The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-01

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there was a symtery about him that
caused him to be unhappy. And then,
in the last months of my stay there
j began to feel sorry for him. because
OF the abuse that his jealous wife heap.
ed upon him.
One thing that | noticed wa that
De Raglan never took his wife out
with him. They never appeared III
public together. and Mrs. De Raglan
told me that during their married life
they had eve been the companions
that husband and wife usually are.
With tears in her eyes she one day
took me to her husbands room. and
throwing herself upon the bed. cried
ont betwen her sobs that in reality
she had eve been a wife'to the man
size loved above all others in the
world.
How He Managed 1t.
When hefsgrief had subsidized Mrs.
De Raglan confided to me that before
the marriage ceremony her husband
told her that he was a SUI.
ferer from consumption. He COM
PEELED her TO agree that she would
never incur danger of contracting the
disease by becoming any more than
his wife in name only. Mrs. De Ray
Ian said that ven the knowledge that
the man she loved was doomed to an
early death did not deter her from
marrying him. Although De Raglan
really did die of tuberculosis finally,
it Is quite certain that he did not
have the disease at the time he mar
ried. Yet 1t was by constantly i'm.
pressing upon his wife the danger of
her being Infected through contact
with him that he'kept her from discov-
ertng his secret.
The that. De Raglan occupied
was like a lady's boudoir. He had n
dresser. upon which were all the "ac.
c%essories dear to the feminine heart.
His u~nderclothins was of dainty mate.
rial, generally in blue and pale pink
colors. In dress he was immaculate.
All his clothing was made by fashion
able taiiors. He had a nippy little
walk and a soft, gentle voice that was
poetry itself. AS I picture him in my
minds eye I cannot help thinking
what a pretty little woman he would
have made II he had dressed the part.
When l was in the family he was a
years old. Mrs. De Raglan, "a.
ut would seem that the wife would
surely have discovered the
ade, yet there was one thing which I
am sure tended largely to keep Mrs.
De Raglan ignorant Of the true state
of affairs. That was De Raylan's
mode of living. l myself was sorely
puzzled by the evidence constantly
brought to my eyes that the husband
was something of a fake. In fact, his
habits were deplorable. He went the
whole gamut of wine. women and
song with a vengeance. Mrs. De Ray.
Ian complained bitterly to me that
her husband was in the habit of meet
ing other women. He will not live
with me as his wife, she said to me
once. but he goes III every night and
meets women that are as the ground
beneath my feet
Couldn't Trap him.
Mrs. De Raylyan was the very
acme of the Jealous wife. For hours
she used to tell me Of her suspicions
of her husbands conduct, and she
was always laying traps to catch him
in a compromising position. On sew.
eral occasions she compelled me to
ring up De Raglan at the consulate
and pretend that | was a girl seeking
to make an engagement with him,
and would disguise my voice, give
myself n fancy name and try to get
De Raglan to commit himself. An
the time the wife would be listening
with me at the receiver. His REPLIES
were always of an innocent nature
and showed evident establishment. In
thinking the matter over I have come
to the conclusion that much of De
Raylan's apparent w~ickedness with
other women was for the purpose OF
keeping up the deception with his
wife.
But that De Raglan stayed out
late at night, that he would come
home intoxicated and that he would
swear like a pirate upon occasions,
there Is no doubt. 1t was very sell
dom that he spent an evening with his
wife. His usual time for getting In
was around | or 2 o'clock in the morn.
ing. Often he would reel up the stairs
intoxicated. Then he would come In
for a typical wifely lecture. How
ever, the next day the couple would