The Washington times., 1911-10-21

for use in her divorce suit. tell q tale
OF torture experienced by the core
spondent in the case Of Mrs. Charlotte
B. weikert against Clyde Weiltert, a
young lawyer. to whom the epist!es
were written.
Anguish and remorse Of an unfaith-
full wife cry out in the letters. and
reflect first the feelings Of frivolity and
then the aftermath Of infidelity. depict
Ing a picture seldom, II ever before,
written into the records Of q court. The
unfaithful wife Is the correspondent,
as her letters indicate. and in them she
laments bitterly. and then regards with
seeming unconcern, her misconduct.
Elaine" Is the name signed to the
letters offered as evidence in the sue
cesful suit for an absolute divorce.
Mrs. Weikert supplements this with the
The infatuation of Attorney Weikert
for Elaine" IL the ground on which
the bonds Of matrimony have been Sc
yered by Chief Justice Clabaugh In the
in the testimony that Mr.. Weikert ad-
mitted to his wife that he was enam-
oured. and that '.life was not worth
living without her"
Sought Reconciliation.
Though a letter written by the young
lawyer appealing for Reconciliation
and stating that he was repentant. was
introduced In the testimony. the court
found that the relations Of the remorse-
full Elaine" with the defendant consti-
tuted sufficient ground for granting an
absolute decree. In the letter Attor-
rey Weikert expressed willingness,
even an eagerness, to go before min
lister Of the gospel with his wife and
pour out his repentance and ask for
giveness of his sins. He wrote that he
had given up drugs and excessive use
Of intoxicants. and was humbly sorry
But the young professional mans re-
morse and pleading were not more
pitiful than the outpouring OF the CO.
respondents innermost feelings. Grip
wrote late In the night to him when
an irrepressible remorse stalked before
her.
First there was a nippanoy and then
heart strings Of the woman wronsed.
and this series OF letters was fled as
"oh. the sublime ignorance of a
ene Of her first letters, at a time when
che first trod on forbidden ground.
and laughed at her husbands unsus-
pecting nature. Life means nothing
Of the charmed circle on the part Of
another Is horrifying-thcy make ma
sick"
Then comes the serious sensation OF
remorse. as portrayed In the epistlo.
II am supposed to be in bed. but I
sneakcd out Of my clothes, and am
writing this by a light that 10 enough
to ruin my eyes" ..
'-. Sense OF Loneliness.
This in part Is:
IT am trying to imagine what you
ere doing, how you are spending your
time. At least you have the action OF
your work. the movement Of the city
to distract you from whatever dis
quieting thoughts may come. There is
nothing here but tranquil hills and val
leys to threw tumultuous feelings into
This letter was written from a coun-
try place in Maryland, where the CO.
| respondent was visiting mutual friends
Of Mr.. Weikert and herself. the scene
being the home Of a harpy and con.
| letter says:
There is my hostess. of course. her
conversation being bounded on the
north by Joe, on the east by her house
and Joe, on the west by her prospects
and Joe--very interesting to lady
in my state OF mind.
when the mists rise at sunset all
sense Of proportion Is lost. The world
more mighty than ever, stand at
the window and let a sense of my ut
ter insignificance in the Scheme OF
Things sink into me: 1t is quieting.
% ait At the nsh snsx esya os life os sue
black blur--it seems nothing at all
important The room is warm. there
is something intimate about 1t in the
I - - M "A
Alice, the fire and land All MY Fin
er Philosophy Vanishes and I Am
Just A Lonely Girl, who wants sc
much, SO miserably much. the things
| have not.
Both "Great Idiots"
"What great idiots We were. Life
was not particularly joyous to either
of us. but at least We were drifting
comfortably along. Then instead OF
Tosa we en9uSs oi alons Sssa, We nas Ps
adise and ate Of the Tree OF knowl-
edge. .,.vo. .or ,or h,+ ,
have planted Demon of Unrest In my
own heart that will not let me enjoy
Il am only waiting until see YOU
'"A' care shesti love to yossih w., ,.,nr
The next exhibition of a woman.
torn heart came in letter IN whicf
she witnessed the portrayal of hei
IN when the fs sns
Is unforgiven until she Is on a deati
bed a score of years after. This play
terribly affected Elaine and she tells
1t to the young lawyer In this Ian