The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-14
A MATRIMONIAL ROMANCE.
An rIopement and Ten Year. Of suffering A
thrckercd Career a Repcntnnt Mic
Remarked to the Husband She Deserted.

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thrckercd Career 4 Repcntnnt WIZ
Remarked to the Husband She Deserted.
FLNiRA, Aug. 12.-About ten years ago
the wife Of AMI $. Timer, a prosperous miller
uf Winchester Pa. clopcd with young mnn
named George Mills, a clerk in the store Of Uri
Gntcs, father of Mrs Timer. The match hc-
tween Miss Gates and Timer was made 10y her
father against his daughters wishes. She de-
sired 10 marry young NJ lis. She hndbc mar
ricd less than n month when the cluprmcnttook
pncc. The runawavs were folowndhy the nus
band as far ~ Wheeling. W. Va, There all
trace Of ihcm was lost. and nothing was heard
Of them afrrward. In 1870. Gatcs. the fathrr
Of the runaway wife. died. lle made Will
leaving his property. valued ai S2oOO0. To- Timer.
the daughter having been his only child. There
WIS i'm the will provision that If any news
should be- heard ol the daughter within two
years after her fathers death and she was i'm
want. She WIS 10 receive the interest on tlU.uuO
furpue year M -"vcn prr cent. to be paid IN in
ftallmrni- of $40 week.. II. at the end of
yonr after her irine found. -l' had not volun-
tarily returned home unl begged lrrhu-hunds
r-two was tote allowed In the event of her
being with Mills. If found with N tn twu ycur.,
she could hay" no claim against Ill" estate. II
she returned r'p,nlunt within year. the cN-
r'utur- OF the Will were To- provide her "A suit
able h0muuud allow her $40 20 week. ar long IA
she lNrd. Tho executors Wnr' AWli = Timer
md Myrou Pool % cousin of the ,.tninr
Timer mu,io every ofiort to IND sofno irncc "
hi- lon. MISSING wife. Tut failing. procured
divorce from her in 1872 and married again.
Ills serond wife died i'm 1873, l,WUu. him two
children ON Tho 23i of July last letter al-
field. Mimi. was handed Mr. Pool ~ ono of the
Executors ~ the estate of the deceased. II
proved to hc from the runaway wife and daugh-
ter. hrNh"d spirit OF rclrniancc, ana de-
riarcd that the writer was anxious. after ten
sG@ 6a wronsni n s So ptrmcd To- to come
home. IL only 70 -. servant. Pool went with
the letter to Mr. Timer. The latter resolved To
Fu a oneeto ltrhi.ld; H. was accompanied
by MIR. Pool. On "Wednesday Inst Timer and
tho wife who had deserted him ten vcHrs ago.
aud whom hc had found working a. seam
stress in a l.itrhilrld family arrived in Elmira.
where ne has relatives. The story of his wifc-
Iifn Sin .o Size lrit him satisfied him that while
she had compromised both his and her honor,
she was more -inuod against than SHINING. and
they wore remarked In ~. Paul on the itli inst.
follows:
SShc aeeomn2nied George Mills only rs far a.
she then WENT To lniiana,, she refused t. BE-,
come the companion of Mills until sh. could
legally hccomc hi~ wife. II" had s5o9 H. ea,e
her 5000 She went to LAFAYETTE. Ind where
she obtained a divorce. through the agency of "A
diNorr lawyer named B.wli II. being in The
place hut few months. Mills. meantime. hat
gone o. the plains. and brought ny in Central
married Mills made cons idrrahlc money by
supplying miners with stores. and they livnd
contrntodiy together Tor u year. Then Mills
fen into III" habit of gambling he -Iuanhered
hands. They th"n went 90 Utah Mills got u
position liz a mining ri"rk al torinnr. and for
u time was ~tcadv ia his habits. The life Of a
clerk was not stirring nnuEh ior Nun, however
md b. finally re-. iEu"d III" position and went to
Salt Lake city. There. la company Will "a miner
named Olnoy lie Opened "a faro bank H. began
uriukiug and abused his wife. To cat the
cinhN 81 her misery Mills Joined the Mormuus
nni added two moro wives 90 hi- family. Ihs
uiieniiv tho unfortunate, woman. who had lott
her huMr AMI fri nd~ FOR Mills. could not brook.
md DuD Night n lt,l. she ran away non. his
iou-s. ami after months 81 hari-hp r,W he'd
working IN % hotel. VIII" there -h' r"Hi the
ucrouni col tl' killing oi George Mills in Snlt
Lake cry hy biz partner. BIZ oiu'y. while
uuurrnlng in tltir gamiin- saloon
English lady VII" wa- tray Ilins WIN party in
ethc Rocky Maintains She visited NV M"Al'n.
the spanish Peak and all the Irinrpal points
uf interest thereai,luis with IN" patty. return
and star. \ laal. 81, wn- rr lstiat"i with fever
in 81. Louie. and all o. her money was used up
hcforr She WIZ able e. lcHye. Shr Il, II engaged
~ travelling ,onInnlon 10 Mr-. Van Alta 81
g. MINI -n,H fer her health. They lruN"l led
through thni stat" until september. l~ld. when
Mr~. Van MA dlrd. IN II" vicinity "i lu-ka
lake. II Nlu- lr. o. Nn"f, ~'r 'i'rmli"i I"
lnk"~ t. tho railroad nae iiiiy NIL =, she " :
robbed iy ter guide, Na!i-hrctd Indian. She
walked thirty miles to- Iirain"rl. on the Miss '~-
rilfi. and had been working as "a ~ndlnStrr-- IN
different towns Whereabouts ever sine Her
health iuillug. she feared she would 81" in 3.
strungo land h,fUrr ~h" had told Ter story ~
her father and received his forgiveness. and
shr wrote the better that suited IN 50 uncN-
rirncc. Mr. and Mrs Timer loft Elmira la,
evening IN thoir return % their olnhomc. aplf-
rrntly ~ happy ~ II there had never been a
Shadow ~ their lives