The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-05-26
A Married Woman Abandons her
Husband and Runs after Strange
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A Married Woman Abandons her
Husband and Runs after Strange
Idols. a5s-r
Duprez d Benedict's minstrels have
come and gone in blaze of
glory, leaving behind naught but the
tenderest recollectionsy and the desire
that they viii, come again. Gone with
their boxes, their trunks and their
banjoes. Gone with their cloggists !;
but this is not all that is gone. Close
after them-supposDd to be with them;
at all events, not great way Off
follows an irrepressible fenale' a mar
ried woman, whose husband -esides irf
this city, who has foresworn he.s mar.
ital obligations, bid adieu to the nap-
py home that once surrounded her,
and resolved to take up her fortunes
with gay and jolly youth, who plays
the banjo and the fiddle, in the troupe
aforesaid, leaving a devoted husband
behind to stamp his feet, tear his hair
and foam, and rave over the duplicity
of woman. and the transitory nature
of all earthly happiness. Below fol-
lows plain matter-of-fact statement
of the romantic affair:
On the first night that the minstrels
opened in this city. in one of the seats
of the dress-circle might have heen
observed stout, ruddy faced gentle
man, a little past the prime of life;
while by his side was seated spark
ling brunette of not more than twenty
two summers, who was an interested
spectator of all the proceedings. She
was the wife of the ruddy faced gen.
tleman. AS the play progressed, it
was observed that the attention of the
lady in question seemed to be conferred
upon one of the members of the Minis
trel troupe, and at several times she
bestowed upon him mods, becks and
wreathered smiles. It was clearly a
case of love at first sight, and the
guilty passion was reeiprocated. This
behavior, on the part of the wife, was,
not unnoticed by the husband, and af--
ter the concert, upon their arrival
home, he asked for an explanation.
At first the wife was reticent, and
treated the demand with contempt;- :
but finally she broke out with storm
of rcproaches, in which the words
"beast," monster" were plainly dis
tinguishable, accused her husband of
neglect, cruelty, ETC., and ended by
declaring that she did not love him
and would not live with hlm another
week for all the greenbacks in the
United States Treasury. Of course
the husband was somewhat surprised
on hearing this unwifely language,
but, supposing it to be the result of
passion, he attached no special signifi-
canoe to the words. The next day,
how or by whom for the present re1
mains mystery, card was sent to
the minstrel requesting the pleasure
of an interview, selecting the Tivoi
gardens as the trysting place. The
parties met, and there it seems, an ar.
rangement was entered into to the eff
feet that the woman should desert her
home and husband and follow her new
choice, which, it seems, has been faith
fully carried out. eT
Last Friday the. erring female got
together all her personal effects, pack
ed them secretly in trunks and sent
them down to the river, with orders
to be taken on the first boat leaving
for st. Louis. In the afternoon she
appeared to be in the best of spirits,
and, telling her husband that she was
going out for a short time to call upon
lady friend, she took her departure.
When the husband returned, m the
evening, instead of finding warm
supper and smiling, penitent wife
waiting to receive him, he found the
house silent and deserted, the rooms
in disorder, his wife's apparel gone
and, upon table, note, in her hand
writing, of which the following is a
copy: wi, ,,o,, .,,,.
posed you had some money and some
brains, but now know you have neith-
er. 7 have come to the conclusion to
live with you no longer, but shall re-
sign myself to the care of one who un-
derstands my nature and can make
me happy. You may follow us if you
choose, but I tell you that it will do
no good; for, rather than set my foot
under your roof again, will take a
dose of arsenic. Yours, etc.
The surprise and rage of the hus-r
band may be imagined, but it cannot
be described. His first impulse was
to follow her, but upon mature re-
feetion he concluded to let the woman
go-and she went.
Thus ends this somewhat novel ro-
nance. One redeeming feature OF the
transaction is that the couple leave no
children to be made miserable. Out
of respect TO the feelings of the out
ragged and injured husband, we have,
suppressed all names, and shall leave
our readers free to draw their own
conclusions as to the principal actors
in this little drama, not put down IN
the bills. Dubuque Times.