The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-30
MARRIED In SECRET.
And Now the Bride Is Dead
and Buried.
A WEST HOBOKEN ROMANCE
Desperate Struggle Between Young
Dormut and Stepfather GoSse-
Allowed 10 View the Body.

A most pathetic story has Just been
made known in West Hobokep by the
death and burial of a most beautiful
young woman. Some moths ago
Charles Dormus, of No. Al Angelique
street, and Miss Louise Rayot.
of the same street were married. The
marriage was secret one, and the news
was not communicated to the stepfather
of the bride. because he had been in
tensly opposed to the marriage
and had been much dis
pleased at the devotion which
Dormus manifested for his beautiful
stepdaughter. She was of most striking
beauty. A 1.-THE. graceful French girl of
a pronounced brunette type with delic-
iously tinted skin aud large soft eyes,
quite dark. Gosse, the stepfather, re-
mained ignorant of the marriage and be-
lieved he had effectually separated the
girl and her lover. She. as before, lived
at her home and Dormus' visits ceased.
In this strange, uneven weather, with
its damp and fogs. cold seized Mrs.
Dormus, and the dread pneumonia soon
had the bride in it's embrace. She
became weaker with the passing
of the hours and her husband
learned of her illness and of its serious as
pect and Sunday he went to the house and
asked to see her. He was told that he
could not.
BREAKING THE NEWS.
"She is my wife, he sobbed; land !
must see her. She is my wife"
Gosse refused to give cred ence to the
story. He did not believe it; his step
daughter had not told him, and he would
MT believe him. He told Doremus she
rh rrfn W
have spoken il she was married.
Doremus was mad. His wife lay dying
within call of his voice and he couit not
see her. Hopeless it was to plead. Gosse
was stern and his decision fixed. He
never liked Doremus and his sufferings
did not move him.
When Doremus perceived his pleadings
and the assertions of his marriage were
OF no avail he threw himself on Gosse.
He would force his way. for he must see
his wife before she died. Perhaps
sne was even then moaning his name be-
tween throbs OF pain. He was desperate
and the struggle was long. He
and Gosse held him by the
throat. Up and down the
hall they surged and finally Gosse, with
a quick wrench broke the hold of the des-
perate lover and threw him out OF the
door and slammed 1t fast before he could
reenter.
THE HUSBANDS VIGIL.
Then Doremus was heartbroken. There
was no way Of getting to the bedside of
his dying wife, and he patrolled the
street like some sentry to keep
death out Up and down he
walked, grimly waiting for some sign
OF death or life in the house at hand, and
the hours fed by unthought of while he
held his march against hope.
Than aOmpOn6 came ont Of the hQnaa
and disappeared down the street before
he could approach. In the deepening
twilight he heard the humble of an ap-
preaching wagon, and through the
shadows loomed up the black wagon of
the undertaken His watch was over.
knew that the end had come He ling
cred dejectedly about the house where
the body of his adored was, with all light
gone out OF his soul. Unhappy, he Kept
watch until the dawn, and then, with
sombre face. he dragged his steps home
ward
The funeral ceremonies were fixed for
yesterd y, and Dormus said he would see
his wife in spite of ali. 1t was feared
there would be scene at the
funeral and Gosse was persuaded to
permit Dormus to see his dead girl wife
before she was given back to earth, and
so Yesterday Durmas saw her for the last
lew moments as SHe lay III Her CuSkeU
amid the flowers in the undetiling en-
brace of death. who yields to none of
earth.
Dormus was calm and made no scene.
He was led from the casket by his friends
and Pastor Schoppe said the last few
words of consolation and hope
and then The remains were taken to the
Weehawken Cemetery, where her boy
husband was the last who wept and
whenca he was the last TO walk wearily
AWAY