The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-04
DEsEnPaDiBY HrslwaPR.
A Strange story Of Demeetic anfeIieitv.
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A few days ago there arrived ut Bur
iington, yia. the Cedar Rapids and Min.
nesst,ta road, innn and woman whom it
appears were married and were essirofte .
tor onlnceN sni. .As tBurlingeoR is the
terpinous of the aboye mentioned roads
| chElsge of, cars and the purchase Of pe'7
tickets were, necessary TO carry Them TO
theft de5tination. IN q ia9ill'iliW Ta~'1s
The man looked rather verdant gaiid
h0nest-lminded, and from the way he
managed, thugs, he didn't deceive his
looks very much. The woman was young,
pert lnoking, rather prepnsseasine In an.
pearance and coDversed fidently and In.
telligehtly.na' l -1s aN@q-'fnl :iBe
/ when the train aas tearing Rurling.
ton the follow gave his pocketb0ok, which
contained the sum of $50, into the keep
ing Of his fair ctjn,pani0n, feIii.irkjhp.
W ,u had hetter take this, as you have
travelled more than have, and arc bet.
ter up 70 the ways OF the wOrld.n To
this Hhe readily consented, and when they
arrived at Burlington she procured tho
tickets ana they took the first train for
Quincy. IN N;sdtAjy" 81 h1=s65.it3 .fi!,o
| Atthe proper time the conductor came
around 70 collect fare and take up tickets.
and wien he reached Q Interesting
coIpleshe gave up the tickets; one read.
ing Quincy" and the other ;'Lomaz,"
this being the way she bought the tickets in
order To perfect plans tn get rid of him
at ihe latter place. This led the cenduc-
Quincy check ?'' II do,r aaid ahe. and
4.saightway il was given her. ! The fellow
tOnk.ilis for L,nlix, without taking no.ice
at the game she WAX playing on him.
Time flew m, and 40 did The train that
'viis bearing them, and jurt bef1re the
train reached LOinax the conductor told
the fellow thai was his place tJ get off..
This wns news to the fellow, who, in
the bewildernient of the moment, ex-
cairued: '' 20
why, have VIC arrived at Quincy al
rcady?", n 80 .,i-,',l
."No sir" replied the conductor, ,"this
is Lomax. where your ticket runs out"
"Lnok here. conductor, you must be
mistaken. This is my wife, and we're
both going to Quincy" +43as .}..
Right here he received the fist evil
dence Of. his wife's infdelity, by her
breaking ont with these w0rd.:
Indeed am not your wife, and you
had better get off here, az shall not pay
your way any further You ought to be
| fs%A'o'~e "a ~ Silfiti JtihG tOu,
trying 70 sponge your way on n poor lone
woman"
Az this point the f.lIow burst into q
ftt;d OF tears, and demanded un explaiia-
tiol of her conduct and the cause of her
sudden disloyalty. asserting "You are my
VIE, and here among strangers, in
strange land, do you intend 10 desert me.
mid leave me aI0ne to mourn the loss Of
the only wOmanfl ever loved in this
world 2" &C., &c. i i..15q ,an 4; .a. ~.
His weeping excited the attention of
all in the car; they gathered around
them. and TO further satisfy the cravings
OF their curiosity began to pry intothe
casei. by 'inquiring III name, where he
wNs from and tbs muse, of his deep
Anguish;
He Aaid they we're from Marion, Ber.
tram township, Lynn county, Iowa, where
they were lawfully married three months
ago. aud that lie had certificate of the
same in his trunk.
His pieadings were so earnest and his
appeals to her no touching tint the con-
ductcr was persuaded To carry hin, 10
Dallas, Ihopipg in the meantime COM
promise might be effected and the hard
hearted female induced 10 allow him the
privilege ofgoing on to Quincy. 10 ac-
complish this the, conductor and passen-
gers united IN their efforts in his behalf.
but all to no purpose. for when o w6r.a.i
won't she won't, dthere's mn end on't.n
Her mind was made up to blk him, and
she did. She said hewa not her hus-
band. but q secu.d cousin, and SHE didn't
:san; f;' De u .sieted with .;i.u. any logger.
When the train arrived at Dallas lie was
compelled 10 get OF, aud the train rolled
on "a Quincy '6'ak3 - set 5}1n all
He told hs syory to the crowd that
were standing around the depot. aud snnlo
"s them advised him To telegraph ahead
10 Carthage and have her arresl ed. .-Mad-
ison I0tru) PluindedLer f.!s; tiA's