Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-07
A SPUNKY WOMAN,
Catherine Lewis Refuses To Take Back
Her Husband.

MISS alllGIlUe LIE" II II utltIllllltl
she will not make up her dispute with
MIR. Oscar ATfwedsOn, her husband.
She will have nothing TO do with him.
She l. mad and proposes to stay so,
This week Miss Lewis is laying oil, as
Mr.. Artwedson made no dates for the
company, though it is one of the best
seasons of the year, aud could easily
have been filled. This is one of the
many crimes she accuses him of.
Another was he made ridiculous terms
with John Stetson at the Fifth Avenue
Theater. He was entitled To about half
the gross receipts with popular CONF
pany like that of Catherine Lewis. be-
sides whice he needed an attraction
very badly, aud would have given al
most anything 10 get one. But Arrived
son made a contract with StetsOn to
give the latter the first Il, 100 that came
in the house during the week, and then
divide at 30 per cent. beyond that. The
business of the week was about =, 900.
When Stetson had taken his Sl,7OO
there was lett 81 200, of which StetSOu
had $500 and Mss Lewis the other $500,
which, of course, did not begin 10 pay
her expenses.
Her rightful dues would have been
81 40, with which she might have
made small profit, As it was she dill
not meet her salaries on Saturday night.
which only
EmbIttered Her
the more against her husband.
Poor Henri Laurent, the head of the
company, was arrested for not paying
some costs he owed in u case, and he
went away saturday in charge of Mr..
Ferguson, the Under Sheriff, and yet
even this plight could not get him SO
from the management. On Sunday
Nr. ArfwedSOn, who had been very
bold up to that time, began to grow
COntrite. He wrote to his wife he
would never drink nor gamble again if
she would take him back. No answer.
Mr.. ArfwedsOn grew desperate and sent
word that he intended to commit sui
eide unless she sent him a word of con-
ISOLATION. He could not live alone.
This did not have the desired effect.
Miss Lewis was Obdurate, and is said TO
have said if he had cut his throat be.
fore she had made bis acquaintance it
would have been better for her. Then
came a message that Mr.. ArfwedSOn
was very Ill, indeed, and hardly eX-
pected 10 live. 1t was Pneumonia
mingled with grief al his loss.
To this Touching Statement.
Miss Lewis did not respond. On the
contrary she visited the theatre on
Monday evening, and appeared To
heartily enjoy what she s,.w. Mr..
Arfwcdson, on Tuesday, driven to his
last entertainments, tried the grand
coup 10y conveying privately To his wife
the intelligence that his mother was
dead in Wales, and had left him el,oOo.
This, he thought, would prove irrcsisti-
ble intelligence, bIt it did not move
Miss Lewis, and il began to dawn on
the Wel~hmau that this was a serious
affair, and that nothing would induce
his clever wife 10 return To him. Then
he started for Philadelphia, where he
has some friends, evidently having
given up the game. Mr.. julius Cshn,
the business manager OF the company,
said: "The separation between Miss
Lewis and Mr.. ArfwedsOn, her husband,
is permanent. She believes that her
interests as a professional have been
so seriously injured by Mr. Arr
wedSOu that nothing can induce her 10
return to him. She thinks the old
story would be- gone over with again,
and she has now taken the decided
step, better stick to it in place Of begin
. nlug once more IN rev weeks. many
of her friends have advised her that she
has done good thing. | have taken
no sides and profitr no advice. Tney
are husband and wife, and | do not be-
licve in coming between them. Mr..
Arfwedson is not bad fellow, but he
lacks any sort of wisdom. He knew
that things were getting along badly,
and vet ne did not hesitate to squander
money where it did no good. She
would often tell him to take enough
money to treat the newspaper men,
! who had to be taken care of but he
/ vent mrthur; and if he could not find
I a newspaper man to take out to drink,
/ would invite an usher or stage hand.
/ This cost a great deal of money. so
/ Miss Lewis tired of 1t, and says no
| power on earth shall make her live
/ with him again. This was borne out
. - Mis- pui- hprSplf