested by the former, it would be cruel
indeed should his better-half, with
characteristic tenderness, mix little
arsenic with his coffee. But if she
should decide TO do so and let her gen
erous spouse through such medium
pass from things mortal to things i'm
mortal, it would only be because she
thought him 100 good for this earth
And with this view we agree with her
He should be an angel,-Bdltimore Ga
| setie. March II.