The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-24

Can eye wirnessl, the other from the Bar
ohess de Ritter, IN whose charge Miss Lyt-
ton had been placed Miss I4ytton del at a
lodging-house, 81 Pelham place, Brompton
Make one favor, which is, that whenever
90 is yexed with me, 90 will not go out from
NE 10 our child Do net say, This is kinde,
to me-, OF tbs loves me better than be does
D. not let being. however dear il neaes
ssllly viii and ought 10 be to you. but which
is only Just come into the world in which |
for three years have known and loved Won
do not let If be as dear TO you as one who has
given and viii give you proofs Of affection
which that cannot FOR many years equal and
which it can never excel That creature
hitherto without sense, knowledge, feeling.
attachment, should at once become dearer tC
yon than ! am, do not and VIII not believe
Ii il were the case ono of us would indeed
he utterly unworthy OF the other!
Mr. and Mrs Bulwer left Woodcat, where
they had lived since their marriage, in April.
1890. for Tunbridga Wells \ son Edward
Rohert was born on Nov. 8, 1888 They lef;
England IN the autumn Of 1881 and arrived
at Naples on Nov. II that same year The
diary fixes Jan. Il, 1884, dinner at LORD
Hertford's, taken by Lady Culum," which
agrees with dates given in tie deposition OF
tAoSchb' boilNcit' tettlS llldiI TO Lazy
They returned to England early in the Yea,
1884
Letter number 2s4, dated May 80, 1929, ad.
dressed to Mrs. Bulwer, while staying at
Tunbriige Wells. was the last one written
for five years On July +, 1884, comes mum
Der 30, written by Mrs. Bulwer, from the
Castle hotel after gross personal outrage.
From this letter we quote largely, as it i,
perhaps the most important in tie collection
You have been cruelty outraged-and
stand etelnaily degraded in my own eyes.
do not for moment blame you for the
publicity which you gave to an affront
nothing but frenzy can extenuate-I do not
b!ama yog for exposing me to my servants
Tor seeking that occasion to vindicate your
self 10 my inothe"-nGr for a single proceed
ing Of that most natural conduct which has
probably by this time made me the theme
Tor al the malignity Of London. All this
was perfectly justitiable after what lad
taken place, and | have only myself to
blame, Tor having been BETRAYED into such
madness and giving myself, in moment Of
passion, 50 wholly into the hands of my
enemies. But l may doubt whether it was
humane to tanpeI with SO terrible an in
TRINITY as mine, to provoke so gratuitously
in the FIRST instance to continue to sting an !
to exaspeEate, to lead me on step by step, to
rouse me out OF the restraints | viSiblv eli
deavoreI to put upon myself, 70 res live on
not allowing me to escape my>ef, t , persist
Ia stretching to the Utmost tempe.
giHays SO constitut oually violent, un
~tung now b. 1t thousand cares aul
vayalions into an irritable sources. VIII. h
common charity might if It cou II for.
bear WITH at least not unnecessa ri y gal
until at last sense, reason, manhood, ev j..
thing gave va, and | was a maniac and a
brute, doubt il that was humane | am
ROW convinced Of what | have long believed:
/ am now only fit 10 live alone God and
nature afflicted me with Unsocial habits,
weak nerve, aud violent passions. Every
thing in my life has tended to feed these
iutirmjties, until they have BECOME a con-
Grmed and ncurahie disease, which
nothing but gentle pity, forbearing,
soothing, watchful CompaSSion-aS of a nurse
over a maamaR-can render bearable to me
u 80 others
He then goes on to settle money matters
lie gives hjs wife free choice of residence,
and, AS for tie children, they are left
completely with you lie then concludes as
| follows:
| | do not ask your forgiveness which
| know You would readily give, but which
| would neither remove my own soreness nor
| raise my pride. | ask no forgiveness from
| human BeiGg-such as am, I will be to the
| last. my own Judge | have been my own
| acauSer ami my own punishment. | have
! uot one particle of angry feeling against you;
| all my bitterness is for myself. And now
| farewell. I wish yCu every comfort; and
! after he first NERVOUSNESS Of 4 "break up is
| over, know You viii find n great relief III
! ,ur relative change of position For SIX
| years You have been to me an Incompatible
| wife. That thought alone Is sufficient to
| make me judge YOU lenently in the last
| year. Whether the change arose from too
| harsh a mIsCouSt1uctiOn of my faults, from
| au erroneous estimate OF my character, from
| that utter difference Of tastes, habits, and
| pursuits which time, that wears away all
| gloss and all concealment, made more obvi
| Gus and more Observation-Disclosures he the
! cause of the change that has taken place in
| your affection and your kindness, l make nc
ra.nni4int | call for no defence Let Us
! tr',a raNt IN peace
And tbs was the proyocation, rs Lady
Sytton tells the story:
Upon his asking me vita whom was 90
| Ing 10 the christening of Mr.. Fonilangues
c:H!j that night, and | replying, with Lady
Stsnngy,7 lie then repeated, as fast rs h'
| curli. q dozen times running, My mother
cu,s har that ugly tli woman He theT
| called out. Do yuu hea" me. madam "Ul
! course hear Won Then why tha-lIl-
don't YOU answer nue. Il did not think il
required an answer "D-- your soul
madam he exclaimed, saiZmg a carving
kuue for We were Al dinner, and he had told
tie servants 10 leave the room TIL he rang.
atll rushing at me, cried, IN have you t,
| know that Whenever | do you the honor OF
addressing, you, it requires an answer"
SAID, For Gods sake, take care what yot
are about Edward He then dropped tn,
knife, and springing on me, made his grea
| teeth meet in my cheek, and the BLOOD
| spurted over me The agony was so grea
that my screams brought the servants back
and presently CressOn, the cook, seized hin
10y the collar; but he broke from him, ant
Selling one of the footmans hats in the hall
rushed down Piccadiily.
His next letter Sept 81, 1921 is directed (,
Gloucester. Lady Lyttoa writes in the ems
| Of Noyen er from there: Il have now beeI
here four manifestations.
His lest letter to Gloucester is dated Apri
J, 1888, from London when Mr. Bulwe
wrote he expected his wife up in town. Tn
next letter is dated Paris, Jan. Is, 1886, t.
2 Mrs. Bulwer at Acton.
I On Jan. IS, 1886, he writes to propose tina
, the past should be forgotten, although l an
q convinced that if you once made the effof
you would feel yourself happier separates
FROM me, etc The next letter explains tn
immediate cause of the separation. Mr.
2 Bulwer had promised to dine with his wifi
; at B-rrvHcad At O'Clock a man on horse
back arrived with a message that he was TO
, i'll to come. Mrs. Bulwer Immediately sen
j for carriage, and bringing what sh
thought necessary for an invalid, arrived a
: II o'clock at his chambers at the Albany
aud, after long ringing, at last he opened th
{ door In letter 294 he expresses his indigna
ton at her visit to his chambers.
Maiam-Your conduct requires no con
ment your letter deserves No answer-yo
a cana to my chamhers-liug violently-m
4 sole servant Is out. l am not in the habi
Of opening my own door, so at last-i
and worn out-see you to my surprise-yO
; recdr t. your most base, unworthy, an
c most ungrateful suspicious on seeing tw
r tcacups CA my tray!-make a scene befor
t your iootman and the porters of the lodge
: ard expose me and yourself to the ridlcul
/. of the town. And this is the history Of You
, adventures, | have only to say at presen
= that j. furnishes another to the unwarrant
able ard Gnpardonable insults and injurie
: You have so unsparingly heaped on YOU
c hH.band. E.B
lie demands en- apology, and eventual