The herald., 1896-02-02

the blood ruShlng to my heart and cauSing &
my brain to reel then sprang forward
and pressed my darling Ella to my breast
"'Oh. you know Nine. Sternweg them?
said Elias companion.
Why have you assumed that name,
Ella? l asked, trembling at the idea that
perhaps it might now be her real name.
"She took me aside and told me the
story of her life since we had separated
1t might all be compressed into a single
sentence
81 spent most CT the time In Riga With
mother, who died and left me an income
Of f120 a year. At one time l was very
desirous Of marrying again, or, rather, of
renewing the happiness l had enjoyed in
your society.
Need l say that we now loved each
other more tenderly. more devotedly thar
ever? We set out as soon as possible for
| Debreczin, in Hungary, where we were
married once more. l paid very high
fee to the matrimonial agency for it's serv-
| ices, although Elias name had been taken
off their books for nearly year before.
Two months after the wedding we left
Laibach for good, and settled in Buda-
pe:th, where we lived most happily down to
June 15
THE origin of our last, and, indeed
only quarrel, was this: Ella summarily
dismissed our maid servant for thieving,
md gave her two days to leave Before l
had heard anything about this, the girl
came to ne to make a communication of
importance. Her mistress, she affirmed,
was playing me false, being In the habit
of writing to, and even walking with, a
Hercules of man, whcm she went so far
rs to receive in my house one evening,
and who treated her with the most often
sive familiarity.
'' If you don't believe me- ask Mrs Lech-
ner or Mrs. schmid. Lots Of people saw
the goings on of the pair-I am the only
person who did her duty by you, sir. and
told you the facts; and the mistress, who
knows ny loyalty to you, Is going to dis
miss me for it.
This was on June Is. | went straight
to Elias room, and asked her whether the
story was true. She turned very white,
mutte"ed some disjonted phrases about
unworthy suspicious, and fell fainting to
the floor. | soothed her, begged her par
don and for two or three Gays did not re-
turn to the charge. When I again broached
the subject, she assured me it was a SHINE
full calumny invented by a thief. COM
planned bitterly that l should have thought
such lie worthy of credence, and became
hysterical. That evening made search
in her room and discovered on her blot
ting paper the following fragmentary
phrases-probably of a letter:
=" Ferdinand, you are flend incarnate
otherwise when | gave YOU
my hsart kill me *Never
speak to me again Ella
''This more than confirmed my suspicious,
and Ella and l ceased to speak or to meet.
"On the Sunday following, | was going
out for a drive to the Pesth Hills, to
plunge my soul in the peace and beauty of
nature, and just when the carriage drove
up to the door Ella came softly up behind
me, kissed me on the cheek and asked me
to take her with me- and she would tell
me story that would restore my conf
dence and make everything good again.
consented. Just as we were leaving the
last long dusty street of Pesth a tall, mus
cular, staggering man of about forty, with
long, black mustaches who was walking
in the opposite direction, stopped and
waited till We drove up to where he was.
He gazed at Ella with a most sinister leer,
and could feel her trembling like a leaf
the while. After We had passed him, she
looked back-I did not-and a low cry es-
capped from her lips, from which l infer
the fellow made her a sign. Anyhow, I
could see there was secret understanding
between them, and l was determined that
l should go to the bottom of the mystery
that day. or break with my wife forever
Il kept my own counsel until we had
got to the top of the Schwabenberg, where
paid and discharged the coachman. Then
l told Ella Whit thought of her conduct,
and asked her what she had to say in de-
fense or explanation of it. But, to my
utter astonishment, she refused to discuss
the subject. l informed her that in that
case we must separate, and that l would
have a divorce in few weeks. She then
burst into tears, and begged me, for Gods
sake, not to do this, as it would kill her.
There were people passing at the time,
and l waited until they had gone. 1 then
told her that she might go to her para
mour, but she must leave my house with
in week, and that meanwhile l would go
to England. She sat down on a stump
of a tree and began to sob Historically. I
turned away, and walked home, left that
same night for England, and-well, you
know the rest
Beothy then questioned Muller very close
ly about the appearance of the man whom
they had met on the way to the hills asked
for the address Of the Geneva boarding
house in which his late wife had lived, and,
having made few notes in his pocketbook.
dispatched a number Of kilograms. One of
them was directed to the director of the
Budapesth police, requesting, If possible, the
immediate arrest of tall muscular for
eigner, ignorant of Hungarian, resident in
the LandStasse, or some part of the city