The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-02-22
ANOTHER ROMANCE.
Suing a Man Who Says He isn't Mar
rted for Divorce-Annie Bourne's
stery-A Years Waiting for n Hus-
[From the Sew York sun.l


d. WorreI, young man living upon
and owning a large farm about two
miles from here, will, in a few days,
furnish a somewhat interesting case for
judicial investigation.
The main point at issue between him
and the young lady who is suing him
for divorce and alimony is as to whether
the latter was ever married to him.
That she was married to somebody
there seems to be no doubt, as she pos
sesses the certificate of the officiating
clergyman; but Mr.. Worrell denies in
the most emphatic manner that he was
the bridegroom. She, on the other
hand, asserts just as positively that he
was, and points to his name in tie GER
tifcate as proof of it.
On Sept %, 1875, two gentlemen and
lady called at the house of the Rev.
DR.. Stratton in Rochester, and the
younger gentleman asked the clergy
man to perform the ceremony of mar
riage between him and the lady. The
contracting parties being each about
twenty-seven years of age, DIR. Strat-
ton supposed it was all right, and they
were quickly made man and wife, the
second gentleman acting as witness.
The names as written in the certificate
were Annie Bourne and Cassius d.
Worrell. The bridal-party, who were
all richly dressed, went away, and DR..
Stratton has never seen them since.
The circumstances leading up to the
wedding at Rochester are related by the
young lady now suing for divorce and
alimony, as follows: Nearly year
and a half ago, she, then Annie Bourne,
accompanied some frierds from her
home in Cory, Pa, to Lockport. They
went to the farm of Mr.. Cassius ID.
Worrell, whose father had recently died
and left him considerable property.
Mrs. Worrell was an invalid, and was
tended by Miss Bourne during her visit.
Young Worrell became warmly attach
ed to the amateur nurse, who was very
pretty and accomplished. Both then,
she says, and after his mothers death,
he pressed her to marry him, and final
ly she consented. They went to Roch-
ester, and were married by DR.. STRAIT
ton. But, after the ceremony, Worrell
showed strange unwillingness to pub
licly acknowledge his wife. He told
her that he was engaged in settling his
fathers estate, and it might cause dis
satisfaction among his relations if it be-
came known that he had been married.
She was not at all satisfied with his ex-
plantations, but, yielding to his per-
suasions, she went back to Cory with
her friends, the understanding being
that in year from that time they were
to be remarked, and begin housekeep-
ing on the farm at Lockport.
During the greater part of the twelve
months following, Worrell wrote to her
with commendable regularity, his let
tiers being filled with assurances Of his
unalterable love. She replied in SIM
liar strain, and it seemed as though
nothing was wanted to complete their
happiness, but the termination of the
vexatious year. The letters written by
Worrell were always addressed to
"Miss Annie Bourne" never to Mrs.
Worrell. Without any warning, they
ceased altogether.
On Sept. %, just year after the first
marriage, she wrote to him to say that
all her preparations were completed
for going through the ceremony a see
ond time as soon as he was ready. Soma
friends with whom she had been living
at Cooperstown were going to New
York, and had invited her to accom-
pany them. She suggested that it
would be well for him TO meet her
there, marry her over again, and take
her to his home in Lockport. His re-
ply was prompt and affectionate. He
wrote her to go to New York with her
friends; he would meet her there, re-
marry her, and openly acknowledge
her as his wife. He was going to the
Centennial and would take her with
him.
She went to New York and waited
hopefully for the day when she was to
meet her husband. 1t came, but Wor-
rill didn't. Miss Bourne Cor Mrs. Wor
reilly received dispatch from him. say
ing that he had gone to the Centennial
alone, and was unable to keep his ap-
pointment with her, because he had
been attacked by severe sickness in
Philadelphia, where he was then lying
unable to move. He hoped, however,to
be able to join her in New York in
a few days, when every thing would be
happily settled.
This was bad enough, but not the
worst. Against the advice of her
friends, the young lady waited in New
York for her husband until it became
evident that he was not coming. At
last she returned to Cory, Pa, and told
her family what had occurred. The
practical advice given her by Mr.. VIII
Iams, her brother-in-law, was, that as
her faithless spouse could not be pre-
vailed upon to go to her, the next best
thing was for her to seek him.
Sorrow stricken and alone, she made
the journey from Cory to Lockport,
carrying her marriage certificate viii
her, still hoping that her husband had
been prevented from joining her by
some unforeseen occurrence, and would
be anxious to acknowledge her as his
wife. She was not permitted to cher
ish this delusion long. When she pre-
scented herself at the Worrell home
stead, its master looked at her as
though he had, indeed, a vague recol-
lection of having seen her somewhere
before, but when she introduced herself