Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-09-27
FOOLISH YOUNG WIFE.

From the Kansas City (Ao.) Times, Sept. 8.
Soon after the arrival of the eleven
o'clock Hannibal and st. Joseph train
on Monday night, the railroad "busp
deposited at one of our principal hotels
a young and beautiful girl, about
nineteen years Of age. She had no
baggage, and was apparently in great
distress. 1t was with a trembling
and choked voice that she gave her
name to the night clerk and desired
to be shown to a room. In the morn
ing the landlady of the hotel waited
upon her, aud, after considerable
difficulty, ELECTED the following his
tory Of her troubles: Her name she
gave as Etha Adams. She had left
her parents home, near Lima, San
dusky county, o., one week ago, the
restless, dissatisfied wife of a young
farmer, who had been given to her as
her husband. They had been school
mates together in childhood, but of
late years they had been separated,
she attending school at Oberlin, he
working ON his fathers farm. The
marriage was not Objectionable to
her, neither was it her choice. The
young couple were married and took
the train at Norwalk for Cleveland,
where they took passage via the lakes
for Chicago, intending as she states,
to visit some friends of her husband
near Elgin, Ill.
The steamer was crowded with q
gay and festive cosmopolitan crowd,
including preachers, gamblers, far
mers, traders, tourist and SCHOOL
marms." The evenings were long
and pleasant and the company soci-
able. In the party on board were a
party from Buffalo, among whom was
a good looking, well dressed youth,
not more than twenty-five years of
age, to whom the young wife was in
trOduced. George ID. Rankin and
Mrs. Adams" soon became very
friendly, and to pass the evenings
away Mrs. Adams, who had been
nurtured in the lap of free-loYeism,
proposed a game of 'Planchette. ;"
The mysteries board was produced,
and, as she says, ''it worked to a
charm" They played with the
trinket every evening upon the cabin
table, and from it she learned that
Mr.. Rankin was her true husband,
and that nothing should intervene to
keep them separate. Through the
"Planchetten Rankin
planned an elopemeRt at Milwaukee,
and flight to his friends in Colorado.
The stolid young farmer, busy with
the fast youths on the forecastle and
deck, noticed nothing unusual in the
close intimacy between his Etha and
the young New Yorker, nor did he
suspect anything when she asked and
obtained from him his well filled
pocket book. The New Yorker and
Mrs. Adams took a short walk while
the steamer touched at Milwaukee,
and of course forgot'to return. A fast |
night train carried them to Chicago,
and then on to Quincy, where they |
-arried in eoncealment to watch for |
and elude pursuit. While there Ran
kin obtained possession of her money, |
to nearly $1,000, and ex-
changed worthless gilt ring for a
valuable diamond One-a gift from /
ler mother. They continued their |
Quincy on Monday, and all went
we'll until they reached Cameron,
when her affinity" Rankin, left
Ter, as he said, "for few minutes to
axe a smoke in forward car" He
lid not return; the train moved on
,ut he came not. Mrs. Adams became
.nXious she called the conductor
lie had a note for her, written on one
# Rankin's own c1rds. 1t read:
DEAR GIRL am called suddenly
way from you. Return to your
hubby" at Elgin until call foryou.
Aurevior. GEORGE.
The train brought the shame-strick.
n wife to Kansas City without bag
age or means to return home. Her 1
reGm of love was suddenly broken,
Ter cup of joy dashed aside, and she
ow realizes the first bitter lesson of
uman depravity and the folly Of ,
Fortunately she remembered that
er mother had friends living in the
ity, and yesterday, by the aid of the ]
olice, found one of them in Mr.. D. P.
ameson, proprietor of a railroad
oarding house in the Bottom. There /,
he will remain until her husband /
alls or sends for her.