Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-09-05
Thrice DivOrceds Four
Times Married.

Times Married..
Three gentleman happened to
meet at breakfast at the Grand Pa,
ciGc Hotel, one morning lately
They were strangers to each other.
Suddenly one broke the silence
with the remark "By Jove She's
divorced again" Noticing that his
words had attracted the attention
of his companions, he apologized |
and explained that he had been
somewhat surprised to see the di-
vorcs OF his duatdcm wife chroni
cled in the legal intelligence. IS eI
and / parted he said, III in drea-
my, retrospective manner, in Aug
nst, 1072-this wife with potlid
determined me- to destroy my
Lares and Penates-and two
months afterward she married up
in Peoria fellow named Tomp-
kins.
'Tompkins !'said the second gen,
tleman, with a sudden interest
.Tompkins, Peoria, October, 1872
was her name Thecdosia Woman
who had limpid blue eyes and al
ways had a rolling pin under her
pillow on nights the lodge met ?
The same stranger, the same
Shake, old pard,' said the first
speaker sand how was SIZE p sShe
was all my fancy painted her, re-
piled The second. But I had ri
val 10 a stove litter for which she
had too much affection, and in
January, 1875, the courts of La
tayette, Ind dissolved the bonds
between us, [ belive she married
again some rooster named Green,
| heard.'
! am the tUoster nathed Green.
and attn glad to make your acquain-
tarce. Gentleman, | knew your
wife well for over year, and bar
ring her Vivacity with toasting
forks ard long handled frying pans,
a better wife never had. But we
parted, last December, as soon as
| could get out of the doctors s
hands with fracture of the skull
Gin conjunction with discussion
concerning getting up to light tie
ire-also u boot-jack,) and ]
thought the fact of our divorce had
been previously announced.
But said the first speaker
your name, my companion in dl.
vorce, Is Green ; the last time she
was divorced it was from Brown.
|, Blown? Brown9 said Mr.. Tomp-
kins, rehectively; there was one
fellow named Brown used to tag
after her. 1t must be the Same
one.' 'Gentlemer,' said the frs
speaker, retlec'ively, 'this is mos
; remarkable coincidence. Whel
! shall we three meet again. l don
. ususually drink alter breakfast
. but this is Il special occasion, an
we may, mayn't we 2
n So they all went out to the bar
t room together to drink success t
a Brown, and as they stepped up t
the bar they met d t1ah who aaic
Gentlemen, this is my treat. Nv
g just been divorced, and I'm goin
/ to treat the house. Give it d nam
: and call for the best In the house.
l. His three friends shook hand
u with him solemnly, exchangin
n three looks of intelligence anon
themselves, when u weak eye
young man walked in diagonall
aud said, See here, you fellers ha'
,e got to take a bottle of wine vii
= me. I'm newly married mar
d bridegroom, rejoicing to run a rae
you know have something| Al
:, so he wandered On till, to get r
:, of him, they agreed to GO up stai
al to the ladies' parlols and be pr
lc serted to his newly made BRIDE
at They did so, and 10 and behold s.
eu was their wife.
ee The situation vas sufficiently el
barrassiug, but the woman dldr
G faiu't, but simply remarked, %
at Mr.. Green, glad to meet you 70
ur face seems familiar to me, n
Tompkins Somehow the nar
re seems known to ME, Mr.. Brown.
:" seem to recollect your face: a
d relation to the Browns OF l.afa
i'll cite, Iudiana {?
IN, Truly, truth is stranger til
.cr fiction.