Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-04-25
Strasssr Thaa Fiction.

Three gentlemen happened to meet at
breakfast III tho Grand Pacific Hotel one
morning last week. They were strangers
10 each other. AL we're reading the
Tribune, when suddenly one broke the
silence with the remark. "By Jove! shes
divorced again!' Noticing that his
words had attracted the attention of his
companions, he apolosizsd. and sx-
plaiped that he bad been somewhat sur
priscd TO wee the divorce OF his quondam
wife chronicled In the legal intslliesncs.
"Shs and parted." he said. in . dreamy.
retrospective manner. ''in August. lsla
this wife with . pot.lid determined TO
destroy my Lares and Penatss-and two
months aitsrward she married. up In
Peoria. a fellow named Tompkins.
Tompkiusy" said the second Rsntlsman.
with q sudden intsrsst-"Tompkins,
Peoria, October. is72-was her name
Thsodosiaf Woman who had lin
mid blue eyes, always had .
rolling-pin under her pillow ON niehu
the lodge metz" "The same. stranger.
the same. Skaks. old pard." said the
nrst speaker; "and how was sheT
She was all my fancy painted her,. re-
Piled the second; "but had rival In
a stoye-lifter for which she had too
much affection. and in January. 1870.
the county Of Lafayette, Ind. dissolved
the bonds between US. i believe sne
married again - some rooster named
Green. I heard" 81 am the rooster
named Green, and am glad TO make your
acquaintance. Gentlemen. I knew your
wife we'll for over o year. and. barring
her vivacity with toasing- forks and long.
handled fryins-pan better wife 1
never had. But We parted last Dscsm-
Der, a soon a. could get out of the
doctors hands with q fracture OF the
skuli, In conjunction with q discussion
concerning getting up to Light ths hrs-
also q boot -jaek-and l thought THAI
our divorce had been previously an
nounce,l." "But. said the first speaker.
'.your name. my companion In divorce.
In Green; the last time she was divorced
II was from Brown" "Browni Brovn!"
said Mr.. Tompkins. rsfisctivsly. ''thsrs
was one fellow named Brown who used
TO tag after her." "It must be the same
ons." "Gsntlsmsn. said the hrst
speaker. rsfsctively, "this 10 most re-
markabis coincidence. When shall we
three meet again? I don't usually drink
after breakfast. but this 10 a special oc-
casion and We may. maynt vs!" so
they ali went out TO the bar-rooui to-
vether TO drink success TO brown. and.
a they stepped up to the bar. they m.s
q man Who said: "Gsntlsmen. this is
my treat. I've just been divorced, aid
my name IL Brown. and I'm going to
treat the house. Give 10 o name and
call for the best in the house." HIS
three frisnds shook hands with him. e.
changing looks OF intelligence among
Themselves, whom q weak.eyed young
man walked In diagonally and said:
"sss here. you fellows have got 70 take
q bottle Of vine with me. In q newly
married man: bridegroom rejoicing 10
run q nce. you know. have somethinai"
And 90 he wandered on till. 10 get rid OF
him, they agreed 10 20 upstairs TO the
ladios' parlor and be presented 10 his
nsvly.inAde bride. They did 10, and 10
and behold she was thsir wife ! The
situation vas sufficiently embarrassing.
but the woman didn't faint. but simply
remarked: "Oh, Mr.. Green. glad to
meet you: your face seems familiar to
me. Mr. Tompkius? Somehow the name
seems known to me. Mr.. Brown.
seem to recollect your face; any re-
lation 10 tho Browns. Of Lafayette.
Ind. 2" And 90 ON. Truly. truth 10
stranger than fiction.-Chieago Tribune.