The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-13
NINE. HENRY; \ TRAGEDY.
Woman Whose Happiness WINS
Blasted BY Drcyfus Case.
From the New York word.

FROM the New YORK word.
Paris, June 3O-Of the woman whose
happiness has been blasted by the Drey-
fus case the wife of Col Henry the self
confessed forger who died in prison. fur.
nishes a pathetic instance.
She was a girl from the country. the
daughter of a wine dealer, not far from
Paris She was pretty. The ways of
semi-rural folks about her were distaste-
ful to her
When Capt Henry Che was bur a can
tam them spent some days In her village
he appeared to the girl as the beautiful
pr nee of legends
on the other hand, to him. an officer
risen from the ranks, the evident love he
inspired was matter for surprised de-
hSht. Henry was a man of low birth.
son or the soil, end not well gifted. In
MS Wanderings from camp to camD his
love affairs had never been such as a man
can be proud of. Never had he been
oi1ered an affection so pure as came TO
him from the country lass
capt. Henry came back often to that
niue village Soon he married the girl
and took her to Paris There what bis
daring deeds as a soldier had ne,,er a ans
conphshed was soon effected by his blind
obedience as a subaltern and usefulness
az tooi. He rose rapidly-maior then
Lieutenant colonel.
Henry, the Tool.
To his mind the army was the host oe
france civilians We're an inferior race ANA
superior otlcers so many demi-gods who
never could do wrong So. when in tbe
'iey US affalr civilians presumed 10 At
t@ch tne army and TO question the deeds
OF ms supertors he was ready 10 defend
the institution and the men bv anv roaora
whatsoever which he was ordered To en-
D.oy. " e'i-
lie was told first to Insult Pioo,,,rt
ana he did; told to fight a duel with tb6
Same annoying witness aud put him oug
o. me way and in the duel they fought
Henry did his best TO kin Picouart
Henry was told 10 swear to The trutb
iuIhess of lies and at The Esterhazv and
Noia trials Henry swore stoutIy that Iieo
We're truths ''
He was ordered to forge a proof Of
quit against Dreyfus, and he did II
Henry was a useful man during tho
muddied period just finished Had it NOT
become necessary to sacrifice him tbov
would have made him a general
Loved His Wife and CbiIdran
That man loved his wife dearly ana
also the baby she had given him. In
bis hugh ploughmans paws that pretty
woman and that pretty child were like
Two fragile jewels. Events had carried
nim IN much higher spheres than nature
Dad ever meant him for, Just as chance
had given him mate of finer texture
and a more delicate progeny.
lie worshipped his wife and cbfd As
for the WIFE she had never recovered
from the first gratitude thai had filled
her heart for the officer who had rescued
ner from The obscurity of her village. and
she adored him.
\ Confessed FOrger and a Suicide.
Oue afternoon there came q summons
for Col Henry to the ministry of war
Nothing disquieting in that; Henry had
been very much with ministers of late.
lie kissed his wife and baby and went
The next morning France learned that
Co. Henry was confessed forger and
Ills wife had hardly learned of his i'm
prisonment when she was told of his
death. He mad gashed his throat with a
razor-gashed IL twice. thoroughly. or
was he murdered. as some have lntimated?
When we saw her next it was at Sures-
mes. where a crowd of journalists had
gathered one morning. squad of SOL
diers who had brought the coffin down
from the fort Of Mont Valerien. were
showing it brutaly into baggage-car
Not an officer no music The army. like
the nation, felt ashamed of Henry.
Its Papa's Flag" the Boy Cried,
The young widow passed from her car
rage 10 the station, leaning on the arm
of a civilian. The little boy followed
gamboiing al the hand of The colonel's or
derby.
Nine. Henry could hardly walk How
different this woman from the happy
sprghuy young wife we had seen at balls
and official functions, from the girlish low
or who always looked up so fondly. so
trustfully, into the eyes Of her big brill
iantly uniformed husband II had all been
so sudden. kiss 'goodby," and the end |
for ever and ever.
As the train rolled out the child of the |
dead man appeared at the window of a
Grst-class compartment with Col. Henrys |
orderly He pointed to the flag which, |
away upon the hill hoated on the fort |
where his father had died.
See the flag" he cried joyfully. "See |
the flag; IDS papa's flag"
Nine Henry is now back in her room |
over the wineshop In the lttle village |
they say she lives like a hunted fawn, |
crouching away from sight. In fear Of more |
stabbing and more pain
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