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Show HAUNTED BY HIS WIFE." Her Spirit Follow! the Irunkard Wh Made Her Lire Blilerable. Out near the power mouse of IO East Seventh street cable line, sf the St. Paul Pioneer Pii'ss, there 111 I a man who U hauntod by the gho I his dead wife. At Ust this ia 1 story he tells, and he is corroboraS by his children, wlni say they have seen the spirit of their mother I The name of the irtn Is given asl Gordon, and it is said that he has been I a hard drinker for a number of years. About a year ago his wife brought I suit for divorce, ' alleging, among other reasons why the matrimonial knot should be severed, that her husband hus-band was an habitual drunkard. Previous Pre-vious "to this time entreaties and threats had been tried upon the man, but without avail. The prospect of a separation from his wife, however, brought him to his senses, and ho promised that if she would only live with him he would certainly reform. In order to make the promiso of more effect he sought out a priest and took a solemn oath that he would not drink any more intoxicating liquor as long as his wifo should livo. Relying upon this solemn promiso of her husband hus-band to reform tho wife once more forgave him. and divorce proceeding were stopped. For a time all went well. The man stopped drinking, and it really begau to look as if tho wifo was at last to realize some of tho comforts of homo lifo, of which she had been deprived tor so many years. But her fond hopes were soon blasted. Love for liquor proved stronger than' his lovo for hie wifo, and tho man was soon following bis old life of drunkenness. The wife seemed to be utterly discouraged dis-couraged by her husband's action, and after lingering for a few weary weeks she sank down in the sleep of death, and found the peace she had long looked look-ed for in vain. After her death tho man continued to indulge his evil habit, and it is said by his acquaintances acquain-tances that of late he lias seldom had a sober moment of existence. Recently, however, his drunken enjoyment en-joyment has been interrupted, and ho claims that the ghost of his dead companion com-panion continually haunts him and upbraids up-braids him for breaking his oath. At first he only plunged deeper into dissipation, dissi-pation, if that were possible, but he could not free himself from tho woman who had died in grief for his neglect and abuse. Her faco appeared before him continually during tho still watches of the night, wearing a look of reproach that nearly rendered him insane. At last ho pleaded with the spirit to leave him alone. To a friend he afterward said that in response to his entreaties tho spirit said sho would haunt him until he Bhould die. Becoming Be-coming angry at her refusal to leave him, he seized a gun and fired at the ghost but with a mocking laugh, it disappeared, only to come again on tho succeeding night Tho children sny they also have seen their mother. Thero are two of tho children, a girl of 12 years and a boy of 9, and both stoutly maintain that they have seen their mother in ho house since she diod. |