Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-02-13

| IN NOW i oTk vi auu VIZ Sctllou uOWn,
as | secretly hoped, to quiet do
nestle life.
AS my love was infinite. my con-
fidence was unbounded. How | de-
spsed those jealous husbands who APP
peared to act as dragons to their beau
iiful. gay young wives. Hence. when
innumerable invitations poured in up
on US. l willing accompanied her to
each gay scene. happy in seeing her
enioyIneut. But l Soon wearied OF so
much social duty and. when one day.
she sweety begged me to stay at home
with nay books ~ she knew | wished
to do, consented.
What was intended for n single oc-
caSion soon became II settled arrange
ment. Dear Paul remained at home
in his library with his dogs and pipe.
gladly welcoming the sweet sunny
face when it beamed upon him from
lace or fur after an evenings enjoy
ment with strangers.
"lnGnite love. such as mine was. can
have no doubts. Daily she assured me
of Der bouudless affection and how
proud was to be her husband!
But in n moment, ia the twinkling
of au eye, from the happiest of beings
/ was plunged into the deepest he.l of
misery, rage and despair
II WAS called to Boston to look after
some investment ! had made there
few years before. and left on Monday
evening. not thinking IL possible /
could return before the following Fri
day.
BY fortunate combination of cir
cum stances | was able TO finish my
business in short time and immediate
ly started for home.
Twenty -four hours earlier than she
expected me, gaily tripped up the mar
BILE steps of my home. thinking Of her
Joy rs should suddenly appear un-
expectedly before her. Almost stealth
lily l inserted the night-key and turned
the latch and on tiptoe fastened along
the carpeted stairway. The servants
were not yet stirring. Oh how sweet
to be ut home!
The sound of light laugh fell on
my astouished ear. | paused before
the curtained doorway of my wife's
boudor. Lightly lifting corner Of
the soft, silken drapery l saw my
wife with "A man l knew well by sight.
So much OF roue, gambler aud
scoundrel was he that l would never
have had even a business acquaintance
with him.
Il stood outside for several minutes
and then entered quietly. With "A wild
cry OF horror. Lire rushed toward me
with her arms outstretched but re-
pulsed her. and Indignantly threw her
companion out of doors.
Then turned to the covering wo-
man. Not Que atom OF pity remained
| In voice as calm rs usual thus de-
nounced her: Madame, | have n name.
Que that my parents bore with honor
and that / have never shamed except
| in giving it to you. You shall not pub
licly drag il in the mire. Tomorrow
! you will accompany mo to Chicago.
| There | will throw such safeguards
about you during the rest of your nat
ural life that you can not sin again.
do this only because l am resolved to
save nv fathers name. One more
transgression aud you shall die.
I've came to Chicago. where. under
the name by which | am known, we
took an unpretentous fiat in an I'M
| fashionable quarter. When left New
York, left the world behind me. A
stranger in strange city-my future
was to carefully guard my family
| honor.
Three months passed. During this
time the only acquaintance formed
was Henry Sommers and only knew
him by accident. During that time
never leit our apartments except on
necessity aud then locked Lire within.
We kept no servant. our meals were
sent from restaurant. we visited no
one, formed no acquaintance. attended
no theaiers or races as had been our
former custom. This was not living,
it was painful existing>
Lire did not bear this new and con-
slant surveillance with composure. At
times she would burst forth in a
passion, and beseech me to let her 90
forth. 10 kill her or dO anything TO end
her present miserable lif0. Gladly
would | have sent her out IL could
have saved my name from dishonor.
One night about three months after
our flight to Chicago. l was suddenly
aroused from deep sleep to alert wake
fulness. At my side stood Tyre. look
ing like an angel with crown of golden
| Dau- AS my oAoS NPSbON ShN
her pour the contents at vial into the
water bottle from which | invariably
took nightly draught. Maddened by
memories and brooding and disap-
pointed love. spraug toward her
and confronted her in her crime.
Denial was useless. / forced her to
confess that she had placed poison in
my draught. The insidious drug she
had obtained from Hindoo the year
before our marriage. 1t was u subtle
poison. Given 10 small doses the
victim failed slowly. but surely. Given
in large quautiH, death was immedi-
ate. Calmly sine confessed that she
had been administering the poison
20 me gradually. that l was slowly
dying and that no power on earth
! could restore me. She freely admitted
that she would have killed me long be-
fore. had l, as she expected when she
married me, made will in her favor.
She was a revelation to me. For the
first time she cast aside all hypocrisy
and appeared in all her bideOusness.
She declared she loathed me. and pre-
fefrcd death Thousand times to the
wretohcdness of being imprisoned with