Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-02-22

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p1t u wasn't a joke at all ~. Ioke
. ..u, 81 and he was candid ennn nom 4.
one y gain her cause, sir S5 5s = :
pah 10y woman and Van Spoof ane
sne : bound to get her divorce Y wv
I'm ! swear you didn't SMOKE ond ~ I,
o ons uoh 7 IKE the smell OF tobacco
suess you have caused her mont =
o anulsh, which, in this State Il leon
~ three months the trial cama on.
Aurea entered the court snrra, -
~ ~ hefreintires. Webowed distant
" 20 each other, and Aurea looked y,
Z sne We're going TO cry. | believe IL ,
naa gone up to herand promised nav
~ nosmokeagain all might have haon
wen ! worshiped the very ground
sne walked upon, but nv fooIish
bride stood in my way. andI did no,
rsaiiy believe il was possible thar n
any civilized country a woman copId
put away her husband ecausa ~
smoked an afteF-dinner cigar but i
was soon undeceiyed Nv lovely
young wife went into the Iox. sbs
sWore 70 the cruelty-that is 10 saw
tue mental anguish caused by the 81
gar my advocate made an imnas.
stoned speech, IN which be said thai
llle eyes Of the whole civilized world
were that day watching the doinos
~ tie Indiana High Court. and M
Grew tears from the jury by his de.
scfiptlon OF the agonies VI The smok.
81 VINO Is not allowed to smoke Bnt
ail TO no purpose. The Judge was Il
hoii-smoker, and Aureus tears and
aureh's beauty settled the question
The jury gave their yerdict-that II
had caused my wife intense mental
angnish-and the judge annuIled our
marriage IN solemn form.
u went back 10 New York. In fiya
years made my pile. Icame back
20 England and gave up doctorinr.
never inquired after Aurea-I was
a great deal 10 angry-and | once
more became a British subject. One
day was walking through Cornwall
dardens, kensington. when met a
servant girl who seemed in a stage OF
great excitement. and who spoke To
me.
"Oh. sir" said she. where il the
nearest doctors? | am stranger
here, and I've been sent TO fetch one,
and he Was out, sir. aud our little
boy Is dying.
Perhaps cnn be Of use to you,
! said; I'm d doctor"
This way, then, pleass, sir. cried
the girl. and she began TO run, and |
ran alter her.
We entered a house, aud | followed
the servant girl up 10 thesecond floor.
iy the side Of n little bid sat WON.
an weeping bitterly. her iaco buried
in her hands My professional
instincts were naturally concen-
trated upon the occupant OF
the bed. beautiful child OF S,
who was apparently NJ his last gasp
and gradually choking TO death. His
facn and hands were blue, his eyes
Were hsnodshot. and his lips were nj.
most black. There wasn't a moment
90 be lost whipped ont my pen
knife and improvised a tube from
some lndinn reeds which formed a
trophy on the will. Then cut down
upon the ebild's windpipc; ] intro
dncc,i the tube and carefully secured
H. Within iiye minutes the breath.
ing was natural. hudsnatcled the
child from the very jaws 81 death,
and then turned TO thcmother, who
still sat sobbing at the bedside.
"'Your boy win get well now,
madam. | said; I'm glad TO have
been 81 usa To you, | didn't take
much notieo Of the mother. was
still gazing at the child: he was a
lovely boy, and MS be looked OF me
he smiled, and IN that smile and in
those great dark eyes Of his there
was something that seemed strange.
~ familiar.
''Oh. doctor, how can ] thank
you?' snhhed a soft voice. you've
saved my little mnn'sliGe, and he's all
/ have in the world. How can |
thank yous'
"Ani then | turned toward her.
aud my hcart began to beat within
my breast MS II il would break the
bony walls. IL was Anrea, the wom-
an Ia whom had caused 'mentalan.
guish, the wife who had divorced
me.
"This big. bushy beard ofmine was
n efIectual disguise. She hadn't the
slightest idea, poor thing, that she
wns talking 10 the man who had been
her husband.
"And then she seized my hand and
covered il with kisses in hergreat de-
"It wns my.ewn.boy's life that
had saved. ~
!" You used 10 kiss me on the cheek,
Aurea. once, | said simply.
"Tben she sprang to her feet, gaz-
ri with astonished eyes into my iacce'
and fell limiting in a heap upon the
floor. .s.h. 80
- . snid the bearded man. "Aurea
became a British subject andwe were
nm rris,l: and by English law, you
NOW no amount of mental an
rnish can dissolve our union, ,,l nu Y,
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