Show COURT REFUSES T TO RECOGNIZE J l US SPIRIT Beautiful German Girl Girl Would Divorce Brother of of First Husband on Account Account Account Ac Ac- count of Ghosts Ghost's Activity VIENNA Ja Jan 26 By y U U. P The P.-The The jealous lealous ghost of ot a departed husband cannot be accepted as tangible grounds for a divorce according to toa toa toa a court ruling here much to the dismay of M. M Anton Bach and hi his beautiful wife who are so anxious to be free from their bond that friends in high social circles fear Cear they will commit suicide Behind the application is a tragic tale of the affection between two brothers In the gay days das here before the war Anton Bach was a a. bachelor and a philosopher He possessed a considerable fortune and found life lite good The only member of his family was his brother Geor Georges es to whom he was greatly atly devoted de and who was devoted to him Georges married Gisele a ver very beautiful Fir cirl from Crom an aristocratic family but she he came to him very ery poor Sh She loved gay life and carried him with her until he had squandered his lila fortune fortune fortune for for- tune and broken his health In 1913 he died but shortly before he called his brother Anton and said WILLED A WIFE My Iy dear brother I die completely complete complete- ly by ruined The only anxiety I have in passing Is for my beloved wife She is ignorant of the fact that I Iam Iam Iam am penniless and it Is insupportable for me inc to think that tomorrow my mv widow will be obliged to expel all happy memories and forget me You are rich and have no family and I beg of you for the sake sale o othe of the love that has alwa always s 's been between between between be be- tween us to assume the care ot of my wife I confide her to you Anton promised and swore e never to forget the oath he had taken talen I He lIe took care of the widow and they behaved lII like e brother and elsten sister sis els- els ter ten to each other But the city of gay widows soon soon called and Georges had not lie been lieen en dead many weeks when she was living as of or orold I old now on Antons Anton's mone money And Antons Anton's capital began to melt but faithful to his oath he never complained complained com corn and supported the follies tollies of his sister in ANTON DRAFTED f r rJ J Just st when complications became serious erious the war var broke out and Anton Anton Anton An An- ton was was mobilized as an officer of the reserve resene In time he was or ordered ordered ordered or- or dered to the front but In his haste to depart he did not forget his oath to his his his' brother He lie made a a. will I le leaving his entire estate to his sister-in-law sister but the estate had I been so far Car reduced by her spend- spend Ings and wartime business disorganization disorganization that i it amounted to toI I scarcely nothing So Anton hit upon the happy scheme of or making Gisele his wife so that when he I was killed she would draw v the widows widow's pension They agreed it itI I would be a marriage In name only onh- and Anton was content to feel foel that she was taken care of ot But he was not killed and when he lie was demobilized he be returned to his fireside to find his legal wife wiCe there The They continued their purely pure pure- Ily ly friendly relations opt out of memory Ifor for the departed one one whom they both cherished Hard times followed followed fol fob I lowed bowed funds ran low and poverty po I drew them closer together than riches had done Finally they were expelled from their lodgings and forced to occupy a single room LEARNED TO SAVE The association association gradually re removed removed removed re- re moved thE tho past and at length the they discovered that each loved lo the other I I and had not dared to reveal leveal It The oath loath of fidelity to the dead was broken I Then appeared the ghost of Georges Bach Every night when they retired they heard someone creeping furtively ely about the room and always an an invisible hand scratched the wood on the side of ot the bed The terrified couple would see a pair of or great great eyes eyes disappear in the darkness and hear a groan The ghost appeared every ery night and never gave them a moment of or restfulness At length the they got two rooms and occupied separate rooms room but the ghost came just the same and ran from one room to the other They tried every ery way to get rid of ot him sold their furniture and moved several times but Georges like bike Banquo's ghost would not down dow Dr the examining magistrate for tor the civil tribunal wh who investigated the case to find if it there were grounds for a a. divorce wrote a lengthy report on the evIdence evidence evi evI- dence deuce and recommended that the divorce be granted because clearly clear ly by the man and woman will always alwa's be tortured as long as they are married But the tribunal re refused refused refused re- re fused to follow his advice declaring declaring ing big that the evidence invoked ea could not be accepted by law I |