The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-22
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Three gentlemen happened 10 meet :.
breakfast at the Great Pacific Hotel on.
morning last week They were strang
CTS 10 each other Suddenly ono brot,
we silence with the Remarks nv Joye
shes divorced again NOTICING tba,
ms words had attracted the attention y,
hia companions, no apolonzed and n y
planned that he had been somo'a, y I,
surprised TO see the diyorue of Mn o,an'
uaih wlie cmonlcled in the legal inteIli.
gence' she and parted he said IN
q dreamy Retrospective manner W.
August, lsl2-this wife with n nntlab
determined me TO destroy my Lares and
,enales--end two months Afterwards
~ sne married up IN Peoria fellow named
iolhpNlhS' "TompkinsY said the SEQ.
ono gentleman, with a sudden Interest.
lompklns, Peoria, October ls7o--was
her name TheodosiaY Woman who bsS
n' iP 9lue eyes and always had a
tplllhs,pln under her pillow ON nights
we lodge metz The same. STRANGER
enc s same Shake, old pard, said the
hrst speaker "and how was shep1 .she
was oil my fancy painted her )" renlicd
tho second, but had n rival 'G INV
st1ye'lllter for which sho had too much
Affection, and in january 1873 The
courts OF Lafayette Ind, dissolved the
ponds between us. | believe She marri.
go agaih--some rooster called Green
heard u am the rooster named Gronn
anu anu am glad to make your acouaint.
ahIe' Gentlemen, | knew YOUR wife
Woil iof over u year and, barring her
yivaG,ty with toasting.forks and long.
handled trying-pans, u better wife | ncS
OF mad But we parted last December
as soon as ! could get out of tho doctoTs
hands with fracture of the skull Yin
conjunction with a discussion concern.
ing getting up to light the fre.-also a
93ootJack), and thoughtthe fact of our
divorce had beenpreviously announced . |
But said tho first speaker "vonr
name my companion In divorce ia
ureeni the last time she was divorced il |
was from Brown Brown Browng |
saio Mr. Tompkins, renectiyely; there |
was one fellow named Brown used 10 |
tag after her" 1T must be the same
one, Gentlemen said The Grs,
speaker reaectively, this is most re-.
markable coincidence. When shall wa
tnree meet again, don't usually drink
after breakfast but this is a special oc.
caslon and we may, mayn't WEI! So thew
all went out to tho bar.room together 10
drink success to Brown, and as thew
stepped up to the bar they met a man
VINO sad: Gentlemen, this is nv treat
I've just been divorced and NV name il
Brown, and I'm going to treat thehouse"
HIS three friends shook hands with him
soil,emnly exchanging three looks of in.
teiligence among themselves when A
young man walked in ding.
onally and said See here, You felleTs
have got to take bottle of wine with
me- In a newly-married man; bride
groom rejoicing to run race you know;
have somethingy And so he wandered
on till, to get rid of him. they agreed to
go up stairs to the ladies palor and be
presented to his newly.made bride
They did so, and 10 and behold she was
their wifel The situation was sufficient.
y embarrassing, but the woman didn't
faint but simply remarked ooh Mr..
ireen, glad to meet you; your face
seems familiar to me, Mr.. Tompkins?
somehow the name seems known to me
Mr.. Brown | seem to recollect your
ace; any relation to the Browns, of Lafa-
'ette lnd.Y And so on Truly, truth
) stranger than fiction. |,