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“—
vacity of manner, was a conspicuous'
figure The numerous suitors for her
ced by the fact of her father‘s fortu-
nate position as a functionary of the
court at St. Petersburg. M. de Car-
I'iere was the head of a noble family
of French descent most suspiciously
transplanted on Russian scil. in ad
dition to his honors at court, he pos
sossed a fine estate—in short, Mlle de
Carriere, viewed from any angle, was
HER HUSBAND?
he Strange and Tragic Story
Halli In New York’s Russian
buy to Explain the Mystery
of Nelson Taylor’ 3 Suicide and3 .. most desirable match
the Dasertlon by the Beautiful IIIH: .HEHIIHHHHIHIHECHHIHI Hsnlleglj‘ilrinsgl—HE
37 :and at heart, in spite of box father‘s
Russian Gll'l He “‘0“th was position in the Car‘s household, a lib-
“ his Wife l
orul of the liberals.
"Hut~-lmt," she would say to the
more persist-cut of hcr'least desirable
suitors, “.I‘ou forget my pOlilica] prin~
ciples; that I am a I'cvoiIItlmlist.”
Thelh'ew York American, on Sunday,
devoted two pages of its magazine sec ‘
film to the following account, profuse-
ll not to he a joke in Muscow 50-
33’ illustrated, oi the multinl tloulIles (4633.3 ---3~3333‘33333 beware: Mile Ilc
Hof captain \‘eison ’laIIloI, IIlIo shot (”3,0,0 is 33 revolutionist‘ The
31113159” at his home ”i 50‘1”] N0“V1H“1‘ Iluu IlIchI of a court Chamberlain cal-
'3 a few IIIcelIs ago:
An astonishing sIOII is being, told in
«the New Ymk Russian Iolony ulIich'
3 purports to explain the remarkable do.
H (antic tragedy, which recently (lllllll-
nailed in the suicide ’of Nelson '1‘
HHr’lch New York pubiichqr.
3 Hr. Taylor ‘Hllltll‘i‘lell in London, .
26, 1906. Alllettc III-II
Ilcs the ch fing!’
it was delicious. inculcuant Maka.
rol’l’, HWllOE‘IQ family for centuries had
blen iDliLL'il in monaIchlai principals.
|Iiiughcd ad loudly an Inn, and laid sliil
3’10" more ardent siege to Milo. dc Carrier's
hcart
“Hy ficel' cxhlbltod most passionate devo-
i‘uIIicIc ll litllllr
_ lion. liis family ndin Allictto‘ s lev-
tlftll‘Russiun eIrl whose father had n g
mice cell '01 3 333 3 3 33 oiuliunnI'y theories “lllc most adorable
~ ll “‘1“ m a n 0 “i “9'" absurditich 'uppr'oved the match M
The'two llIod together in New York. , 3 ,
Scuth NoIIvnlk Conn. and abroad uII HHHHHH lmc. (Ht Garllulc were charmed
til 1909 Tié MI‘H TI .1 . ;\\llll prospects of an alliance with a
‘ n - SI ‘5 0‘ “'91” nuhlc Russian family which so far nu-
: abroad alone. She noIer returned
todutcd their wn.
tlmé of Mr. Taylors suicide 3 ,3 3 o ‘33 3
33 became known that be t IIIIIId out to he a dc gItfni, al-
33 (3333330333 most an ideal, love romance. Allette
responded with sth :Ildor to the woo-
dld NelsOn Taylor kill him-13
‘ing of Lieutenant Makul'off that, for
_H id his young wife, who had {hf :313me333wln3f, she Help? all about.
semen, so devoted to him, abandon 1“ m“ po ticnl lenc ”105‘
“Aha!" laughed MOscow society.
“Nothing like' love to drive silly no-
tions out of a girl‘s bend!"
With one exception the rejected
suitors put a good face on their dis-
appointment. But it was not long be-
fore. the glum looks-and furtlve man-
Alllette de Carriers they an,“ wasmcr or this exception were remember-
“H a before she murlicd ’l’lr “33,303, 3nd as cIideIIce of a malicious dispo-
saliva. a wife—oand yet “3, Wes soili ll.
