The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-07-25
miscellaneous.
ANOTHER ENooH ARDEN.
An Ohio Man Returns after Nine Years. Absence
20 Find His Wife Married TO Another,

to Find His Wife Married to Another.
Truth Is always stranger than felton, but we can
only be made to believe II by startling cases like
this TennysOn has immortallzed "Enoch Arden"
but this story Of VIM. G. Raines, while 1t has oil
the pathetic features OF the poem surpasses 1t In
thrilling incidents and adventures. Ten years
ago Mr.. Raines was resident of our neighboriDg
village Of Hendrysburg, where he followed the
occupation of carpenter, He was married and
had one child but thinking that he could better
his fortunes he left his family and sought EN-
ployment In the East expecting to return In
few months During his absence he was engaged
by his uncle to make nine months cruise focal
cutta In merchant vessel via Good Hope, He
wrote an atiectonate letter to his wife, enclosing
$780, informing her OF his intended voyage, and
expressing the hope that upon his return they
would be able to live happily together The YES
sci sailed, and while in mldocean another letter
was sent to his wife. After that, silence and OBJ.
livlen. No word came from the lost man. and 1t
was believed that the vessel had gone down with
all on board, After waiting three years, and
hoping against hope Mrs. Raines at last concInd.
ed that her husband had found a watery grave
and yielding to the solicitations Of new lover,
she abandoned her widows weeds and once more
became a wife. marrying Mr.. Kyle, who is now
q contractor on the National Road near ST. Clairs.
vile.
The third act opens with the unexpected re
turn Of Mr.. Raines. The vessel was really wreck
ed on the west cost Of Africa, north Of Cape Town,
Mr. Raines and his uncle, with four other men,
succeeded in reaching shore in boat, but were
soon after captured by the natives The prisoners
were marched six hundred miles into the interior,
Each tribe took one of the men and kept him as
a curiosity. Raines was divested OF his clothing
while on exhibition, and visitors came hundreds
of miles to see the wonderful while man. He was
the special protege OF the King, and was regarded
with affection by the whole tribe. But the prise.
ner plned for freedom, and hoped that far beyond
the burning sands and the rolling blllows, he
might fDd again his wife and child. Inspired by
these thoughts about year ago he made des.
perate attempt for liberty, and escaping from the
tribe he managed after many hardships to reach
Cape Town, wnere he engaged as a sailor, and
three weeks ago landed at San Francisco, and
Immediately started for Ohio He arrived al
Caldwell, land learned for the first time that his
wife had married three years after his supposed
death. Unlike Enoch he did not decide
"Never to tell her never to let her know"
but with the honor of a true man, which even 6
life Of six years among cannibals could not de
Ntroy, he proposes to let her decide which of the
two men she will live with in the future. Legally
Mrs. Kyle is the wife of Mr.. Raines; but Of course
she was justified in her second marriage, and Mr.
Raines sensibly concludes that no man has 9
right to rise from the dead, as 1t were and disturb
relationships that were contracted in good faith
He will let the woman chose between them and
abide by her deCsion,-Barae8vile Enterprise, 4h