TRAGICAL AND FOOLISH.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4620, 25 October 1883, Page 2

TRAGICAL AND FOOLISH.

Towards the close of August, Horace Shepard, 23 years of age; a shipping clerk, and bis young wife killed themselves in New York. Shepard's marriage was uiknown to his friends, and it is inferred that he had experienced obstacles to it from his relatives. The day previous to the tragedy Shepard spent with his wife out of town. Retiring to rest at 10 o'clock at night, nothing was heard of them until 9 o'clock ip the morning, when the sound o,f two pistol shots brought the neighbors to the room. The couple were found on the bed, in their night clothes, weltering in their blood. The woman's arm was around her husband in a loving embrace, but his face was turned from her in an apparent spasm of agony. On the chair by the bed lay a small Bible, presented to him by his mother on his birthday. A mark was in it, and it opened at this ominous verse in the j Proverbs:—There is a way that seemeth right unto a map, but the end thereof are the ways of death." In Shepard's vest was the following note:—''July 20th, 1883.—Eev. P. L. Shepard Saybrook, Conn: —My dear mother and father,— Kitty and I were secretly married. There will be nothing revealed of the ceremony. We; have been very happy together in life, but we will be happier in death which seoms so pleasant. Our last wish and request is that we may rest together. With all our love and devotion we are your affectionate son and daughter.—• Eattie and Horace Shepard."