Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-11-28

constitutionally violent and stung
now by thonsatd cares and vexations
into an irritable sourness which COM
mon charity might, if ii could not for
bear with, at least not unnecessarily
gali-until at last sense, reason, man
hood, every thing give way, and / was 8
maniac and a brute. I doubt if that
was humane I am now convinced oil
what I have long believed; am only
fit to live alone. God and nature atiiict-
ed me with unsocial habits, weak nerves
and violent passions. Everything il
my life has tended to feed these intirm:
tiles, until they have become confirmed
and incurable disease, which nothing
but "a gentle pity, forbearing, soothing
watchful compassionate of nurse ov-
or a madman--can render bearable to
to me or to others" -.
+ He then goes on to settle money mat
tors. He gives his wife free choice of a
residence, and, Gus for the children,
they are left completely with YOU" He
then concludes as follows: &c..
II do not ask your forgiveness, which
T know you would readily give, but
which would neither remove my own
soreness, nor raise my pride. I ask no
forgiveness from. Human Being-such
rs am will be to the last, my own
Judge. Ihave been my own accuser
and my own 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 nervousness
of q / eal1-up' is over, know you will
find @ great relief in our relative change
or position. For six years Won 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 a mlsconstruction Of my faults,
from an erroneous estimate Of my char
acter, from that utter difference of
tastes, habits and pursuits, which time,
that wears away all gloss and all con-
cealment, made more obvious and more
irksome--w whatever be the cause of the
change that has taken place in your af-
lection and your kindness, I make no
complaint. I call for no defense. Let
| us both rest III peace.
And this was the provocation as 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, dozen times running, my
mother calls her that ngly old woman.
He then called out, DO you hear me,
Madam?' OF course I hear you.
Then why the--in-don't you
answer me?' I did not think it re-
CURED AL answer 'D-your soul,
MADAME he exclaimed, Selling cary
| 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 answer'
said: For 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
screams brought the servants back, ano
presently Cresson, the cook, seized him
by the collar; but he broke from him
and Selling one of the footman's hats
in the hall, rushed down Piccadilly.