The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-23
CAME HERE FROM OHIO
THU HUSBAND FOLLOWED AND
CAUGHT THEM.
HAD THEM ARRESTED AT THE FAIR
But Last Night He forgave His Wife and She
Agreed to go Home With Him if Her
Lover Were Released
From Jail.

from jail.
Love is devil: there is no evil angel
but love-"
When Woman loveth a Man and he
swears her to bear but her image in his
heart; and when she thrusts from her all
that was dear to her before, and leaves
the blessings of her home and abandons
all other wishes but to make him happy;
and when she leaves even her husband,
her parents, her friends, to be near
him; and dreams that eternity could not
put them asunder. And there cometh a
day when the Husband appears anu
calls the Woman and her Lover to ac-
count-she will not forsake the New
Love and return to the Old. Rather will
she stand behind the prison bars, watch
ing and waiting for the day of His de-
lverance. Such is woman.
Early yesterday morning the people
paused on Fayetteville street to take a
second hook at man in most remark
able disguise. 1t was sort Of combina-
tion of an Indian warrior and Father
Time" Over his shoulders, and falling
down to his knees, was a large piece of
white cloth, with red letters ON it ad-
vertising a well-known dry goods house
in this city.
Though he seemed to be trying to
stroll slowly and unconcernedly along,
vet there was just suggestion of hurry
and impatience about his gait. On
through the Capitol square he went,
then. arriving at the Confederate monu-
ment he took street car. People looked
at the queer disguise, the tiny holes in
the mask for eyes, and laughed.
Not for a moment did they suspect
the tumultuous beating Of the heart be-
meath that remarkable exterior-the ter
rible thirst for revenge, the sense Of in
jury the glow of love-that came and
went like colors in kaleidoscope, each
striving for the mastery. And pitifui
story enough it is.
In the little village of Marion, Obio,
eleven wears ago there was a lefty
marriage, when r. J. Diegle .nade a
beautiful girl of 16 his brise. The
world seemed bright enough then, and
life worth the living Both OF them
were Of good family and had many
friends, who heartily wished them bon
voyage ON the sea of matrimony.
A year past and the storks came to
visit them-and when they had gone
there was a tiny baby boy to bless the
household and cement the love of the
happy couple. And they were happy
enough those days.
The husband was industrious, the
wife was eco lomical. They toiled and
saved and built them a beautiful home
In Marion. With the years there came
another child, Patrice-now a faxen-
haired girl of six, to keep little Claude
company.
After that the Diegle's went into the
show business. "Diegle's Big City
Show" they called it, and they followed
rhe Fairs with 1t. In this nomadic life
they Of course met up with other peo
pie In the same kind of business, and
fakirs Of all sorts. Among them was
man named Bane, who had fish
pond" a sort of gambling concern. In
Bane's employ was a man named Camp
bell. 'Big Ed" they called him, because
of his size. He, too, became acquainted
with the Diegles. This was about nine
months ago.
Campbell is better looking than Diegle.
Love, like death, you know, loves a shin
ing mark. That perhaps, is one reason
why Mrs. Diegle loved Campbell and
was passionately loved in return. For
Minnie" as those who knew her, IA
miliarly and affectionately called Mrs.
Diegle, is pretty. A blonde Of twenty
fye she was generally loved for her af
fectionate disposition and endearing
ways. She is a woman of culture. Be
longing to a good family, she has had
unusual school advantages and is a fine
musician.
Often, when going from Fair to Fair,
Campbell would go over from the Bane
tent to the Diegle tent to hear Mrs. Die
gle play. Music became the food of love
mad, passionate love. AS her devo-
tion for Campbell increased so did her
regard for her husband decrease.
Then came the quarrels-once blows,
and for days and days sullen silence
between man and wife During this time
Campbell did all in his power to make
existence bearable to her. Is it any won
der that she loved him?
At any rate, she did love him, and at
their last Fair, Coshocton, Ohio, they
planned to elope. Though the Banes
and Mrs. Diegle's sister knew what was
about to happen, the husband was kept
in ignorance. They left Coshocton and
started home-all on the same train.
Reaching Columbus, the carefully laid
plan was put into execution.
While waiting in the station at Colum-
bus Mrs. Diegle suggested to her hus-
band that he go out for something for
the children to eat. He went to res