New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-03

and noy waited . hear f. fll Some Of dI hs
mes sSs &c sad y't sss wC s rs ~
s R S but spS fsfa 's~ truth stealing
us through this medium OF the quaint ain . ala the WHAT
| he read put into other language was tllisi
My father. on tho previous evening. Just at
as T she was leaving the stoop Of her residence IN
lafayette Place, and about 10 enter a carriage.
| Ills appearance Mt the time was excited and dis
| hevelled; he looked like a nan under mental
alteration, though he bore no signs Of being lniox
Of a"SsC wealthy New,York merchant-was Of course
QUITE unprsrarcd for the attack and uttercd a cry
as Clauss drew a small. sharp l0rifc upon her
In another minute he would have inflicted .
| wound. had not passer-by OF powerful frame and
| Il has long ago escaped my memory dashed up
To the would-be murderer and seized his wrlst
with both hands Instead, however. OF struggle
ensuing between the two men, Clauss had abruptly
| dropuea his knife and showed great docility
For as the ladv rushed back toward her dwell
ing he had seen her face in q new light, and DIS.
coycred that she WAS not the person whom he had
at first believed her. He attemptod no hlght,
and nolice- aid being near at hand, he was at once
taken into custody. On arrest he refused TO glVe
his name. but merely muttered IN gloomy way
and with strong foreign accent, that he had mis-
taken the lady for his wife, who had deserted nm,
and that he was sorry for having been mlslcd ny
| "A
had been for several months his intention TO XIII
his wife If he ever met her and that no had con
stantly gone armed for this purpose lie had peen
cor mittad uromrtlv for breach OF pcace. and had
afYnr,yard still refused to give his name HIS pciN
son having been searched however, several lets,
ters were found uron II addressed TO IeoIold
C1auss He had subsequently admitted this namc
IN be his own The prisoners general appearance
and his great physical N1gOr were mere d'scIIDeu.
Sc, eral bystandcs. at the time OF ins s SIN, hc
was insane But although In state OF severe
mental turmoil. his sanity was hardly 70 DC
dobsd In ANY fa HDd nr restraint The address
on his letters had been that OF an INFERIOR
boarding house in a street near the lower portion
NJ the Rowcry Inquiries concerning him had
boon mode hcrc anA although his sober habits
were admitted by his landlady. she stated that nc
was much in her debt and that his morose ana
odd behavior had for some time male her an0aoo W
bis antecndcnts A rcnoTt had become current
that Mrs Dorian. the lady whom he had - curl
another rerson had recently chan@ed anI1gh .
for interest and waa very DESTROYS OF invrsteat
inc the whole remarkable case MIS- borlail "uS
confident of never having seen lauss before
she was q French ladv who had lived IN New
York snce her marriage, about Twelve years ago.
10 tho late Mr.. Charles a Dorian. formerly
rrosp,rons i'm rortcr OF foreign silks IL was ri-
mored that Mrs Dorian. both through CURIOSITY
and q certain mis- laced pity had resolved 10
visit Clauss in his confinement ana mold an lnic-
view with him. And there the newspaper articio
shall never forget that night My room adj al,
,oincd nv mothers, and | sat beside her bed I'LL
dawn holuing her hand j knew well enough
Tat neither Michael nor Martha slept IN any ouu
Nc most ftful way. for could constantly n,'
thcir voices across the hall Stlll they ga nos
disturb us They left us alone with our grlei
D' If had not been 50 sure that my mother stll
loved this w1etched an should Oef r,+dio t t,ot
snch iniestructibe love all the time gave tlesh
Tang to her agony. Ny counsel, as we renamed cC
there SIDE by 'de was OF 2nSe S bey sent nI,s' my my
father TO rriscn for weeks or for months LeI
us leave New-YorlS. Let us 20 where nc cQ sI
ne. or find us Some day they would IT him Iice
again ana then he would watch am ""l' I'S' ID
lac must have done before
Pmt nv mother shook her head. She did not
at first explain to ne her reason lof Ioln 80 -,
Ir,ba. she could not yet eXnlan Tier Dlilln
u.os sin throlling and whiring her nerves
were sfin tingling Late that night. however,
she said to nc lying there al my Slue III u''
stiffness and shallow OF the room: -,
40 Ohio II can not be I win not take help
from Michael and Martha and that is what we
should have to do If we went ehc"n ~ my
are themselves BOOT cnoug as you Nh?W' 90,
have Gained little place for myself here u lets
YOU and me live it is not much perla'S nu' ~
docs that We have a home Ouo-a Cm oa
en- Michael and Martha are far uorc like ser
Nants TO us both than wish item to he shouid
like TO live with them always; l love thcm, ana
so do vou And then II is so pleasant Tor me 10
remember Ohio, that if anythin. should beial
me they would he near you. almost ready to due
for Vou saw any lilln- llht li, Nv '''
have inspired in them wonder II IL WIZ a.,
WAYS be thus with you-if you WIN alwals I'm
hearts as easily as that II you do you wlli be
one OF Gods most rarely gifted creatures slnrc
tLcrc is noting so precious rs 30 have the power
~ II al,ny ourselves beloved at wll-thoush alas
tlcrc is deadly dancer In the gilt TOO Eut We
win call Of that hereafter. mon chcl We VIII
soak now Of Going away. 1t would be folly
Tho more that | think OF II the more cel ~
II would be to change welfare Tor IoVcrH' SOL
yency for debt Teace for stflGeic. besyCS, III "a
larc CITY there is after ALL The least FISK OF ms
| fndno us Here one cscarcs IN the crowd rs II
might be said And then Otho there IS az
Na,s NV trust In the Don Ncu. am not gcod
Catholic as YOU know there was never any tllIis
~ Tho dcro,e about mo: but / have faith in Gods
co., ono,1. "t To- let YOUR father Wen my you
Understand what / would say 1t Is an most ter.
rible 1t viii haunt ne for wesks iGe' &S i
some mt OF me had been DIPPED in blood, ana
could not rub off the stain. But he Is your
fnthcr-nevcr forget that, Otho'
And you love him Sd tI mamma fharb i so has
tried 70 kin another woman thinking she was you.
YOU stll love him = - -. ...,.. .,
sbc law there at nv side "Otho,' she said, ut
has been dreadful for YOU to remain up IKE tins
Tomorrow you viii he III 70 at once 7" oou'
IL S SIn lovo him stiY.r / persisted with no
Questioning in my tones but rather sad accusa~
ton there 49, a
don PASSIONATE feeling swept through me. had
never known il before, ard ! did not recognlZe u
Us tooinIsv Of this love which no outrage could
v,colIcn M ,illanv lessen / clenched NY hands
Nc ! cIinncd ont az the room 4 little later lay
in nv own bed. bcsct by lurid mood which
strove TO control without avail. There seemed 10
me- n cause for burning resentment in my others
unaIteiable affection | felt as If the fresh in
sight I had gained into that ideal wlfey con-
stancv were a wrong 1eer and a slur 10 my own
Gral love But the mood at lenath died away
in troubled sleep, and the sleep was followed
bv dolorous awakening Of headache and fever.
A severe illness cnsued. and lay for fortnight
Frustrated by one OF those fits Of nervous eH-
! hausticn which t. a boy OF my frail health might
easily have meant death Need ] tel. at ms
starc Of these confessions whose and devotion
helred me 20 livc9 But she was not my only
nurse Four other eyes watched ne besides her
two dark PATIENT ones remember wallng