The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-11-07
A HUSBAND TOO MANY.

GLOW many briefs in divorce suits
have you?" [ asked one of my friends,
q lawyer, who is held in high esteem
by married women and dreaded by hus-
bands.
II have only one," he replied, "and
that does not contain what you would
imagine-neither complaints of unfaith-
fulness nor %ofcruelty. Ifyou a sub
jectfora play ] will tell you the story;itis
not a secret.
ION what, then, was the u tfounded?"
"On account of the fear Of o ghost"
"How? Explain yourself"
II will. Dc you know Nine. de Beau
lieu?"
Eyes; and I know her to be a loving
and belovedwife the mother of a charm
ing family"
Eyes; that is what I say in my ad-
dress"
AS for her husband, he is an honest,
loyal, obliging man whose reputation is
without STAIN"
Exactly; that also I shall say"
"And these people wish to SEPARATED"
My friend laughed in my face; he
was amused at my perplexity, and told
me the following strange adventure.
The name of Nine. de Beaulieu, who
is scarcely thirty-two years of age and
who hardly appears to be thirty, is known
in connection with all works of charity
and all fashionable fetes. One would
say, seeing her beauty, her good spirits,
her kindliness, that she is compensated
for her past unhappiness. Five years
ago she was married-or rather remar-
ried, for at eighteen she wa the wife of
one of the most brilliant young men on
the Bourse. who left her a widow under
tragic circumstances.
One morning sever years ago jacques
Torcy, the clever Spectator, the man
of fashion, was found dead in his bed at
his country seat-his brains scattered
over his pillow. At first it was be-
lieved that he had been assassinated.
The house was deserted, being unin-
habited at the time. It was winter.
NJ. Torcy had gone there to look for some
account books which he needed. Be
ing silent partner in a large manufac-
tory in the neighborhood. he made fire.
quent journeys tither. His only atten-
dant at these times was q gardener, who
lived in all isolated building.
But on the examination of the books
and Golfers of the unfortunate man, who
had a banking house in the Rue Lafitte,
it was evident he had committed sui
eide. He was completely ruined; even
the dowry of his wife had been swal-
lowed up. He had not wished to sur
vive the disaster.
Some cursed MIN; others vainly at
tempted to press their claims, which
Were successfully opposed by the
widow. :.
She mourned for her husband deep
~. He was prodigal of his affection as
of money. AS o widow she was sincere
in her grief, correct in her conduct and
pretty in her weeds. She returned to
her family. She had no children. No
one was surprised two years later when
the young widow again married.
M. de Beaulieu is as handsome as was
her first husband; he s%peculates less; he
has an ample fortune safely invested.
He fell in love with o woman who was
financially ruined. How was it possible
to repulse him? The second marriage,
like the first, was happy; the grief OF
widowhood was assuaged by tender ca
resses. Soon a boy was born, and then
a girl. When Nine. de Beaulieu
made her annual visit to the decent
tomb which she had consecrated to the
unfortunate Torcy, it was almost with
a smile of thankfulness that she prayed
for the deceased; she recommended him
more and more to heavenly mercy, feel
ing certain that her prayer would be
heard. The merits of the first husband
were not only possessed by the second
but Augmented with others of his own.
One day Nine. de Beaul1eu received a
letter which had been on it's travels
some time and which was addressed to
Nine. Torcy and had an American
postmark. The writing of the SUPER
scription troubled her, and when
the envelope was opened the first
lines made her tremble. Was this
some mystery. Was 1t a device,
formed before his death by the unfortu-
nate Torcy, who wished to have his
widow receive q letter that would per-
snade her that he was still alive and
thus keep her from weeping?
That was the first idea that entered
the mind of NJ. de Beaulieu when his
terrified little wife brought him this
strange missive dated from New York:
bnt after weighing the words and dis
cussing with Nine. de Beaulieu the
probability of their truth, he reached
the conclusion that Torcy was not dead.
and that in this letter he announced his
return.
But the suicide ? the corpse? the bur
lal? the letter answered all.
Torcy told how, after his ruin, he re.
solved to secure the means of regaininn
his lost fortune and to r~ehabilitate
us honor: he even took praise to him.
self for his sacrifice. Through the
'omplicity Of a gravedigger of the vii
iase, he WIS assured of the early deaf
OF a man of his stature and comnleyio,