Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-11-19
A STORY OF DIVORCES
The Strange VIctssitndes of a Mar.
rid Life.

Ene strange VIctssitndes of a Mar.
| rid Life.
1t may not be generally known, We,
1T Is probably true, that the novel OF
East Lynne, although written in Eng.
land. had the ground work of its story
In a singular marriage which took
place in Cincinnati, the notice and the
attending circumstances at tia time
being copied by almost every paper in
the Countrywide matter was about
as follows
A Mr.. J. NJ clerk in a downtown
/ house, fell in love with young lady.
whose father was well-to-do Sec nd
street merchant, and at proper
season of attention the couple were
| married
{ Both soon found out that they wer.
| not happily mated, and after u mar
rage of several years, during which
time they had three children, two boys
and girl, they mutually agreed to the
husband, applying for bill If divorce,
Oh the ground OF incompatlbIity of
temper. The divorce was granted,
aud the wife went home to her father,
who had. through indorsing, lost his
bu~lness and all his property The
weighed SO heavily upou the fathers
| mind, tnat during moment of men
tai alienation he took his own lifp,
leaving lis daughter pennIIess, to
rough it with the cold charity ii the
world ns best she could.
The woman. brave little crea IN re-.
tried every way she knew how to- gam
an honest livelihood ; in foct, work
Ing 20 hard giving music lessons and
do1ng embroidery for Der cid school
mates that her health gave way, and
having no money to pay her board,
must stafve or go to the pOnrhouse
10 turn the other side of the pic.u
the husband, after few months re-
lease from the martial bonds, again
married, aid at the time had noS only
Tie three chill lien by the first VT,
but also an addition thereto, little
two year-otd girl by the seconI wife.
The latter beil G i'll, tie husband
advertised for nurse and house keep
Il. which notice reached the eyes OF
the first wife, and she, i'll i,er trouble
went to the former partner of her
heart told him of her sad Condition,
and applied for the position i'll his
household. The husband knew no.
what 20 say, but, after giving her 4m
pie funds for her Immediate wants.
asked her Js call again at lis Office Oh
the following morning, pr missing to
consult his wife about the matter i'll
the meantime.
Promptly as per agreement wife No.
| was Oh TINT, as was the busband,
and from there they went to the resi-
dence, where the two wives had their
first converS atom, ending in their
s.
and accept the vac ant place, which she
d1d, seeming deilghted at having a
peaceful home over her head notwIth- |
standing the very strange clrcumstan-
ces under ~hIcn such shelter wa,
given. Necessity demanded that the |
entire past should be obIitArated, aud |
tue new housekeeper sreat>d as any
other help, that ste must care for the |
children--her own -pring-and the |
other children the same as~any hired |
nurse would do; that she must eat at |
the second table to care for her char
geS.
All these things and even more hu
mility did the poor woman show, no
word or look exhibiting the least evil
dence of discomfort. What, however,
must have been the true feelings of
hs r heart when seeing another filling
the place that she had opce tried, as
She thought so hard to fill. The above
IS from the files OF an old Clnciuatti
paper; but the sequel as told by one
with the whole facts, is
stranger than what has been already
narrated. When the cholera was rag
n that city in 1866. the second wife
was taken ve.y i'll with il; and being
Informed by the physic an that she
could live but few hours at the most,
IS she WAS then III a collapsed condi-
ion, sue asked that al go out Of the
DOM excepting her hurband and the
when she told how much
she dreaded leaving her children
among strangers, and as dying wife
antreated them both to marry again.
The proposition was strange one, but
hey both promised, and few months
tf5erward. when the second wife had
been dead sufficient length OF time
not TO cause remarks, the two were
again married, brought together after
a cruel separation Of 80 many years,
and We believe are now living happily
in a cosy West End house.