. . to that Spring the marriage of
rtin l a
a 8H under He first mmmndfl'Alliotte do Curricre to Lieutenant
I'SIgius Maknroff w-as celebrated in
0 ) I
”bed a3 8. revoiuli hint on the sleep 'Moscow with allyhc ceremonies of the
the Greek Qhurch in Moscow after3 Glecn Church 3333333
mar .
flag 5‘19 fell" perhaps that. Outside the church a curious crowd
d “3:: wfiggwutflIHeHlHlH‘lltHHHfthnltmllzl was gathered, awaiting the appeal»
nce of the newly wedded pair. As the
4. $52133? 3:: 3:3, :92‘1333‘3’3133253r2r1de and bridegroom. surrounded by
33 was the 33330333333333“ question‘memher” of their families, came down
3233333 33333333 3393, How .33“ mm” 3339 the church stops, two men detached
333 333333;“ to be how she no ,jllemsolvcs from the from rocks of the
3,3333 33 and wh 3’ spectators and boldly approached the
. y, s told herons the 3 7
333M333 3303333333333 M33333 33 bIldaI party. Ignoring Lieutenant Mn.
33333033 who 33 is said bore the kinematic. of them spoke to the bride
‘ ' ' ,. , 7 in low tone»,
“gag; 313:3 mg" $35,333:??? The new]; wedded Mme. Alilette do
3 333333 38 33333333 Alli cite (333 Car Cnrrlere-Mnknron had been arrested
on a charge of complicity in n revohn
,3 33%;: T313013: fitnlfhfiti urinary plot, and was summoned to the
‘ ' 7 ' office of the Secret dance. 7
mother, Who is in seclusion;
333330333 333333 33333 3333333333333 333.- But it was too late to arett a scan-
3”33,3, ,3, 3,333 33,3 1,3,“ 3333, an. The dinner: family felt outrun
333,030,330“. 33333 3333333333 33,33 ed. As an outlier in 0 Russian ar-
, ,3 333333133333 33339333333, 33,. my. Lieut. Makaicrl could have noth-
~ 33 I333 3333333333333333 3333336., ing to no wiltinny one accused of rev-
olutionary plotting.
3 3 ‘ There had never been any doubt
the minds of their friends that the:
erH-ha’ll been very happy together!
These are the two mysteries than
those in the Russian colouy who cluimI
to know the truth explain in the story I
on this page
., ’0. ndonment of her when she was or
4
. Hot take the trouble to
7 min materials artistic:
Hotel if 31333 333,33, 3. Int? in her care, the Minimum the
members of her auction‘s family litut
th‘élr [fienthdW, meat of the
gueatdudruwlng discreetly “tall, as 3
though her presence contaminated 3H ‘
, liar Secret relics surveillance,
hand in martiage were further influen-I
The In lsturlalic young army of-‘
A: she stood H‘
‘ more on the church inane; with as,
slopes of tire marriage ritual still flap ‘
b 9
'Hf'oH exile her to slim
To compel her family to disavow her
political tendencies. . i
To induce her husband to yield to
and repudiate her.
it Was not until she was hotels the
ad she was.
the government" she protested. And
then, proudly:
"Lleutenunt Makaroff, my husband,
will never submit to this outrage." 7.
‘The cynical smile of the Secret Po.
lice inquisitor aroused her first susph
clon.
husband stands with his
against. rue?" she dcnmnded.
They allowed her to test the mill-
ler. At the end of three days of fruit-
less appeal by lettcls to the lllllll she
had just married she Icalizcd the
worst. .
On the even of her departure for Sb;
family
lter, in which she wrote: i
“i confessed to you my liberal views;
———which were then only theories.
know i am innocent. of the chm'pe’
which sends me into exile. You deny
me even the slightestsupport nnd llr0‘3
faction a husband might give. Well,:
he. sure of this: My theories at which '3
all of you luu hcd have rooted and‘
branched and me ready to bear fruit
.Henceforth i nm a revolutionlst in;
thought word and deed. Forcwell,3
HIcoward!" |
l ll. .'
Mlle. Allictle dc Carriere, a
Russian Revolutionlst, Charms
London society—«and Is Mac
vied to Nelson. Taylor, Am-
erican Publisher.
