The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1878-06-29
A Deceived wife.
Ns~ York Tlme..l


A very curious incident has happened
ia Tuscamra-s town situated in one Of the
Western States, though it IS NOT necessary tn
specify which There was young lady
who last fall married Mr. Orlando Valentine
and thereby filed all the other Tuscarora
y.laBg ladies with envy. Mr.. Valentine was
not supposed to he rich, hut he was
thought extremely handsome. In fact,
prior to his marriage it was frequently re-
marked nf him by the unmarried ladies OF
Tuscarors that he was just too nice for
anything. LAST week the parents Of Mrs.
Valentine was ast0nished by the return of
their daughter to the parental roof and hef
annancement that Mr. Valentine. who had
suddenly disappeared, was a wretch Of the
deepest aulIine dye. Further inquiry As TO
prec:sa nature of Mr. Valentines iniquity
IiscIosed the startling fact that instead Of
l,eing nice young man, he was wicked,
,tleccitfuI, harrid xOnan, who had committed
some terrible crime in Colorado. and who
wore r,ssculinc garments and married =
wife IN order 10 successfully conceal her
identity -
The deceived wifes story was an interest
ing and pathetic nne She had been mar.
ned = long time before she discovered the
true character of her sfteged husi,and, but
her suspicions that all was net right, and
| that there wAa : mysteTy connected with the
preteued Mr Valentine. we're early awakened.
She nosiced that, - the honeymoon waved,
| Mr. Valentine continued to treat her with
unvarying poIiteness and affection. She vas
/ q rcansA woman, but she was. nevertheless,
| intelligent enough to know that this Was
unusual. Her husband found no fault with
the lrngih oi Time that she required in order
ia dress herself for church or Tor an afternoon
drive, and never once remarked that he
wished she would I've 81 day 10 getting her
self ready. ne always raeked her trunk fo'
her. and the vsy in which be folded her
tiresses and avoided packing boots and ink
botsles il the Immediate neighborh"od o.
eollars aa.l laces was 50 unlike the averags
husband that shc could not avoid feeling that
there vas something radically wrong alOu'
: the supposed man, When the pair returned
kfrom their wedding Trip, and sse.s.sn n keegl
house together, things constantly occnrre{
which startled and alarmed the bride, Sh'
found that Mr.. vaIen.ine never left hi
: clothes at night lying ON the floor, hua care
$ fully ialdcd tI,cm, and while he insasiabI,
hung his coat on the gas fixture, he a. 10
varial,ly hung bis stockipgs on the back Q
aei.air. Mrs. Valentine had frientls VIII
!. II we're married, and she knew perfectly vel
r that married man always throws his coa
8 ON the seat % chair, and tOeses his stock
: inrs careiessIy 90 the ioor. II Is not sssang
that she began To distrnsf her husband
= sanity, aaSl eO ask herrself whether 1t va
/. safe ft.r her to live with man with sucl
! onaaously neat hsiitt. To see him brush
. iug his hAirasssSfe pnsting ont the gas sent
cold chill through her. AS she Rfterward
vi Seaaaraetl, mo- woman could have seen u
holding the comb IN his moutl
) land lsoldiug she haiE On al.e back Of h
Y head with one hand while he bEushed u ~i'
d. the other without having her blood ru
v enld.
Z. Daring ths eight uwmshs sf her marie
q fife. Mts. vasxseine wss never cacs told
Ehse husband sAAa 10 beeskfasa was not O.