The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-06
FIFTH EDITION.
LOVER $ REVENGE,
Cut Out the Tongue OF His Fai,h,ess

Sweetheart.
NEW BRAuNsFrLs, Tex, Sept, IA
well known figure In the streets OF this
place is thnt of n raw ooned old horse
drawing a cart IN which is sented
man and woman of strange, and even
romantic history, In spite OF their
shabby unptctnresqueness to day.
They are both Of them over fifty years
old, and have been IN this country now
for nearly thirty years, Their fellow.
Icoun!rymen, who knew them In Ger
many. say that ut tho time of the
Franco Prussian war the man, who
was young lawyer OF considerable
talent, was conscriptsd and obliged to
serve In tho German army. although
he was Just about to be married.
| Ho returned homo after the war to
he ur that his iiance was on the eve OF
marriage with former lover, end
without pausing to inquire Into the
l truth OF the report mudo his way at
once to the girls home and found his
rival with her. The man. whose
guilty conscience did not exonerate
him of an attempt to win the Rirts
, favor. broke and ran at the sight OF
the Infatuated lover. leaving the girl
to face him alone.
She was SO frightened that she could
,dened at this seeming confession OF
itreachery The soldier rushed at the
'glrl, and Selling his sword, forced
open her mouth. md saying that he
would cut the tongua that betrayed
and lied to him did SO, and ilinRing
the discovered tongue at her feet
went home To await the consequences
OF he deed. The girl tainted. and her
parents who had bePn out coming In
land finding her thus cried out that she
was dead. THIS brought the police
land doctor. The former being told
the name OF the nuiprit by the rival
went to take him Into custody, while
the doctor brought The MAIN ID girl o
and learning what she matter was
tried to stop the flow OF blood.
This was almost q work of despair, but
/ finally her strength aud the physlcl-
lau's skill prevailed. .
1 When the poor creature learned that
/ 'her lover Ind been arrested and that
they wished her to testify against him,
,tshe not only refused to do the first,
.lbut went to the police OF tho city In
person and offered to take an oath that
her lover he'd not committed the crime.
iiH had already, however. admitted
it, anu his trial took plhce.
5 Hut tho faithful eweatheart demand
S ed TO he taken to the Judge VINO was
/ to Try tho case. ind su united 10 him
:. Il statement thai her lover Ind acted
ION n JEALOUS iInpui se, and hat he had
been iusliicd in believing her false.
lrhle together with the fact that he
had been cruelty torn away from his
, BRIDE almost on the eve OF marriage,
. and that lie had served braycly ali
/. through the war, rising through
courage alone from tho rank OF scr.
IunNIt to that of lieutenant served to
,mittgste the sorority of his punish
i!aCnt. and he wns sentenced to three
Yeas imprisonment.
lhi colonel of his rcgjm mt, also a
, fGllow.Cilizen, knowing fully the cir.
GtlmstauCcs OF the case, and touched
! by the suffering OF the faithful Rlrl and
4 hot Drained, though brave. lover.
made still further efforts III his behalf
and lie was pardoned by tho Emperor
after months Imprisonment. They
, were married at once and came to
this country. where thoy have little
: farm. adding to their mcngre income
/. by selling milk End Vegetables.
Tho woman for years allowed her
tnoighbors to think that she was born
, IA mute, though many suspected her
silence as being more sullnoss as she
could evidently halr distinctly. but
mot long ago some emlgrants from
Ithulr native place saw and recognized
Itleln anu told their sad history to the
community.