London, that Babylon of the modern
the political outcasts of every nation
of the earth.
latter as herded by thousands in So-
ho, while those who have beauty or
genius, or both to soften the harsh
cause (If their exile muv become the
pots of Mal full.
in the Spling of 1906 Mayfulrmlhe
aristocratic. section of London’s West
Eludwdciightcd in the presence of a
beautiful, charming, cultivated and
the demands of the Makaroft familv , ,
head of the Secret Police though that. 3‘
she could realize how utterly abandon:
“i am innocent of any act against
”Do you mean to insinuate that my 3
beta she sent be r husband a tour, let-‘3 3
YOII . '
nemIIIIIu
wolld, is as Iendy to welcome genius;
and heautv as it is to give refuge to:
The very scum or the ‘
ill Coo Reinaldo:
H u mall‘s: Bums
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0n lake and seashore—4n
mountain camp, in the own,
home, its purity and whole- ’
tomeneis is recognized.
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[am a reIolutionist exiled from ltus- i'l‘nylor did not mention the name of act of 3.3,“...mm3 abandonment
sin for my political crimes"
most amiable ltussiun revolutionist.
II
Curricula.
The young wmnnuwns so bountiful,
so charming, so uricldcl‘atlc in her
tastes and her manners, that her need
tn curl) he, own living served only to
heighten the fashionable interest in
her. She was an artist and n musl~
clan. She delivered the Inostxlcllght-
l‘ul lectures on the art and music of
her native country-Russia. Fashion-
IIblc haslccsca of the art and literary
and mum ll cull welcomed her with“
open at ms and pulses. ~
One of the houses \leel'cH Mlle dc.
(‘aI'I'IicIc delivered her texture to a
most enlightened and appreciative us-
selnblagc of guests was that of a 09ch
bl'nlcd English publisher. And upon
that. occasion not the least apprecia-
tive of these guests was Nelson 'l‘uy.
loI', linguist, scholar, traveller, rich
American inwier, publishei and scale»
I.) man—«founder and principle owner
of the New York book publishing firm
of Baker & Taylor Company. 3
~Mr. Taylor was only just turned any
but youthful ‘in appearance distin-
guished in manner, affable, thoughpos-
seabed of a sense of personal dignity
which Englishmen found "rather ull~
usual, don't you know in an Amerl
can.” lie manifested the deepest in-
latest. in Mlle. Carriers and in her loo.
Iture. At the close of the lecture, he
sought and obtained 'an introduction to
her. They. met on intellectual grounds
mutually congenial. A graduate or
Yale University who had subsequently
taken special courses at Heidelberg,
and master of half It dozdh languanes.
Mr. Tnviomvas oneof the most inter-
esting mon Mlle. Carriers had ever
met. I
They were attracted to each other
at the start. On Mr. Taylor's side
that attraction soon ripened into the,
one absorbing love . episode of his
whole life. He courted her assiduous-
ly. she could not help feeling drawn
toward this dignified American of milk-
dle ago, ’Ivho yet made love with the
man.
He hugged her to marry him. tip to
her meeting with Mr. Tay‘lor ahd'llau
felt that aIvful nightmare Which began
the cows uly assertion or her new '
d
order of :1 young Russian or French _ H'
. i want honedv but you!
on t'thclHiurclI step} at Meadow with H:
One detail, however, she withheld;
believe that actually she was ulrcndy
a marriedwomnn.
“Murry me," he answered.
you. in America you can no II revoluu"
lionistto your heart's content."
Silo. found herself already loving him
\\’llll II (loop and honest, affection,
was bringing her out of her nightmare
into the. sul'lllchl. Ileaidcswwhut ll.
richly deserved I'chukc to the crown
Mukul'off! 3,
in London, on July an, 1906,
wore married. After-II brief honey-
moo trip in Noru'ulk and France they
sailed for. America. During the N3-
maindcr of that summer and during
two subsequent summers, the Taylor"
mansion at South Norwuik contained
one. of the most beautiful and distin-‘
guishcd hostesses and one of the hap-
piest couple in American societi‘.
ill.
The Rich New York Publisher andIllls
Lovely RussiuuWifc Enjoy Two
Years of ideal Happiness,
Then “RussiurCnlls liar.”
H At their handsome South Nor-walk
home they entertained n good deal fof‘
malty and iufoIImIIlII, though Mrs Tuy
Ior charmed her adoring husband with
daily protestations that. above all
things, she preferred a twist home life
and the happiness of his undivided
companionship lint sociaimbllgatlouu
could hardly lid/avoided, owing to the
conspicuous manner in which the hus-
band had long been identified with the
social and business life of the little
city, of which in fact he had once been
mayor. ’ 3
"But, lny dour," Mr. Taylor would
orOteat whimrlI-Iiilv bow and then.
