Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-08
Grim Mask of Tragedy

was traced ~ them. When sue saw
that there was no escape. the woman
ploried in the deed. Il slew fol
Dye," she cried. Il slew for love
and l will gladly die for love-"
She told with pride how she had
planned her husbands death. and
that her lover had been the instru
ment Ia her hands to accomplish
the end wished for But he? Like
Adam of old. he whimpered and beg
ged and claimed clemency because
the woman tempted met
They were condemned To be shot
Thousands pressed to the place OF
execution: for the fame OF the crime
Travelled far through the highlands
He Jevrcm's wife had never been
so beautiful as when she stood fac.
ing the firing party with her arms
about her trembling lover. See how
famous We are, my belov2d:' she
cried. seeking to inspire him with
some of her own spirit I'VE shalt
be famous in song aud story long
after our grandc hildren's grandchil,
dren would have been dust in their
graves. If l had died a simple
priests wife and thou wood chop.
per, not ten people would have fol.
lowed us to our tomb
The commander came to Make
ready The soldiers raised their
guns. llic Jevrem's wife still smil.
ed in their faces, and in the face OF
the hushed multitude, and smiien
too in the mnzzles of the guns.
while she held her lover in her
arms. Suddenly there was com
motion in the crowd. and horse
man in uniform dashed into the
space reserved for the execution.
"A reprieve! A reprieve!" shout
ed the people.
Ilic Jevrem's wife embraced the
wood chopper. crying. IS e! Our love
has touched their hearts! They will
let us live, to be with each other
always! 1t would be bliss 10 go
TO the grave together; greater bliss
to live together! Death is only In
separation" And she laughed again.
Then the oflcer re adthe reprieve.
II was for one: the man! And when
Ilic Jevrem's wife chung to him. and
b. eyed for him TO die with her. Mt
least 10 stay for q last caress, he
spurned her and slouched away.
The commander raped ont the
order "Firei'
The Cruelty Of Love.
From Vienna once came a story OF
passion to stir the sluggish waters
of the human mind, whose outcome
shows how cruel love can be. A
younger nobleman was devoted to his
b. autifui but invalid wife. He had
everything but wealth, and wealth
was what he needed to shower on
his beloved the necessities as well
as the Injuries she craved. He car
ried through some fraudulent tran
sactions which netted him q consid-
cradle amount of money, but likewise
put him behind the bars at Stanislan.
He wept not for his own stale. The
money had been converted into the
Injuries aforesaid. and the wife en-
toyed the proceeds Of his guilty tran
sactions while he was i9carcerated.
But he found this was not enough.
She sorrowed for his presence, exiled
where she was beyond the frontier;
indeed. he learned that the doctors
despaired OF her life IL he could not
return to her.
To obtain pardon was Impossible;
pardon could not be found for a swind-
Ter that refused to give mp the pro
ceeds OF his crime. But the young
man feigned illness, and was remoS-
ed TO a separate room In the prison
inf.rmary. There the governors
daughter, a beautiful and accom-
plished young woman. nursed him.
She did not know his history, and
soon her heart was carried by
storm. She believed all HIS prom.
ises.
Therefore she vas the more ready
to listen TO his prayers, and agreed
to help him to escape. and to ny with
him. She supplied the prisoner with
false whiskers. the uniform Of an
Austrian civil service oI&ciai. and
thus disguised he walked boldly out
of the prison with her. Accompan'
led by the sacrificing girl, who paid
the railway fare. the uobleman got
safely across the frontier into Ru
mania.
There he shook hands with her
with profuse thanks--and hurried 70
the side Of the woman for love oil
whom he had done all this!
The Woman and the Physieis"
Woman in love Is ~ courageous
as a tigress. yet must use the Gun
ming Of the scrp"nt to gain her ends
The gentle intrigue Of the modest
woman bring about her own happs
ness and thai of the man she