Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-02-18
QUIET REVENGE.
Hew q woman Was Deceived by Q
Desperate Lover.
FIVE YEARS OF uNBRokEN SILENCE.
How a Baltimore Belle Was Bstrothed and
Married The Revelations OF
Masked Strangsr-A Sad
and Novel Case.

BALTIMORE, February i7.-On Madison
avenue, in this city, there are living .
married couple, who for the past Eve years
have existed surrounded BY the most In
tense atmosphere Of mental gloom. Al
though the husband 10 actively engaged In
business, making money thereby rapidly,
and possesses many companionable and
social characteristics; although the wife 10
q refined, maturely beautiful woman, with
the usual hereditary trait Of conventional
ability 20 common to her sex developed In
ner oass to An extraordinary degree; al
though tnree ATTRACTIVE ana ioVeiy cniljfen
complete the domestic roll call OF this par.
ticular family. yet for the past FIVE years
Net 0se Solitary Wsrd
has been exchanged between this husband
and wife.
Ten years ago the lady who nov success-
fully enacts the role OF the Silent Wife"
was beautiful society belle OF this city.
Among her suilors were two persistent
young men, both armed with culture, edu.
cation, wealth and energy. One she loved
publicly betrothed. The ether took .
back seat, but he did not mourn In OBSCURE
ty and despair for Q very lengthy period.
In an evil hour, by the most subtle arts,
he succeeded in convincing the lady that
the gentleman to whom she was engaged
was
Peradieus kibesssae
and had betrayed young lady with whom
she WAS casually acquainted. When an
explanation was demanded by the lady,
the accused returned an indignant reply,
and the result was an opsn rupture. The
rejected suitor now had the opportunity
which be had sought for, aud again laid .
most vigorous seiSe TO the citadel Of the
bellies hea,t In moment Of desperation
snd pique, the young lady scceptrd THIS
once rejected young man and hastily mar
rice him. Five years after the marriage
this lady, accom- panied by her husband,
went to farcy dress ball.
During the height Of the festivities she
was invited TO dance by what seemingly
Was stranger. Her husband at the time
was temporarily Abcent. She, feeling
strangely and irresistibly attracted toward
The MAskeA 0ssib~ssaa
who asked her for the honor Of Q waltz, al
though he was apparently . stranger, re-
luctantly consented. At Its conclusion the
supposed stranger drew her apart from the
thIong, and In . quiet and obscure corner
unmarked, showing the even yet dear, Ia
miliar features OF the gentleman whom she
had loved for many years lie had known
her even masked ~ she was, and sought
this opportunity. Of convincing her hoS
terribly she had been deceived i've years
before. Then and there In that scene OF
festivities, surrounded by gnyly and fan-
taslically dressed crowds OF laughing peo-
pie, amid the sweet sounds OF music, In an
atmosphere perfu n,ed only with msrrimsnt
and contentment, ths oulmination of .
sickening life sorrow was unfohsd. In .
very few moments this gentleman drew
from the pockets Of his rich and hand:
somely decorated costume documents aud
papers the import OF which n once con-
vinced the lady that five years before she
had been the victim OF
A Most YevvibIe D>eepsies,
that the gentleman was suiltless Of tho In
famous social crimes wi,h which he had
been charged, and that her own husband,
prior TO marriage. had lied 10 her and de-
ceived her In the most hsartless fashion.
This lady il q woman Of the most decided
and energetic character. Bhs ~ once
parted forever from the gentleman before
her who eagerly pleaded that he might b
permitted TO see her, II IL WS only once
more. Thus she parted with ths only man
she ever loved, with feelings In her heart
which no tongue coulu uescffDe. Iuen sne
sent for her husband, and both al ones left
the ball room. That night she talked with
him for the last time In this world. The
first thing the next morning she went In
her carriage 10 the Office vi Appointment
notary public on 81. Paul street, this city,
and legally made
A Msst NSlsaa oath
that she would never sssin speak "a hvr
husband. The oath was ~ follows:
State Of Mary land, Bsliimors City, bct.:
On this ID day u January, A. d.. 1878.
/ perrOpally appeared before me, the sneeer.
rT. notary public Of the State Of Mary.
ltnd, in and for the city OF Baltimore. MA
-. snd made oath on the Holy Evaogely
i oi Almighty God, that she resides 10 the
i'y oi Baltimore and State OF Aarylsud.
tha; n, ~ his time thenceforth and lossv.
OF sbe vii never spsak oss word of any
kind to bsT hut6snd.
And she further made oath on the Holy
Eysngsly OF Almighty God thst II he
/ hereafter directly bpoks one single word 70
her, the said Mrs:--,sh will ~ once lssya
him and never sgain see him. And she
further made oath on the Holy Evangsly
| Of Almighty God, that she will nsvsT, from
this time hencsforth and forever, hold
v iitsn com M unication with him, the said
-. in any Wsy or manner vhatsvsr.
Notary public Of the State Of Maryland Ia