“you' re" a Russian Revolutionlst, and
New York centama many of vaur dis-
linslllsbcd compatriots who are. of the
same mind. I fully expected. You to
set up a rcvoiullonaly upturn":
Upon which she would interrupt
With endearmonts which he could not
resist, and gain her point with the flap
tel-lint confession:
"You kind and over blurred man.
This horrid
utilftmare‘ is over and, done with. You
I
have taught me to whites that i am. ‘3 3
first of all a woman-«walla 3n loving and ,
believed it possible fer
" all so much to
"3H1ents, whom I adored. Forgive me!
’3th husband that she would‘ dearly
-7 and try’ to effects
3 her family.
‘ 3 mother learned of her happy marriage
' l
I
“I [live
He:
. when l was the pulled daughter of par.
~ When spring came she confessedfo
love to visit her only home in Russia
reconciliation with
She felt certain when her
3 she would int/arcade for her with the
- rest of the family ‘
MII.‘ Taylor Was too deeply bound up
Lin his own happiness to deny his wife
Hauythlng that would make her contentI
,Hment complete. Mrs. Taylor Ivcnl
abroad alone. She returned two
months inter, 3'bllnglng with her Mine.
‘Idc Carriers, her mother Mr. Taylor
had never seen his wife so vivacious,
so almost feverishly eager in her dem-
o'nstIations of affection for him. He
Iliad no cause for complaint yet he
Ikus uneasy. There was something
Hiatrangely watchful, at times applchelp;
;slve, in the manner of Mme. de Car-
ricre.
Thai. domestic stage was being set,
”for tragedy—Inna possibly Mr. Taylor:
had his fol‘ebodings of u mIstery that3
threatened his too absorbing love of
the beautiful creature whom he had',
made ills wife, in fact, his one anchor
to life itself. .
' IV.
Hunter Lco Nubokcff l ikc 8 “Skeleton
at the Feast. " The Unsuspecting
Happiness of Nelson Taylor
1 3 Causes Him to 'led His I»;
Peace.
MI Tfl}‘lOl was one of those author-
tiles in the world of litclntuue who
never missed an opportunity to pay tir-
bute to the genius of Tolstoy as u. nov-
elist and to his sincelltv and power
’ Lac a prophet of a new and mum era
for downtrodden humanity. He knew
that an old friend of the great Russian
Wl‘llwel‘ Leo .\abokol‘f was a prominent’
‘. member of the Russian immiglant col.
ony in \cw York, and one day when
HHNabokoff called at the office of his pub-
Illshlng house to arrange for the pub
iication of one of his manuscripts, Mr.
§'l‘IIvlor was glad to make his acquaint-
‘nnce.
The scholatlv Russian made such a
.plcnaaut implession on the publisher'
llhat he. invited him to his home for
Idinner. The dinner appointment was
3.nudc for a few evenings later. Mr.
i
his guest in repor ting the appointment
to his wife and mother-lu-iuw.
ladies a pleasant surmise.
fricuds in Russia he had been alto)-
Ion tor the fIimilv and since his iInIni-l
oration to Amciicn they had corr'cs-
poudcd occuslonnlh.
Fortunately Mr. Taylor did not ob.
serve the sudden pulior which swept
over his wife’s face as he mentioned
. the name of his guest—«or the warning
they
zinger which Mme. dc. Curricrc placed
on her lips Its sbc gazed for an instant
into ‘the underslundlng eyes of
will Mrs. Taylor controlled her agltu-
lion sufficiently to avert a scene. Yet,
’1“ through the dinner her undercur-
rent of excitement and (trend was
manifest évcn to her husband.
She saw him watching herhloscly.
and when Nabokot‘flook his leave, her
I'IIlicf was apparent. The old Russian
had found an opportunity to make an
appointment to meat Mme de Curriere
elsewhere on the following day. it.
was not to either of them a reassuring
interview.
"Mme. de Carriers,” began Nabokoff
"It need not remind you of my years
of Rum friendship for yourself and
the members of your family. Surely
the many proofs of that friendship
Justle me masking you whether your
daughter has obtained. a divorce, or
the annulment of her marriage ,, to
Lieutenant Makuroff. 'H’ -
“Alas! she has not ” answered ‘Mme.
tie Chrricre, much agitated.
