Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-01-11
4 Much Married Woman.
A Narrative ofiFaets.

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IA writer contributes to the col
lumns of the Chester Pa ,Repub.
lica'a, an article on stony Weler's
Widows from which we extract
1.-THE following aaLssa Hai1 T]9E
agssAnother very cohrtable widow
was a ayouhg lad ! of Washington,
Pa. She became engaged TO a
young man named Robert 80, in
1916. Her father, however, OBJ.
iected to thismatch with one of,
his clerks and when the young Ia.
dy received a tempting proposal
from wealthy suitor the paternal
influence soon effected a marriage
despite the previous engagement.
In less than three months her
husband was killed by a kick from
a horse { Robert was a second
time then a suitor, but delayed the
important question until fifteen
months had elapsed, when, to
his horror, she informed him that
she was engaged In three months
thereafter she was married. Two
years elapseds when the mar
ried couple removed to Syracuse,
N, Y, where, among the victims
Of the cholera, when the pestilence
swept that city, was the second.
Robert again sought her hand,
and when ~ year had elapsed, was
on the eve, of a declaration, when
10! he received an Invitation to her
wedding, Her late husbands BUSH
mess was found in such a state
that TO avoid immense losses she
married the, surviving partner.
Shortly after, she removed with
her third husband to Detroit, Mich
igan. A few years elapsed when
herself and husband were on
steamer that was wrecked near
Buffalo. The husband perished
and the wife escaped solely
though the exertions Of a friend
who was on board. His gallantry
inspired such sentiments in her
breast that she married her brave
preseryer a few months after her
third widowhood. The happy pair
removed to PittSburg, where the
husband was engaged in mercan-
tile, business. FhtherRobert, still
cherishing his, FIRST love, follow:
ed them. One day as he was pass.
ing the. husbands store he. saw a
terrible commotion. Rushing in,
he beheld the mangled corpse of
that gentleman, OH the floor, 3 A
tierce of rice, in being hoisted to
an upper story, had fallen through
the traps, killing him instantly.
Anxiously Robert inquired if any
one had gone to inform his wife,
and was told that the bookkeeper
had just left. Robert started for
Allegheny City, where the deceas.
ed had resided, at the top Of his
speed. The bookkeeper was just
ahead of him, and from past. ex-
perience, knowing the virtue of
prompt action, and apprehending
that-the clerk had9desigps ou-the
widow, he, Fanf for dear life, side
by side. The race continued un-
til they reached Hand. street
bridge, Whenthe Glerkswas obliged
to stop to pay the tolls, while Rob-
ert, a commuter, passed over with
outstopping. 1Reaching the house
of the widow first, Robert told the
heart-rending news, and in the
same breath made a proposal of
marriage. He was accepted. True
to her promise, after a year of
mourning she became his wife.
AS allssher husbands had died
wealthy, Robert was comfortably
fixed after all. This case is re-
markable example ofrWbat pluck
and perseverance will do for
man, while at the same time it
teaches a lesson on the danger
Of delay" a1---4