The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-22

woman, nf.cr almost scvcn months or rove
Illusion and suffering. and tho swlnullnR ahd
death Of tho fret husband. II deccivcr and =
inlet: she has not. set got enough. ana is STU
l was struck ss il 6v lightning, for
thought That after. NV fcryent patsrnal ora
ton on our arrival Mt Dunedin. nnd.nsr prom
eho would never err again. The mission which
! imposed OH myself of taking good care OF her
man with her. though ! ever pit!cd her. In
the evening she Invited al shc artists TO a
| Ioliy Tine but did not invite me, knowing very
well tint | would refuse. nut scnt me- word, by
a call BOY that she wanted 70, sec mo on I'M,
r%ortant, business, and | sent her word TINT |
MAS in bed and would see her in the morning.
That evening l spout playing picguet, a very
interesting French game OF cards, with a
friend of l4ine, for mere distraction. At mid
night retired to my room, and there were the
sims the %si had hn 1Gr and and on nhi SSv 1G1s said mH INC good
caro- De N1vo. do not trouble, yourself any
more Tor thot W,Gnan. as we think she is crazy
would not havc married Hill. We will lave
| really slept well that night. for I had made
M my mind not 10 care for her GoinGs any
At IL O'Clock in the morning | was In her
parlor and found flill lying on tho sofa. lie
got up aud said: = am sorry thu: YOU were not
with n champagne supper and had n very good
time with Suslni. Rosina!l. and Giammona,
VIM WIZ went mn,s NAY ing . s,psS.' s,i ! f G9ng FRAT ho nnIr him
and l went without seeing De Murska.
gave two more concerts. and the day after
We started for Omeru and Timaru.. two small
towns. l had sold ono concert In each for $3.50.
On the railway all was honey with the bride
fn He tae a eTisss from iR Hs ano s anolsfs so IN n me; Sss
compartment. On the afternoon of the Tim
aru concert DO Marska sent her lackey to de.
me for money for De Murska without a
letter. and he told me that he thought that
l'll and De Murska did not agree very we'll.
As my contract had ended just the day they
got married and as she owed me n great deal OF
money, more than had in my possession. and
/ was determined not to let her run more in
debt to me until t. settlement should he made.
found her alone. and by her expression and her
ways i could see that she was not so happy as
but l did not say a,word about it, i called her
Nine. Hill. She resented it with n derisivc
smile, and I continued:
last time that whenever you want money never
ask except by letter-not orally by your ser
what I have got is not enough to pay the debt:
and even II It belonged tn you | could not give
you even go after paving my, expenses and
some OF the artists. and the railway fares. I
have taken n draft OF all the money l possess
on q Christchurch bank, the next place we are
l, with the artists, her maid and la key. went
by rail. and she with her dearest husband went
i@ IN Of G' Sew Sa zealsnd 10 Sf f. SEEMS ssS sst thar o ot the the
way they had the first alteration. as she told
me me, a 4 !, r "a, After lssxing Dunedin l did
the first concert she was received with wild en-
thusiasm. and she made the same artistic sue
e CESS sh se hedd f ToDrea ESQ egsF io ssoG Whi sIo the f Fs,
nine concerts; BY letter 1 had made arrange
ments with Tom Magpire to give opera in Cal
steamer from New Zealand: went to ask DE
leaving the day after that we would be in San
Francisco b.; the steamer arriving there on
Oct: 20 Or h -: wa Then IS she Se,It,o told me that from
give concerts in Tasmania and Queensland
taking, as manager Mctcalf. the agent. at slo
small and they could not afford to pay my sal
AIRY OF $50. AS my contract had ended on May
All right. but I know that you will make
miro money in a week In opera in San Fran
sisco than you viii in 2 month or two BY going
ci3ed, l will bring MY accounto Tomorrow TO
settle our business"
was indebted 10 me- me ss.s6o. because / allowed
her to remit $4,000 TO her daughter. called her
sister. in Vienna. which sum | never asked her
to return to me. In II year she had never said
a word about her Indebtedness to me. This
will show that the Australian tour was entire,
bad instead Of immensely successful. I would
have lost several thousand dollars. On the next
h heE b i 1r1Sft told hG me t to ca SHG the ID da Se sfter. w hea
l received a letter from Hill that he could not
It. but he would give it to an ac-
ouibohS - FStSiibb w iLV. udSo
later he sent me a letter. telling, me that the
accounts were right and he would call at my
afternoon in a billiard room playing with a
friend: He appeared to be in very good humor
DE .vivo. II you wait a while 1 will go and
y WILL" l answered. and at the .ame mo
pened 10 the loving couple. as I always guessed
right. That evening we closed the accounts
tS00 | had in the I.anE and EHRnfnD tho hal
ance. which was De Murska's Indebtedness to
me. not including the $4,000 San. Francisco
Anderson. she vas crying and complaining so
much Of the money she had lost by the mar.
hat she li,s' did not deserve @Ed"sHf made ID eI her a present
of that sum which not one manager in "A
thousand would, have done, considering how
embraced M. and said There is only one De
yivo in the world. and he loves me better than
At : o'clock Hill and / took dinner. drinking
a bottle of dry champagnc, and after it we
went for a walk; He began to tell me that he
auarrelled with her about my money. that she
was unwilling to settle, while De Murska told
me a week af:er that he was the one who did
ment and a receipt. which I still! hold, / did not
care which one was guilty Of postponing the.
noon OF the day before, Dc Murssa had prom
ised him to 20 in the evening to the theatre
md after dinner she had refused to go. and had
tearing in pieces her n'ghtgown, BY force put
her to bed. as she had behaved like q hard
headed woman and Il disobclient wife. and
wanted to boss him.. besides being very jealous.
After listening. TO him | was the ~happiest man
living. | Enew.how each one detcsted the other
before they began to make, love and in what n
deplorable way they would end their marriage.
as the trouble had Jus: begun.
WeneNt went toS Nelson. ~ beautiful small town
OF about 10000 Inhabitants, where De MurGka
scored the same artistic success in two con
certs, but the receipts OF both did not reach
flBo. The day after We embarked at . O'Clock.
Fortunately lhc steamer did not 20 ut : O'Clock,
ns advertised. FOR some reason Mat ! DO nnt
remember. otherwise wo would have gone 20
without the DE Murska party AS they
not arrived. 4 little after. he" maid ar
rived in n CAB and begged me to 20 wiki lleT
TO the hotel. where DE Murska md Ilill were
having IL violent alteIcat!oG. When ] entered
room they wore still; querrclling. and she
crying. ! told Hin To go out Of the room,
and he went. Slie then told me that Hill had
gwen 81 10 the billiard maa to poisOn her
dear pet log" because NuGent had given 1t
to her and because IL slept ON her bed. IT sh.
had lost her own father. whom she dearly
loved. I hardly think that she should have shed
that hc,was cruel to The last degree 10 his wife.
He said that lie could rot stand the bcastiy
lnoi.grel any longer. and was glad IL was dead.
! left him with contempt. Then DE Murska
begged me to have the dog skinned and en-
and have II shipped 10 Auckland c.. q. |
II. his WAS done. and the stuffed dog WAS