"Mnkaroir professesto love his wife
madly. Have you not heard how, out
of remorse for his dHosertIOn of her, he
broke with his family More—41mm
hoping to win back her love, he sac-
ritlced his army. career and became
like amigo revollltlonist?”
"Oh, what misfortune!"
riero was overcome.
"If your daughter should learn this. "
pursued Nabokotf.’ "What would be her
feelings? What would she do? Mall
‘ll’Oll' has the obpact‘ of her humor.
3 mecca. Bill) was passionately
H now made
ills child
7 Mme. Car.
w
until” that 333 '
B S 7
time. part the period of my nightmare H
-' son Taylor, but now it is a happiness
, presentimeut of of calamity was so
He
I.
whose numcmus cards of invitation she said nothing about her mnrrlugc t0 ’ndmircd lhc cldel'lI Russian so qui‘ll that nc.t
were addressed to Mlle. Allielte de‘ .‘Ilakuroff. Probably she had ceased to himself that he wished to give the fore )our 3mm} of Siberian expe was
To the surprise of Mr. Taylor, Nab-3
okoff and Mme dc Currimc met as old ‘
l.cc_
Nuliokofl‘. With II ,pllghty effort of the '
limitation and H‘cha Farewell
‘ ‘of Mme. Mailerolr. 3
One year more of happiness for Intel»
chatls half torture; for he can no
longer deny thé presence of a dark
slonsu His refined instincts forbid him
to press inquiries that would hasten
“the tragic denouelnent which his in«
tuition tells him is impending.
as usual, Mr. Taylor gives his con-
sent when his wife, more depressed
than e‘ycr before. again Wishes to visit
RIIssia.3 she departs, accompanied by
her mother. Both return after an ab
sauce of barely II month. Mrs. Taylor
is almost feverish with an excitement
which she vainly endeavors to repress.
Mr. Taylor discerns a great change in
her—as though some tremendous Ic-
Ivdlslon of her nature had dominated
body and soul?
l Between periods of almost hysteri-
cal demonstrations of affection for hex
ihusband were days and weeks when
she could not conceal her true feelings
of indifference. Yet by no word or act
did she, fail in her duty as a wife. But
as another winter drew to its close the
strain upon her of the part she was
playing was evident in the plainest
signs that her My slcal health was
breaking. .
Suddenly she insisted that it was
necessary for her‘ henlth's sake that
she go abroad again immediately. His
l
powerful that he determined to accom-
mystcry that fills him with apprehen- '
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Leo Nabokoif rend: *
"The steps I' have taken will, no
doubt, appear strange to you. 1 can
only say that 1i am actuated inevitably,
without. power to restrain myself, by
the psychological part of my being.
Neither can the logic of my owfsc dis-
I'Iuted~Scrgius Maknroff is my bus-
baud.
"More: The man whom I married
for love has made complete atonement
for his abandonment of mo in my
time of direct need of his love and
companionship. IHe possesses all the
,pnny her. She. resisted this plan with
fsuch cool politeness, saying that the
most intimate family matters were
pending and that if she ever went
abroad again she would be only too
glad to have him accompany her that
he had no choice but to let her have
her will and depart alone.
A month passedwtwo months—~Ivithi
Ino word from her. ‘Mr Tavlor cabledl
'Ito an address she had given him. No
.answcl. MI. Taylor confided in MM-
ikcff who—his lips being sealedw-cOuld
loniI counsel patience.
E Actually, as half suspected by Mia;
Taylor, the blow had fallen~though he
knew nothing of the detalis Lieuten-
laut Makaroff had flown to meet hisl
l
l
Moscow bride in Par.is
At first she was all terror. He threwé
himself at her feet, aliasing himself
thinking she still despised him for his
’l‘hcn H‘
he rose and said: i
“There is no excuee «possible .forH
i was dazed But long be-
,oI'IcI i knew that without Ioul' love and
respect the world held nothing for me.
1 IcsoiI'ed to Ielinquish every other
lniul and uppiy‘ all my cnel‘gics to the
task of dcsoIving you, of winning you
back.
“i hurncd all my blldgcs~l became'
n Icvelutionist, an active one. i
sought for you everywhere. Alas,_‘l
could not find you"- 33 :3
"Serious!" she seemed about to
faint. lie, sprang toward her with
open arms, but she recovered herself
and waved him back.
"Wall?" she snld.
what i did in
“You don't know
my anger and recent,
maul. l married—a good man, the
kindest man in the Ivmld, whom it
thought i loved"-
“1 know," be interrupted.
