The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-03-24
A Real Life Rom ance.

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woman living in her home at Manson, be-
came possessed with the desire to go West
and teach school. In the town of Ana
moso, Iowa, she found her vocation, and by
and by, husband. He was the youngest
and INDUCED son of a wealthy widow. The
happy couple set out on the matrimonial
sea, both being only about nineteen years
of age. When our heroine wrote to her
father in Monson of her plans, he went on
to Iowa for few months visit, and being
pleased with his daughters prospects built
and furnished house for her. The moth
er of the young husband gave him fine
farm, we'll stocked and equipped and no
young couple ever started in life with
brighter prospects.
In short time, however, bad specula-
tions and mismanagement had stripped
her husband of all his property. His pride
was much mortified by the turn of affairs,
and, in sudden desperation, he left his
home, his wife and infant daughter and
enlisted in one of the first regiments which
was raised to put down the rebellion. His
family received few letters from him and
then came an unbroken silence. In vain
they wrote to him and then to his officers
and comrades. He was reported among
the missing. The wife or widow-she
knew not which-at length returned to her
Monson home and afterwards came to
Springfield and entered the employ of
Tinkham & Co., proving herself capable
and efficient in the millinery department.
At the end of four or five years she re-
visited her husbands friends in Iowa, and
soon married a gentleman there, having
first for the sake of certainty, obtained a
divorce from her husband, although real
ly supposing herself widow. In few
months after this second marriage, this
second husband died and the lady again re-
turned to her New England home-twice a
widow as she supposed-and soon was in
her old place at Tinkham's.
Some months ago-this is one of the
strangest incidents in this eventful history
she dreamed that hack called at her
boarding-place and took her to the Mas
sasoit House, where she met her missing
husband, to whom she was again united in
marriage. The dream, of course, made a
deep impression on her mind, but as
months wore away and nothing came of it,
she regarded it as "only dream" But
one day last fall a letter reached the
post Office in Anamoso, directed to her.
Some one who knew her caused it to be re-
directed to this city. 1t SO happened that
she was absent at the time, and after re-
naming in the Springfield post Office for
awhile, it was returned to Iowa. Her
friends there then enclosed it in another
envelope and sent it here again and it final
ly reached her as she was at work in Tink-
hams store.
On opening it she nearly tainted. 1t was
from her first husband, from whom or of
whom not a lisp had been heard by his
friends for thirteen years. 1t stated that
he was in the wilds of Texas following the
hazardous life of ranchero. He had left
home with the determination of never re-
turning till he had made good his shatter-
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redeemed this VOW that he was on the
point of seeking his family and friends
when some turn Of the wheel of fortune
dashed him back to poverty. At length
the tickle goddess had favored him and he
was rich again. Whether his wife was
living, whether she was the mother of
another mans family, and host of other
questions, she hastened to answer.
Other letters were written by both, but
all failed, by reason Of hostile Indians,
faithless carriers, &C., of reaching their
destination. But the one assuring him
that his wife was still his own and telling
where she could be found was enough.
Sometime afterward stranger inquired
one afternoon at the Massasoit House if
there was such firm as Tinkham & Co.,
in the city. Being assured on this point
he called hackman and told him to drive
to their store and bring Mrs, to the
hotel. She was not at the store and the
hack driver was directed to her boarding
place, where he found her, and the dream
was proved true The meeting is not for
us TO describe.
The next evening there was wedding
at the house Of prominent clergyman of
this city, and the bride was a woman who
was then married the third time, yet had
but two husbands, and by their side stood
a blooming miss of fourteen to witness the
marriage of her own legitimate father and