The Washington times., 1895-04-28

husband has made her known to fame
| by his taste in the stone that rises over
| her body.
The sod is not fashioned into any mound,
| but is as smooth and level as a floor,
| while about ten feet away, dud running
| in a semi circle before the shaft, is a
| beautiful bench of highly polished Quincy
| granite of massive make, and ut The ends
| il finishes off in richly carved claws that
| support the seat. Probably twalty peo-
| pie could find rest on this seat at one
time.
A LIFE STORY IN BRONZE.
The stone that marks the head of the
| grave is also OF the glossy pink hue of the
| granite which forms the bench aud on the
back are two wreaths entwined, while the
face has large rough block OF gray granite
before it. On this block rests an almost
life-sized figure of bronze.
| 1t represents 3 woman whose form is
| shrouded in a mantle which covers her head
| and falls in graceful folds about her feet.
| Time has darkened the metal and il is almost
| black in some places while in Others it
| still CLEANS with the original tint OF the
| bronze.
rhe face is in a severe and thoughtful
| repose as if brooding over some eunutterable
| sorrow and the head rests upon Que hand
| while the other lies in the lap listlessly.
| The whole attitude is one of somberness
| and sends chill over the spectators, for the
darkness OF the shrouded figure stands out
| in base relief against the stone with dis
| tinctiveness of silhouette and in itssorrow-
| full, broken hearted attitude looks like
| one Of the fatesi nthc coldenmythology whose
| duty it was to clip the thread of life.
No name is carved on the stone and as far
as any information can be obtained from the
spot no one would know to whom the
monument is erected, but the man in charge
toll
very likely absolutely true. BY many it is
| said that some years ago n lady was
| married to man while her heart wasin the
| keeping of another.
FICTION AND FACT.
| And she pfned away for the lover whom
she had deserted. The husband learned OF
the state OF the case, and delighting in tor
menting his wife in her agony OF remorse,
was not content to make her miserable in
life, but pursued his revenge beyond the
| tomb, and over her lifeless clay had a
| figure placed, which he desired would rep
resent Nemesis.
This tale has been published in papers
| In ether cities, but is likely a fabrication,
for the real story is strange enough.
| According to the porter, the grave is
| that OF a Lady whose husband is a we'll
| known ma q III town. having home on X
| street In very fashionable quarter, and
| one of wealth and highly cultivated taste.
| he spends most of his time with his books
| or iu travel, aud mingles but little in the
| brisk life of the city.
| Some time ago his wife, to whom he had
been married but three years, died under
| very peculiar circumstances. She was
| fond of photographing, ndhaving nofamily
| tocare for, and with an abundance ofmeans,
| she would devote most of her time to this
| fad.
in her home she had dark room fitted
up and it was filled with all the necessary
| appliances to enable her to do her work in
| the best manner Here she kept all of her
drugs used in photography, aud here her
| whole time was practically spent.
SHE TOOK POISON.
| Her health was poor and she was obliged
to take great deal OF n d cine to keep
| up her strength, but the bottles she placed
| in the same chamber as that in which the
| chemicals were preserved.
One day a servant going into the dark room
| folnd her sitting III her chair dead, and
| examination proved that she had taken some
drug used in developing the prints, and this
had killed her while alone in the dark.
| Whether this was by mistake or taken
| with the idea of ending her life, no one can
say. But as she was of very morbid dispo-
stion, many are apt to credit the story
| that her death was the result. of willful
| poisoning.
Just what are the facts in the case will
| never be known, but the husband deter
| mined to place a fine monument over his
wife. OF his taste in erecting such mys'
terious affair, there is but one opinion.
eI. Gaudens, the sculptor whose designs
| for the figure on our coins were rejected
by the Government as improper, was the