Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-04-26

A WOMAN WITH TWO HUSBANDS.

The following interesting narrative is
copied from late English paper. 1t is
quite as romantic as any thing that can be
found in the thousand imaginary works
with which the country is flooded, and the
denouement far more sens ible and natu
raj than novelists generally arrive at:
Eight years ago the daughter of Philip
Cor win, Esq, Of Welbeck, married clam
destinely the son Of her fathers gardener,
fine looking young fellow named Cakes.
As is usual in such cases, Ellen and hus-
band were turned out of doors, and told to
60 and beg their bread if they could not
get it any other way. Ellen was then
not quite sixteen years Of age, but girl
OF unusual spirit and tirmness. She there
fore induced her husband to go to London,
and they arrived almost friendless in that
metropolis. After staying here several
weeks they were enabled to do but little.
Ellen had procured some scholars through
the influence Of farmer schoolmate who
was married and settled but this little in
come would but little more than pay the
rent Of their one room. Young Cakes,
who was now for the first time struggling
with the world, almost gave up in despair.
Finally he shipped as hand before the
mast on board an East India trading yes
sci, and not daring to take formal leave of
his wife, he wrote her note the day the
ship sailed, advising her to return to her
paren ts, and declaring solemnly that ne
cesslty compelled him TO the course.he had
resolved on. He said that in three years
he would positively return, and hoped he
should then be in a condition to merit her
love and esteem. Poor Ellen felt ibrribly
this loss OF her husband; and from a feel
ing of resentment towards her father, who
had been the cause of the loss, she deter
mined not to go home, but to continue to
support herself by teaching. In this she
was successful. In vain did her father,
who had found out how matters stood, en-
deavor to persuade her to return. She
declared she would not receive a penny
of his bounty unless she received it in
company withher husband. In eight months
she received tidings of her husbands
death. The ship in which he sailed was
wrecked and all on board except the Sc
cond mate and two eamen,perished.
Her father tried to reclaim his child,
but now she was more resoutely preju-
diced against her family than ever. BY
her industry, skill and attention she had
secured the good graces OF two noble fam
lilies, and with their patronage she was
far above want. On the 10th Of Decem-
Der, 1913, Mrs Cakes was married to
James Gelston Wesley, Esq, gentleman
oil large landed estate in Norfolk. She
had no intercourse with her family up to
the time Of her second marriage, and even
after that event she received the visits of
her father and brothers coldly. She has
since lived very happily with her second
husband, by whom she has two children.
On the 23d Of September, lS47 her hus-
band returned 10 London, and learning of
her marriage he wrote her letter ANNOUNCE
ing his return and his escape from the
wreck nearly eight years before. The
feelings Of Mrs Wesley can better be i'm
agined than described. With her eyes
bathed in tears she handed the letter to
Sir James her husband. Very soon this
unhappy couple were on their way to Lon
don, and thenthe wife rushed into the arms
Of her first love-but the feeling of.the
mother finally prevailed. Mr. Cakes was
still in indifferent circumstances, but yet
he was far from wishing to influence his
wife to abandon her two children to ille-
gitimacy. 1t was therefore resolved that
all three should petition the Court for a
divorce from Cakes, and for an act legiti-
MIXING the children Of the second mar
rage. Sir James Wesley has procured
!, Mr. Cakes government office in the Gus
toms, and until the divorce is carried thro'
The lady will reside at her fathers house
in Welbeck. The London Dispatch says
that an act Of Parliament will have to be
passed in order to legitimate the children
Of this singular marriage.
Thrift Of the Yankee.-In perfectly good
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