The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-05-05
SCRANTON MISSISSIPPI. FRIDAY

w illS WIG ny DodIu VI lIduc
man, some years his senior, whose
reputation as a Lo,haro was well
known about town. The girl ap-
peared infatuated by the fellow
and accepted his gallan,ries with
She avoided her hus.
band consl anlly, treated him with |
marked GOODNESS when he did
manage to see her, and in hun
dred ways showed that she no
longer loved him.
Zone night he saw her at the
theatre with her new lover, and
something prompted him to watch
their movements. He followed
them after The Elay to a gay resort
where private wine rooms were
provided for its patrons. lie man
aged to secure an adjoining room.
He searched until he found a peep.
hole and through that aperture saw
the wine DISAPPEAR, and with sci
teeth noted The various stages of
drunkenness ensue. While both
were almost maudin he heard ihe
man who had supplanled INN jo-
cularly propose TO his companion
that she prove her affection by
permitting him to brand her with
his bronze intaglio seal. She at
nnce consented, and with drunken
gravity he heated The seal at the
gas jet and suddenly applied tito
her partially exposed knee.
"rhc girl shrieked as the ho,
metal scared her tender flesh, and
the pain nearly sobered her. She
insisted upon being taken at once
TO a Doctors office for treatment, ,
and l,urriedly led he way down
stairs. l was then unmarried and
slept at my Office on State street.
Chance directed them to me. AL
though 1t was long after midnight
sat reading, when The outer bell
rang and The now sober pair walk.
ed into my reception room. The
young woman was suffering con-
siderable pain from ihe scared
wound, which ha>tened to allevi-
ate by the use Of such ONT ments
as were at hand. | also wrpte a
prescription for a soolling lotion
| to be applied when she reached
home.
'.Her husband never saw hel
but once after that until she lay or
the dissecling table. His love
burned itself Oul with the burning
OF her shame. In an interview
with her next day he accused hel
of her heartless perfidy and crmi
naliiy, to which she responded by
|jeeringly allu'ling 10 his blighled
affections. Llvid with rage, he
cursed her for a deceitIul jade and
as he lett her, exclaimed: Il shall
live to see the day, madam, when
will spurn Your miserable carcass
under foot
"He tried TO forget his troubles
by giving unremillin. attention to
his profession, and in course ofiime
succeeded so well thai he built uI
a lucrative practice. But he new
er lost sight of his wife, from
whom, however, he was lawfully
aud secretly released soon alter
The discovery Of her tailhl lsssnes'
He saw her deserted by her lover
alter she left her home; from afal
he noted her rapid descent in The
social scale until the vilest haunt
only would receive her, and thel
came a day when his secret ser
vice man brought the news tha
the hospital had received her EN-
, atiated. figure and that her cas-,
was hopeless.
r "One would have thought iha
, by this time the mans better feel
, ings would prevail and IN her ex
tremity some kind impulse nigh
F.. stir hm TO soolhe her last hours
t But no! He secretly eXul,ed il
, her degradation, and when h'
| learned That she was dead he plan
ned for his final act Of reuengt
Had | known then of the terrlbl
3 vindictiyeness of bis nalur
' tie letter that gave him I
!. my shoemaker would never hav
: been written. As il demonstrate
Q Of clinics al the hospital, | had n
/ trouble to secure the parlicula
: section OF the skin he wanted frol
the body OEthe frlendless womal
, and when he assured me that h
, wantel to get it tanned as a souv'
!. nil. of a once-loved past slehelpe
: him all in my power, although
deprecated his morbid tancy.
swell, you can guess. The res
!, The scar or the SKIN noticed b
mr.. Gee was made that night
the manner | have described. Ii,
> former tender flesh is now turne
! Unto pair OF shoes. which her ont
! loving husband will wear this Sun
7 mer on the streets Of Chicago, al
!, no man looking down upon h
jaunty tan footwear will Tor a m
3 ment dream what u CHASTITY stoi
y they represent. Is the man insan
\ Yes, ON that subject I think he i.
D at least that is the only charilab
u construction | can put upon h
g actions.