"NdbOkoff 3' she asked hopelessly.
“No, not. Nabokoff. Nabokoff has
kept your secret. But I recently lcaxn-
ed it ianetail, from other sources.”
“Lost!" she exclaimed, and sank in-
I
l
l
to u chair, weeping bitteIly. “i am
lost, lost!"
"You are my wife" he said. “That
other mun is nothing to yolk-or. loI
me 17
“Do vo’u mean that you forgive me
that mad not Do you think I can for
give myselfr'fdr the deception I have
practiced on that kind, good man?"
He was on his knees beside her
chair. "My act was madder than
vours, for It loved you. There is uoth-‘
ing fOr mete forgive. There is notif-
ing for me to rememberwcxccpt that i
am your lawfully wedded husband, and
that i love you. "
She sank into ills urma3 .
That night she wrotoi and mailed to
Leo'Nabokoff, In New York a long lat:
ter. it was Mme. Nabolrol'f‘s farewell
to Nelson Taylor.
3 VI.
The LovciPsyohology or Mme. 'Mnkn-
ruff Proves as Fatal to‘ Nelson
Z'i‘aylor as Did the Dolphin Or:
aole'a Designs Upon Oed-
‘ , inun Rex
Leo Nubbkofl held the letter In his
hand. He was alone with Nelson Tay-
loin, Euclid} that the man Whom he
had grown to ebtoam ant ”coated
himself for n_ shock th mania acid
-a
: sense of personal
H' tiered me.
‘romantlc fascinations dear toIa wom-
dn‘s heart which cannot. be replaced
by the silent admiration of a less mag-
netlc personality—not even of so no-
ble, kind and affectionate a natuIc as
that of Mr. Taylor. ,
"I must confess that I loved Mr. Tny~
lor Willi nil the love of a loyal wife;
but it was a. quiet, friendly sentiment,
lacking the romantic dreaminess and
intoxicatng power for which a young
womanso longs—41nd clings to when
she finds it. 1' understand that this is
a biological law which-l um powerless
to resist.
“An {American may be happy with
an American husband, because she is
more interested in social questions
than in family. But fora Russian wo—
‘Inan familI is, and remains, the tem— H‘
ple of all her reverence, and love is
her supreme ideal. “
Mr. Taylor thanked Nabokoff for his
courtesy and his friendly sympathy.
“Of course, there is 'nothlng to be
done," he said. "1 have no status. le-
gal or otherwise. Yam a victim with-
out possibility of redress. Mme. Mak—
aI'oi’f has donc right—«at last."
Did Mr. Taylor than realize that he
was as powerless to continue ions in
this life, after such a blow had fallen,
as “as Oedipus Rex ‘of the (.1 eck Ilra~
ma when he had identified himseil as
the object of the Dclpllic OlflthHF fa-
tal design? Perhaps not; but the sow
que] was to prolc so.
Fulc had designed that he a man of
irIcpIIoacluIble life, chnlituhic to all
others, but uncompromising in all malt.-
tcl's affecting his own personal dig-
iInily, should be delivered over to self-
Hridil'uieH—«if not. to the ridicule 01 all
men. Could a. man's most Iitul part
he more desperately wounded?
There was unotheI rensnn why he
could not continue to live. The love
Hof his life cemented to him by those
years of ideal companionstIip was
gone— —-—Iet she was still present Her
absence in bodily fotm did not com—
§plele the rupture Her impnlpablo
presence was with him always. tirad-
luliiy she appeal'edIto him, more and
more clenl'lv in visions Particu-
larly after nightfall he could see, her
,'flguro floating near him.
Only his sister knew of this. Silo
tlicd ioHlnduce him to go away on a
long trip to foreign lnndsyuhut he re-
fusod to leave the Scenes of his great
happiness. To all others he appeared
cheerful and unconcerncdwhic dccp
dignity domnl‘ldcd
that much of him.
I,
On .lune.22 of tilts year-mallow the
date of his lost loved onc’s usual «to
nurture on her mysterious (visits
abrondmthe burden of. life hccnmc too
great for his strength. tile“ body was
found in his bodroomof the ~80th Nor.
walk house, and beside it was the new
revolver with which he had killed
himself.
lie was fully dresed and wore the
frock coal. in which he had stood up in
fsondon to be married .to Alllcttc doI
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Norwalk Chronicler