The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-01
A Man Ordered by His Wife to
Commit Suicide.
HOW HE FOOLED HER
And Had a$Good Time With the Money
She daYe- Him to Bury Himself
With. Laugh on the Side of
the Husband.

Nogues,o OF Farls FRANCES now lodged
In Ill, accused by her OF committing
burglary, forgery, and variety of
other hei1ous effsnses. All the same
Nogues thinks that the laugh is on
nis side, and Paris agrees with him.
NoSuesIis an expert machine utter
and practical philosopher. Wheth.
er he Is the other things which his
wife alleges, remains to be proved by
the lady, who keeps a green grocery
shop In the Rue d'Allemagne Nine.
Nogues issa woman Of thrifty habits,
but.a shrewish temper. She and her
husband did not get along we'll TO.
gether anu he re joiced when his work
took him away from home for a few
days. He was engaged on job at
Rsnnes the other day, aud congratu
lating himself on his temporary relief
from DOMESTIC worries, when he re.
ceived this exhilarating epistle from
his better half:
"Inhumln m onste. You have
brouRh disgrace and dshonor on your
family. f you do not commit u eide
Within tWenty-four hours, l shall de
nounce you the police. ANNA.n
Any ordinary man would have been
greatly depressed oy such missive,
but 1t did not upset Nogues q bit,
lie does not to have denied tho
larges, but wrote his wife that be
was prepared to commit suicide. To
save her the necessity of having to
attend t0 such disagreeable details
herselt, however, he begged that she
wou q send him sutli ;ient money to
enable him to make provisions for
bis decen6sburlal. He besought her
also to send him photograph Of her
self and Ids two daughters, that they
might bel placed In the ctflil with
him. H5 5concluded by pleading for
her forgiveness and subscribed him
self, 'yoap. atf tctionate husband.
NoRuaH fellow workmen noticed
that heS Sin particularly good
huinuo sl'asAA'Sof OF She day for, she.
chuckled frequently to himself he
declined to tell them what it was that
tickled his fancy SO much. Nine.
Nogues was delighted with the letter,
but she would not risk her precious
money on her husbands mere word.
Instead Of sending it to him by mail,
she intrusted 1t to her brother In law
Legris Benonie, and instructed him
to see that Nogues carried cut his
part of the bargain, and to send her
a telegram when the b was done
She gave him $l20, having figured it
out that amount would enable her
husband to blow his brains out d,
emily and pay for the .funeral expen.
ses. And she considered that she
would be rid OF him cheaply at the
price.
NogueS had . calculated on LIE
girls taking al + part in the aff lir, but
ne readily adapted himse to the
changed circumstances. When Beg.
rls had explained his mission, Nogues
professed to be well satisfied with the
arrangements and thy went off to
gether to buy a revolver.
After the weapon had been pur
chased, Nogues proposed that they
should eat farewell dinner and crack
a couple OF bottles Of wine together
before he made his exit from this
world.
You can cut down the funeral ex
penses bit to make up for what 1t
costs, he suggested, "and Auna she
Is dear, good wife, but a bit close
listed need never know that we had
a good time with the money"
Legris acquiesed without demur
and tley adjourned to the hotel where
NoRues was staying. There They did
full lstice to an ample dinner.
The landlord has treated me 80
we'll here" said N)gues when it was
tinished, that couldn't think of
committing suicide and making a mess
in his place 1T would not be treat.
ing him fairly. III have to do the
joo scma where else"
You will have to hurry" said Le.
gri promised to send Anna a tel.
gram when IL was done. Time Is ny.
ing and she will be getting anxious. ("
Don't you think il would take o
load Off her mind IL you wired at once
that I've done IT.? observed Nogues.
1t would only be anticipating my de
cease a little and would allow us
time to get matters fixed up so that
everything viii go through smoothly. ;"
1T is ansexce!lent idea" said tile
accommodating Legris, 'and 1T Will
give her more time to get her mourn
ing ready"
This was tho dispatch that he sent
Nine. NOgue3.
Job finished. Everything passed
OIL satisfactorily. Obsequies at R,n
nes.n
Then they settled down to arrang.
Ing details. Nogues insisted that a
funeral service should be held over
his body. Legris objected that man
who took his own life was not entit-
led to that ceremony. Nogues con.
tended that his case stood on a # ,r.
ent footing from that of an ordinary
suicide, since he was not seeking
death voluntarily, but was going to
Kill himself merely to satisfy his wife
and carry out her orders. Lsgris re.
cognized the force Of Nogues' logic
and promised to do his best.
Then Nogues begged for 9he privi
lege OF being allowed to select his own
grave. Together they sailed forti,
to the cemetery. 1t was evening be.
fore Nogues had selected q site that
satisfied his exacting notions.
Since my wife thinks I'm dead
anyhow" he said to his companion,
we might as we'll put off the Job un,
till tomorrow and get comfortable
nights rest" ~.
Legria consented and the morning