The herald., 1896-11-02

Tor they had not become one III eltnsl
thought or feeling. Again the doctor
had to lead a gypsy-like existence II
his own house and scramble around lik,
cat for food to satisfy the ordinary
cravings of appetite. His wife would no
have any servants around. and the con
sequence was that DIR. Macdonald be
came seriously ill His wife refused tt
attend him and tried very hard to pro
hibit others from attending to him. bu
the attack of typho- malarial fever die
not carry him off, and upon recovery ht
quit the inhospitable house of his wife
THREATENED MEN LIVE LONG
With that pertinacous contrariety oi
disposition that characterizes some wo-
men, Mrs. Macdonald had no sooner losi
| her husband for the second time than hel
heart-or what passed for such-yearned
for him. She resumed her old tactics OF
| sandering his reputation and wished
him congratulations on New Years day
| of 1895 in most original fashion. On that
day she went to the house where hel
husband was residing and turned on the
gas in three of set of four burners. and
lighted the remaining one. She then
| closed the door, so that the gas would ac-
cumulate and an explosion and confla-
grafton ensue. The doctor was at the
| time sleeping in the room just above
when this deviltry was being practiced,
and had not the whole affair been acci-
dentally discovered, it is more than
! probable that Dr. Macdonald would have
| been blown across the river Styx into
, kingdom come. and he would have cele-
brated New Year in a manner he had
never contemplated and in other than
| his wonted manner.
| This attack was. in reality, the cul-
mination of long series of threatenings,
| for Mrs. Macdonald had on several oc-
casions. and on one occasion before wit
nesses, announced her intention of shoot
To- I, Lrs- lyA n
Of the matter.
This lind of a life was too rich and
stimulating for DR.. Macdonald's consti-
tuition. and so. in the summer of 1885,
he left this city and settled in Chicago
A PRAYER FOR RELIEF.
On the Sd of October of this year-just
one month ago-he filed his petition for
divorce. Some of the facts in ceonnee-
ton with the working up of the case
would be almost funny if they We're
not so miserably sad, and illustrate the
ingenuity and determination of the wife.
When the doctor determined to apply
for divorce he corresponded with Alma
E. Roweli of this city, as his advising
counsel and also old-time friend. Know
ing the intimacy that had existed be-
tween the two men, Mrs. Macdonald was
anxious to get hold of some of the letters
that she knew must be passing between
them. But Rowell is a wise man In his
way, and after reading the doctors let
ters would tear them up and throw the
torn bits of paper into the slop pail. One
morning along came Mrs. Macdonald
and deliberately bribed the landlady 70
permit her to enter Rowell's room.
Once inside. she spied the fragments Of
paper in the slop pail and thereupon pro-
ceeded to fish them out. Taking them
home. she, with the zeal worthy of a
better cause. proceeded to reconstruct
the letter. and with success That done,
she was able to gain considerable in
sight into her husbands intentions and
also make herself acquainted with his
whereabouts-a fact she had previously
not known. She then sat down and in
dited a most cordial letter to her hus-
band, pointing out to him how, with all
iler faults, she was the one true friend
ne possessed. To prove it. she Impressed
upon him the fact that the man whose
friendship he had valued so much had
proved faithless to him and had revealed
his secrets. To support her statement.
she enclosed a copy of the reconstructed
letter she had purloined.
The scheme was ingenious, but it did
not work well. for Dr. Macdonald had
some faith in his friend, but none in the
truth or fidelity of his wife. He knew
some odd form of deviltry had again
been praticed, albeit he knew not how
when or where. He just felt it-in his
bones.
The divorce papers were filed in Chi
cago on October 3, and before service
could be made upon Mrs. Macdonald in
this city, she just packed her traps and
left for Chicago to follow up the plan,
which still haunted her, of bringing her
husband again to her feet To attain that
end she has said she will make any sac
rifice, and as will be realized, she Is
fully tapable of adopting any means
that she may madly think will help her
in the attempt.
Upon arriving in Chicago, nearly three
weeks ago, she went to the office of R.
Gilroy, her husbands attorney, whose
office is in the Boyce building, and there
represented herself rs an old Californian
patient of DR.. Macdonald. She expressed
her pleasure at the opportunity afforded
her by passing visit to Chicago to again
meet her od-time friend and medical
attendant. and professed to be much
grieved when informed that DIR. Mac
donald was not in the city. 1t was not
difficult for her. in her adopted role, TO
find out that her husband was visiting
the old home of his family in Toronto,
Canada, and she left Mr.. Gilroy's Office
without any ones suspecting that the
secrets of client had been wormed out
of them by an unscrupulous woman.
A FEMALE MACHIAVELLI.
The next train for the northern lire
carried Mrs. Macdonald en- route to To-
ronto, Canada. Upon her arrival there,
and after she had installed herself in the
hotel, she wrote to the brother-inla law of
her husband under an assumed name.
The letter was couched in very guarded
language, and by her knowledge of fam
lily matters, she made the gentleman to
whom she wrote aware that she was
thoroughly conversant with his affairs.
She insinuated. in an indirect way, that
she was an emissary of the government,
and that it was essential that she should
see him and DR.. Macdonald at a time
which she appointed.
The two men fell into the trap and kept
the appointment. The meeting occurred
in a public place, and when the doctor
confronted his wife there was scene.
She accused her husband of having de-
serted her, after having made away with
her property. After acting the part of
an injured wife, and, presumably, ex-
cited the sympathies of the standers-by,
Mrs Macdonald went to the telegraph
office and wired to her husbands mother
and other of his relatives in this city,
telling them that she and the doctor had
become reconciled. and that they need
not busy themselves collecting further
evidence in the divorce suit, as 1t was to
be dismissed.
These kilograms bring the actions of
Mrs. Macdonald down to date. She still
remains in Toronto, watching her hus-
band as a hungry cat might watch a
mouse. and what developments may
take place within the next few days only
a man or woman with an Imagination