Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-03-17
Romance i'm Real Life.

seldom transpired. The facts are these /:
ABOUT fve years ago man named
Edward Carey left an affectionate and
beautiful wife and three interesting
children to seek fortune in the mines
of California. For one year after his
arrival in the gold country, Carey wrote
constantly to his wife, and enclosed fre-
quent sums of money. Suddenly the
correspondence ceased, and Mrs. Carey,
receiving no money, was compelled to
adopt other means to obtain livelihood
for herself and little ones. In few
weeks thereafter Mrs. Carey received in
formation that her husband had been
killed in the mines, which was corrob-
GRATED by subsequent letter from Cali
fornia. For three years she lived, as she
supposed she was, a widow, and receiv.
ing the attention of an italian named
Joseph Reibe, who succeeded in gaining
her affections, she consented to marriage.
and about a year ago the two were le-
gally united in the bonds of wedlock,
ana have ever since lived quite happily
together.
On Sunday last, as the church bells
were summoning to the house Of God
the worshipers of the true Being, Ed
ward Carey, who had arrived direct from
California by the morning train, was
making inquiries in the neighborhood
| lin which his family resided when he
left Cincinnati) for his wife and child.
ren. His neighbors and friends stood
amazed and trembled upon beholding
the man whom they had long since be-
ileved to be dead. Upon being assured
that it wa Carey, who was not dead
but living, he was astounded with the
intelligence that his wife, who had also
believed that he had "gone to that
bourne whence no traveller returns"
was again married to another man, with
whom she was now living in domestic
felicity. Ascertaining the residence of
MIR. and Mrs. Reibe, the afflicted hus-
band FASTENED to ascertain whether
what he had heard was true or false:
Knocking at the door, tall Italian,
measuring six feet one and one-half
inches, came to the door. Carey in.
quired:
Does Mrs. Reibe live here 2"
She does-will you walk in?" re-
piled the Italian.
Yes sir; will you please tell her
that gentleman desires to see her"
said Carey.
The Italian consented, and on going
to the door leading into the dining room
called his wife by her first name. She
answered, and, all full OF smiles, came
running into the parlor. Upon seeing
her husband, who rose from his seat to
meet her, she screamed out, "My God,
Carey !" and fell fainting to the floor.
The husbands both hastened to raise her
from the floor when Carey informed
Reibe that he was Edward Carey the
lady's lawful husband. Reibe also
claimed her as his wife, and added, ct
shall never give her up" Before the
wife had fully recovered from her faint
ing attack the two husbands had become
engaged in angry violent words, result
ing in Careys drawing a pistol upon
Reibe, and by the latter being forcibly
elected from his house. Reibe, on Mon
day morning, had warrant sworn out
in the Police Court, charging Carey with
disorderly conduct, and provoking him
to commit breach of the peace. Carey
was arrested, and when arraigned be-
fore Judge Warren, in the presence of
Reibe and the wife, he asked the
Court to hear an explanation before
he entered his plea. Judge Warren
consented, and Carey stated that he
and Reibe both claimed the lady (point-
ing to Mrs. Carey Reibe) rs wife, and he
believing himself to be the legal claim.
ant. nau become disorderly in demand
ing peremptorily of Reibe that he should
give her up. Reibe, through the prose-
cutting attorney Mr.. Straub, exhibited
to the Court the marriage certificate,
and the question was at once raised,
What further proceedings could be had
In that Court Z" The wife, who like
Niobe, all in tears, was called up and
asked by the Court if either of these
men was her husband She replied that
she had been married to both, but hav-
ing learned that her first husband was
lead, she formed an attachment for
Reibe three years afterward, and married
him. After assuring the Court tof her
1eeply-seated attachment always for Ca
rey, and now her warm affection for
Reibe, who had been an affectiOnate and
devoted husband, the Court inquired of
Ter, viz:
What do you now propose to do; live
With your first husband who is legally
'uch, or your last husband, who, by
and unintentionally,
rou have made your husband Z"
The lady replied, "My duty and desire
re to go and live with my first hus-
and, Edward Carey"
The scene which followed can never
e described. Carey and his wife ap-
reached each other and wept aloud,
vhile the disappointed Italian, seated in
is chair like statue, presented pic
nre of despair and disappointment
resently his feelings were overcome,
nd he grievously wept, eliciting the
of all. Carey and his wife,
rm in arm, left the Courtroom, and
eibe, after receiving kindly admo-
ition from the Court that he must
Q resigned, and pursue the matter no
lrther, left the presence of the Court
eeply chagrined and terribly mortified
the fate which had befallen him. Ca
" and his family are preparing to
ave the city. and Reibe, all alone in a
eserted house, refuses to be comforted.
-Csncinnati Enquirer
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