Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-27
THE GAZETTE WORTH, TEXAS SUNDAY JULY IS, 1898

AT the end OF this time a fancy gelged
me TO look up my wife's family tree.
The notion was suggested by remark
81 hers made In lest that she believed
herself descended from an nusiflous
family. She had no knowledge OF
either OF her parents except such ae
had been Impaired 10 her by the sis
tiers concerning their deccase She
knew that she had retained her fathers
name when she came under the care OF
the ins;ituilon-that was all.
20 God Why was permitted tomake
the discovery Within one hour from
the time began the Investigation "
my wlfe's lineage | was confronted
with proof positive that | had married
my own half sisteri
What must ! doy This I could not
dol i could no more disclose the truth
TO my wife than | could blot out the
pnstl l could not even face her with
my terrible knowledge! without a
WORD In explanation Of my departure |
left New York | took care to leave no
clew by which l might be traced.
II can say little of the three years
that Followed. / wonder that I dI1 not
become Insane sought In every
imaginable way to drown my misery
but ! could not. The thought beca me
rooted IN my mind that had been pre-
destined TO this. ! believed that it was
decreed by MEMORABLE fate that should
thus eNplate the sin OF my father. Thrn.
when ! found no abatement VI my
wretchedness. my resolve was taken
God has seen ut to permit the ruin
OF my ne I said. There is no hope
for me. either IN this life nor In the life
to come. | Will make the beat nf IT,
80 l returned TO my wife. morally
and wei nigh physically wreck. l
concocted a lie to explain my abNence.
which she believed, Upon my knees
begged and obtained her forgiveness
Tor my desertion. Her love had hcen
severely tried, but my object was ut
length accomplished. She consented TO
forget the past
Something more than year after
my return, f0lr-halred child was born
10 US lived double life. nov. 10
my wife and friends appeared the
model husband and father. How they
would have loathed me could they have
seen me as ! saw myself The agony |
endured cannot be portrayed In words
Refusing to put away my sin. deter
mined To drink the cup to tho drrgR
however bitter It might be- my CON
science refused 20 be- drowned and !
suffered the fortunes OF hell The
thought sometimes came TO me TINT
was not to blame for the strange tllmg
that had happened. and that 1t was my
duty to guard my wife from the secret
OF our relationship and to live with and
take care ~ her ana the child as tho
good husband and father | was taken
10 PC do not Know what uthrlH
, Muuiu INV u"nt III my case nut ! do
M '. ,iul my conscience toll me thli /
lime came when my power Of endut-
ahce OF the fearful strain threatened
to fail mo entirely. reason tottcrcd on
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me In ali my lrratlonni in,trnrvines
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pected that wng dcrangrd. fn",v sb,
had no inlSilng OF tho truth she Ji1
not suspect the demonlacnI nIrpns, NM
impelled me 10 rct Al. far nyvnv ne nns,
slhle from the hnunts OF ciyiligoiior, ia
hide us In this mountainous Nylidsrn,gs
"Wen. my Inst ini,rnrv an ,1rf, ig
ended -Four dnVg 400 ns ,,,e mere a..
rods from this place. nv team brc,n,r
unmnnarenhlc and preGlpitotnd thr,n-
selves nnd M over n prnrinIr, III.
animals lie dend whore ihey frii
Through the Living nsaIgfanca ,f mo
wife. who. with the chilli. nirncuiausiv
escnped Injury reprbod tbis rnrnp
Both my legs nre br,I,.n Ths,, ,,i5.
mo mo- pain. for am pnrnlyznd brinyy
The waist. NV wife had laft me to-jnv
FOR me first time. tn snnlt osslstnnGs
which 1 shall never need Nv omar
mnIty has al last come for acrnmniish.
lnp tho purpose which brnutit ma int,,
the wilds. / shall call oiir rhilI 10 my
slide. IL viii be- The work Of only a ma
mont with thege strnnp hands Ia cr,tsh
ONT its breath. I hive nv blstnl close
at bnnd She-my glster. ne ylrrN viii
Gic more mon nv br.nut ana viii fni.
low them J0sEpU W
cold chlus followpd ono another down
nv back ne / finished could only
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he could say
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eclvos Win ia Innart ,rbu9 IN rsod'
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on ,neniInf, anyone 1 so,y M nnco m,
nv husband hnd s,ona .tnrIs mad
When / cntnc in he hold mn our bnbv
ana nsled mo IL 1 ala MI think il !
nrattv and vyh.n | screamed Tor 1 |
saw n wns dead no lnugbeJ ana gaid
ha tnnv vyn,,id Lr nIrnagdi
"Mv nrst irnnuIsc was 10 gniza my
child, but he prnsped nv hand % |
tightiv tbot rn,iid scorcclv rnoyc
1 ia nat cVactiv know tvhnt bonncn,d |
then saw lint he mad n nislol and |
yas goin,s Ia abnnt mo 1 ci,itchod nj |
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