Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-16
DE kAYLAN WAS NOT A FAITH.
 FUL HUSBAND"

fcfharkbhlc story of tho domestic life of Nicolai De Raglan, who had three wives' and when doad .. round to be a woman, has been told by Mrs. Lucy Kwiaschof. of Paterson. N' J. For nearly year she lived in the Dc Raglan household, and had am. pie opportunity to observe the strange relations existing between the beauti. ful Russian girl who claimed as bcr husband the secretary of the Czar', consulate in Chicago
 Said Mrs KwiaschoG:
 "1 am convinced that Mrs. De Ray. Ian never knew that her husband was a woman. l enjoyed her closest con. hdence for long time, and when I look back over the events of the vcar l was with them, the most astonishing thing to mo is tho wifc's almost insane jealousy of De Raylan. It was her be. lief that his neglect of her was due ,o his infatuation for other women. She loved him with passion that only \ Russian woman can display, and a, times she was half crazcd to think that the affection De Raylan should have lavished on her was showcrcd upon un worthy rivals.
 "The woman who thought that she was the wife of the dapper little sec. retary was one Of the most beautiful l have ever met. She was veritable Juno. magni6ccntly propor,ioned, and with wealth of golden hair. As a rule, women do not rave over their kind. but of this girl I must say that she was splendid creature one that any man would be proud to call his wife. When I became n member of the house. hold l was as much impressed with the dainty femininity of the husband as I was with the womanly qualities of the wife.
 "Nicolai Dc Raylan was pretty that is the only word that adequately describes him. He did not weigh over 100 pounds; he had fair skin and black curly hair. His feet and hands were small. small even for woman. In fact, he was the personifcaiion of all that was exquisite is all excepting his habits. He had all the manly at- tributes. He drank, he smoked. he sworc. and-sad to relate, hc stayed out late 'o nights. This latter habit was the one that got him in the greatest trouble with his wife.
 CT had not been with tho De Ray. Ian s long before noticed that there were some queer things in their do mestic economy. Tho couple appeared very loving, but on the husbands part ! it was all on the surface. It was not long before Mrs. De Raglan began to pour her troubles into my ears. sympathized with her, of course, but deep down in my heart had feeling for her husband-a feeling that thcr, was a mystery about him that caused him to be unhappy. And then, in tho last months of my stay there | begar to feel sorry for him, because of th' abuse that his jealous wife hcaped up on him.
 "That De Raylan stayed out late al night, and that he would come home in toxiciatcd and that hc would swear lik' pirate upon occasion, there is m doubt. lt was very seldom that h' spent an evening with his wife. Hi umal time for getting in was around
 or 2 clock in the morning. Often h' would reel up the stairs in an intox' catcd condition. Then he would com
 in for n typical wifely lecture How ever. inc next day the couple woul' be as loving as ever. He always kisso his wife good byc. although ! notice that he never was nearly as aiieciionnt toward her as she was toward him. "somc nights after Dc Raylan ha Q gone. his wife would put on her bes clothes and 20 out herself She woul
 often say to me that as her husban
 would not take her with him, she hn ,o % out once in while to have goo f time herself. She took delight m lea' inc the house upon tho rare oechsioi I when she knew her husband intende to stay at home. Then he would co"
 ,o me and ask me if | knew where si
 
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