Omaha daily bee., 1884-11-20
HER MAD I~NFATUATION.
She Owed Her Husband laViShGd
Oh Els Brother,
Absence Ma Curc-CicV,r Rusc of q
Flirting Wife Surprised
All Round,
York Mercury.

Now York Mercury,
Mr.. George G.. Rlnthorne Ia an En-.
glishmau by birth and an engineer by
! profession. Rather a good looking man,
he is thirty five years of oge, and has a
snug sum laid away for a rainy day, AT
present Howe Is Hummel are engaged in
epQineeringa divorce through the supreme
court for George, his wife, Paulina, after
an infelicitous period ranging over the
LIST two years, having departed to nome
und designated part of Texas. The engi'
reer was seen on the west side of the city
on Friday afternoon. Being reminded
that his story might prove Interesting
reading, he tmiled and said:
''Well to begin with, ! was 'nabbed
on a Saturday afternoon as l was going
uptown. Ever since was a boy loved
sweets. turned into a confectionery
not far from Grace church and was
TRANSFERRED BY THE GIRL,
who stood behind the pyramids of dain-
ties, calm and Indifferent alike to tho ca
gernesa and the apathy of her custom.
ers." Having seen the young lady In the
candy store aad fallen in love with her
at first sight, his next step was to learn
her name, and then to write her a letter.
There was no sbyness Oh her part, and
they o became acquainted. She was
below the medium size, with dark brown
hair, %retrousse noise, a pretty mouth, nice
chin and charming teeth. Add to this
an elegant and symmetrical form, and the
reader will gather that Miss Pauline
Weber, as she was named, was quite a
fascinating young lady. She was three
and twenty when she first burst on
Georges ravished sight, and had figured
on the stage previously in a spectacular
piece in an advanced condition of un-
dress. They were married March IL,
1879, by q %juutice of the peace in Hobo.
ken and
CELEBRATED THEIR HONEYMOON
by a trip to Washington. Very soon af-
ter the pair settled down to the sober
business Of housekeeping, the husband
discovered that his wife had a very num-
erous circle of acquaintance, male and
female. She had a mania for dancing.
and danced 30 much, night after night,
In one place and another, that she was
unfit to attend to her household duties. "
In December, 1881, Mr.. Rasthorne's
brother Walter arrived here from the old
country. He was eighteen years CT age,
of a pure Saxon pink and white complex
ion with blue ey es, and looked younger
than he really was. Pauline hailed him
as q sort of gift from the gods, ard treated
him like a baby. She could henceforth
90 nowhere without Walter. If he read
a book or q newspaper, she peered over
his shoulder. Together they waited
every theatre in the city, She was his
guide and philosopher all winter, and the
next summer went with him to Coney
leland and other seaside resorts. When
When Mr.. and Mrs. Rasthorne CHANGED
to be invited to a party, the invitation
must needs include Walter, or she de-
clined it. For a long time, the husband
regarded his wife's antics with the Young
man with amusement, put he could not
help rejecting, by and by, that the lads
life was being wasted-literslly fooled
away on trivialities. He wanted to place
him in the shop to learn the practical
work of an engineer, but Walter was un-
willing, and Pauline said ''the dear boy
should never learn auch nasty, greasy,
sooty work." 80 there was al end Of it.
IN THE SPRING OF 1882,
the husband happened to observe certain
familiarities between his wife and HIS
young brother that impelled him to re-
fleet. The lad looked and acted as if he
was in love with his sister-in-law, who
was only some five years his aenlor. So,
in a kindly way, he took Walter aside
and advised him to return to England.
He refused point blank, and was told
that henceforth he must seek some other
place to live. GAN right" said the indie.
pendent youth, and proceeded to pack
his trunk. The young man, on his part,
did not fail to inform his family at home
of his brothers unkindness and inhotpi-
tally, and consequently it came to pass
that four months since, when a maiden
aunt died in Chatterton, England, she
left the whole of her money, about four
thousand pounds sterling, to Walter,
and cut George off without even mention
ing him in her will. In July, the young
man departed for England to receive this
legacy, and Pauline wept and walled
his departure, and refused to speak
her husband for days. In her dream
she talked about Walter, and she wrot
to him tw;cs o week. Whether she re.
ceived any replies, tho husband is no
aware; but in reply to a question, she
told him in September last that Walter
would
RETURN TO AMERICA NO MORE.
Miss Pauline Weber WAS a native of Con-
n~ecticut and about the beginning of last
month she received a letter bearing the
Hartford poBtmark stating that her
mother was dangerously i'll, and that If
she expected to sec her alive she must
start for home at once. She wept sore
and appeared greatly distressed, and the
husbands heart was much moved. With
$3.50 in her pocket she started for the
wooden nutmeg state. Three days after
he received a brief note informing him
that her mother was out of danger, but
was very anxious to have her daughter
remain with her q few weeks. He wrote
an afiectionate reply giving his glad con-
sent, and there wal no further cores
pondence between them. Business was
a little slack just before election, so Mr..
Rasthorne thought he would take a trip
to Connecticut and surprise his wife and
her folks. As 1t turned out it was
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