The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-12-05

constitutionally violent and stune
now by @ thousatd cares and vexations
into an irritable s~ourness, which COM
mon charity might, if it could not for.
bear with, at least not unnecessarily
gall-untl at last sense, reason, man.
hood, everything give way, and 1 was 8
maniac aud a brute. 1 doubt if thai
was humane. / am now convinced oil
what l have long believed; / am only
fit to live alone. God and nature aflict.
ed me with unsocial habits, weak nerves
and violent passions. Everything il
my life has tended to feed these infirm.
tiles, until they have become a confirmed
and incurable disease, which nothing
but a gentle pity, a forbearing, soothing
watchful compassionate of a nurse oy-
er q madman-can render bearable to
to me or to Others"
he then goes on to settle money mat
ters. He gives his wife free choice of a
residence, and, "as for the children,
they are left completely with you" He
then concludes as follows:
II do not ask your forgiveness, which
l know you would readily give, but
which would neither remove nv W
soreness, nor raise my pride. I ask no
forgiveness from Human Being-such
rs l am / will be to the last, nv own
Judge. have been my own accuser
and my WI punishment. I have not
one particle of angry feeling against
you; all my bitterness is for myself.
And now, farewell. I wish you every
comfort; and after the first n~ervousne
of I h~eak-up' is over, I know you will
find q great reliefin our relative change
or position. For six years you have
been to me an incompatible wife.
That thought alone is sufficient to make
me Judge you leniently in the last year.
Whether the change arose from too
harsh q misconstruction of my faults.
from an erroneous Hstimate of my char
acter, from that litter difference Of
tastes, habits and rrsults, which time,
that wears away all gloss and all con-
cealment. made more obvious and more
Observation-Disclosures be the cause of the
change that has taken place in your af-
lection and your kindness, 1 make no
complaint. I call for no defense. Let
us both rest IN peace.
And this was the provocation US Lady
Lytton tells the Story: "Upon his ask.
ing me with whom was going to the
christening of Mr.. Fonblanque's child
that night, and I replying, with Lady
Stepney,' he then repeated as fast as he
could, a dozen times running. my
mother calls her chat ngly old woman
He then called out, DO you hear me,
MADAME OF course I hear you
Then why the-in--don't o
answer meY I did not think it re-
quired an answer 'D-your soul,
Madam? he exclaimed, Selling a carv-
ing knife (for we were at dinner, and
he had told the servants to leave the
room till he rang and rushing at me,
cried: I'll have you to know that
whenever I do you the honor of adj
dressing you, it requires an answerr i
said:sFor Gods sake, take care what
you are about, Edward! He then
dropped the knife, and, springing on
me, made his great teeth meet in my
cheek, and the blood spurted over me.
The agony was so great that my
cream brought the servants back, and
presently Cresson, the cook, seized him
by the collar; but he broke from him,
and Selling mi of the footman's hats
in the hall, rushed down Piccadilly."