Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-04-27
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wise and fi%ad Iii e ,mo a sw,,s s;eps SIDE
l,n 49, iMe Eyes on me ma slngu-
hl way. ne evidently believed that |
MI so,,e eials. -.
do, n.us.hi niust eeiegraph, captain"
If "a Ioupieu ne. ~ seemed 10 me as
p, nau ,Drgot.oh something.
WIZ VIA. coulu l nave forgotten!
Mtae-wnat had slipped my mind?
nino = bysdi s aoshe4 atoNua; al ilght-
Tha oenara,,a M;aeI III NY neiu.
s.,5iai az WE. l nae Iorgotten the
ais wife canta;n. t ~ o, rssoos"p .le eener-
10 ssloan e" Da ~ VIC eeielal > WIS Who
IL a]sloapi OoSo" no"i' e"p@''n' one
"Ia I'm, q
oa ~ tne aeTlis name what 90 you
h'a u GREG the captain, lmpaf'ently.
- you lelt hef asleep she must have
Mukeheu oy thls tllne!, lie turned his
Two sailors not to lose sight Of me.
need not say what a terrible day !
passed. sleeping or waking: l always
saw me dreadful picture OF the poor
Monlah SUNK IN sleep iiylnng on the Sofa
on the soia from which she could never
rise.
~ Wliat state l. found myself on the
thlrty-slNth day it would not be easy for
you 70 imagine; AT last RIO de Janelro
was IN slght. Threw myself INTO a boat,
spIang ashore, M ran TO the telegraph
once. break open door ofsmail room;
waKe up me generars WIFE,
Mneh me d%isslpa'ed husoand OF the
generals wife that she, TOO,
mad been out All night, he gave the mat
Yer no more thought than 30 use the
lavoraple opportunity lot another ca
rousal.
us madame home YETI" he nonchal-
antly asked the porter, as he returned
the second morning.
No. sir" replied the porter. The
affair did not trouble him, but it began
70 appear strange.
The third day went by, the fourth
Ame, and no sign of the generals wife.
Her husband became uneasy. He sent
to her relatives in the country. They
had not seen her for years. The Young
hour. The fifth day he informed the
police. Their search was vain. 1t was
found that she had been to me that day,
but they could go no farther. Hundreds
OF patients daily went in and out of my
ONCE, IN at M door and out at another,
which opened directly on the stairs.
My people could not remember about
her, the police could notthink of search
ing my rooms, neither did it occur to
my servant to force open the small room,
since | frequently locked itwhen | want
ed to gaurd some valuable object or in
teresting study. So athe disappearance
OF the generals wife remained an I'M
solyable riddle.
One believes what one wishes. So,
when foul days more passed, the hus-
band was convinced his wife never would
return. He said to himself, with a GER
tam painful satisfaction: "Tbe poor
ting has killed herself! From love of
me, no doubt!"
According to the marriage contract the
wlfe's wealth now belonged to him. A
skillful lawyer at once arranged every
thing. The young widower inaugurated
his monarchy by making such alter
atlons IN the stately old house as his
W sound taste dictated. His wife's bou-
doir was changed to a smoking-soom.
IN place OF the dining-room a museum
OF weapons appeared. The small blue
carriage IN which the generals wife used
to ride afternoons was sold and replaced
by. q yellow English dog-cart. She had
prlded herself upon simple, unostenta-
tlous livery; her widower dressed his
servants In red, gold-embroidered uni
form.
One evening my servant was called to
the door by a stout stranger suffering
from dropsy, who wanted me to cure
him. Just as he was about to say that l
had not been in Paris for over q month,
q messenger ran up the steps and handed
him a dispatch. My servant read turn
ed pale, and cried:
quick, quick! Break open the door
OF the little room!"
The dropsical man was 80 frightened
at the cutlery that he fell in a swoon.
Without troubling h~imselfabout him, my
servant ran through the study, put his
shoulder to the door of the inner room,
and burst it in.
On the sofa lay the generals wife, COW
cred with a thick layer of dust. Under
the combined influence Of tears, rice
powder, and dust, her face, never pref
ty, had gained the look Of caricature.
She was an awful sight. My servant was
familiar with the mysterious catalepsy,
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noarsa m,,oh anan;otaJ AZ i,s uos, Va
o,anea hau anos nMd n",d az nae: sae
II she wo,,ld I 2,vs d dr;ad har taa 1rouon as
"nesr doctnr y said che IN . wool,
vo;ca M1 fool q l;+t1a onaor TGa "a
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ios raoii IT, no"saa ~ n = t 40 tno ~
1Tfd m;ii hnsta paI 90 an w sh h; ~ 'ne ciuo'
She arose and vent to thn door NV
servant was 60 exc;ted that no wnr IVY
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