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Show WHY' SHE SEEKS FREEDOM- This Terrible Ordeul to VVUlth a Wife ffw Subjitf-tecl. A story with all tho interest aud Fuspenss of tho story of Bluebeard's last wife was ro-centlv ro-centlv told by Mrs. Margaret J. V helaa id her superior court bill for divorce from James "VVhelau, at Giicago. From her marriage. mar-riage. Auk. IS, 1S38, until ov. ., 18?i9, her story does not materially differ from me hundreds of similar tales. She was beaten and abused by her husband, who twice afr tempted to kill her with a huifo. Once ho out her dress from her back as i was escaping, and again stabled a neighbor who interfered to save her from abuse, bhe loft him, but returned on his pronie of , , V I ter behavior. She entered the house and allowed al-lowed him to a roc m. .Too late she noticed that the knobs of the door had been removed and their lUaces tafcea by heavy staples which were fastened with telegraph wires end padlocks. The torn 5". I woman ssked her nus-band nus-band wbab ho meant to do, and he turned on her and, adzing her by uio uair, urags to ths floor. "Your intnutes ars aumberedr he exclaimed. "IVay uaw, for you have bu five minutes to live." fcho knelt on tlw floor, with her hondj clasped in prayer, and ho opened a huge- iuifj and fioarLshed it above her head.. ' The time was pitting short, nnd Y hdan turned to a shelf to cha-ngo ths clock to a more convenient conven-ient place to watch the minutes 03 they i iassed. As h turned his bsck Mrs. Whelaa sprang to her feet and leaped through tne window to tho street. She was seriously Iu-. ared by her fall, but waS coi-ed for- by neigh-bors. neigh-bors. Jndce Jamiesou entered an order. pn-jmimig pn-jmimig W helaa fsom in any Way annoying |