The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-05-19

AN aaei.aens at tnlrasso motel.


Three gentlemen happened to meet no
breakfast at the Grand Pacific Hotel
one morning last week They were,
strangers to each other All were read
ing the Chicago Tribune, when sud-
denly one broke the silence with the re-
mark "By Joye + She's divorced
agaii.." Noticing that his words had
attracted the attention Of lis compaEl-
ions, he apologizpd and explained that
he had been somewhat surprised TO see
the divorce of his quonda1n wife cflroT-
ieied IN the legal intelligence g Size
s:fdd parted tie faid, IN q dreamy.
retrospective manner, ssin Ananet. 1872
this wife will. lst-Iid determined.
nse to destroy my I.ares and I,et.ates---
aud two months afterwards che married
q fellow named Tompkins." ssTomp-
kins ?" said the secolsd gentleman.
with a sudden interest; 'sTonpkins.
Peoria, October, 1972-was her i.anse
Iheodosia ? A woman who had lisn-
pid blue eyes, and always had rolling
pin under her pillow on nights tie
lodge met ?'' sThe same, stranger, the.
same" "Shakc, old paid p said the first
speaker; 'and how was she ?'' sSlse
WAS all my fancy painted her. replied.
the second sbnt had rival ii q.
stove-lifter, for whom she had too much.
affection, and in January, 1875, the
courts of Lafayette, Ind, dissolved the.
bonds between us. / believe she mar
rid agaiil-sorne rooster called Green, /
heard" sI am the rooster named
Green, and am glad TO make your ac-
qliaintance. Gentlemen, knew your
wife well for ever year, and, barring
her vivacity with toasting-forks and
long-handled trying pans, a better wife
| never had. BUT we parted last De
eembcr, as soon rs could get out of
the doctors hands with fracture of Tho
skull Tin conjunction with DISCUSSION
concerning getting up TO fight tine fire
also boot iack), and thought the fact
af our divorce had been previously an
ncunced." nBut,' said the first speak
er, s'your name, my companion in di-
yorce, is Green; the last time she was
divorced it was from Brown" sslSrown?
brown ?'' said AIR. TomkiIis, reflective
ly; s'there was one fellow named Brown.
used 10 tag after herr eft must be.
the same one" ssGentlemen," said the.
first speaker, refiectively, s'thi is most
remarkable coincidence When rEsaia i.
we three meet again. I don't usually
drink after breakfast, bnt this is q spe-
cial occasion and we may, mayn't we -
20 they all went cut To the bar-roonn.
together to drink success 10 Brown, and
as they stepped up to they Lar the met q.
man who said: s.Genilcusesl, this is my
treat. I've just been divorced, and my
name IS Brown, and Pm going to treat
tire house. Give it a nap'e and call fer
the best in the house, His tl.rce
friends shook hands with him solemniy,
exchanging three looks OF intelligence.
among themselves, when weak-eyed
young man walked IN diagonally and.
said "See here, you fellers have got 20.
take bottle OF wine with me. Pm a
newly married man, bridegroom re-
joicing to run race, you know have
something % And so he wandered ON,
till, to get rid of him, they agreed TO.
60 u4-stairs to the ladies' parlor and be.
presented 10 his newly made bride.
They did so, and 10 and behold she was.
their wifi. The situation was suffi-.
ciently embarrassing, but the woman.
disln't faint, but simply remarked :.
ssOh, Mr. Green, glad to meet you !;
your face seems familiar to me, Mr..
Tompk.ns Somehow the name seems.
known TO me, Mr.. Brown. T seem to,
recollect your face, amy relation TO the.
Browns, OF Lafayette, Ind. =" And 70
on. Truly, truth is stranger than fic-.
ton Chicago Tribune.