The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-13
NUMBER SO.
A WoMAN's CoNsrANcy
Strange Romance in the Life Experi
ence Of Milwaukee Wife.
From the Evening Wisconsin

From the Evening Wisconsin
There Is now living in this city a lady who's,
: lie so tar has been filled with more real 70
nance than are the most delieatelv wraugb
characters OF fiction. Twenty-Five wears 40,
she was married 10 a man who, like herself
was IN humble, though respectable life Their
courtshIp mad been pleasant and for aught
the lady knows, harmonious and mutually
agreeable. On the day following the weddin5
however, the husband left home without any
apparent reason or any warning whatever
Inc vie merely supposed at the time that
1 pIsi,lSzSs hao called hlm hence and that he
would soon return. DAYS, weeks. months
years passed before she was aware thar
| she was 4 deserted and wroneed wounsn
che heard nothing from him. but couId
not entertain the idea that he was dead
| and Instinctively believed that she would
| again see him. And just As she became CON
vlnced that she deserted her martvrjoU
| began. She was thrown entirely upon herown
resources Tor subsistence, and thew were sin1plv
honest toll, living faith in the reward of
duty doing, and great self-sacrifcing spirit
mus she tolled on, never hearing word from
her husband Tor many years, but still clinrino
| to the strict and sel-imposed duty OF silent
torbearance. One day, after eight wears. she
accidentally met him, but he failed To recor-
nlze her She did not speak to him. b9t
learned from Others that since his departure
he had led rowing life and had been into
lie IlNSI, ana Ntt ala HotblnI To 3lu her IN her
battle Tor life, her action toward him, herself
and the world remained unchanged. And just
here she exhibited to a degree her almost
sanity character, for, instead OF accepting
any OF the numerous and advantageous offers
OF marriage which she might have done. she
silently did her everyday work, bearing his
name and cherishing the same affection for
him that induced her 10 become his Wife
There was then another long time that she
neither saw nor heard from him But fate
seemed to favor her, and again she met him
by accident. He acted pleased to see her,
told her what he had been doing, that he was
still her husband, but never referred to his /
strange departure, nor offered her any means
Of support. Their conversation was a brief
one, and they parted without enmity. Neither
had idea of the plans OF the other nor
asked to know. The next thing that the wife {
knew OF the husband was learned from news
paper. There she learned that he had been
arrested for leading Fenian riots in Canada, 4
and was sentenced To be hung. \ subsequent .
report informed her that his sentence was
committed to six years imprisonment During
those SIX years she retained her love for him
and chung to the faith that her constancy
would eventually be recognized and appreci-
ated. After the man let out from the
prison cell he again became an adveuturcr
and again accidentally met his wife. lie then
said to her, what did you think when you
saw me sentenced to be hung p She replied
L subpOStt YOU Ntuil re luIIG- \ SNORT
interview, in which neither learned the plans
of the other was the result OF this meeting
And again he off. After several more
years they again met, recognized, but passed
by in silence
Strange as has been the first act of this COM
edy of curious actions, the sequel is still
stranger. Last February the wife received
letter from her erratic husband, in which he
begged her forgiveness, and asked her to go to
Washington and live with him. He is in the
Government employ, and she has consented
and will start to her new home in September.
Twenty-Five years elapsed between the day
of the wedding and the receipt of the letter.
During that time she never ceased to love him,
and he never commenced to love her. Neither
ever tried to obtain n divorce. The lady is
the very picture of health. The man was
fine looking fellow when he was married, and
had jet black hair. To-day he is much thin
ner and his hair is almost white.
As dream-like and unnatural as all this may
seem, it is asserted to be true by Il response
BILE and highly esteemed lady, whose relations
with the wife gave her the means OF knowing
the particulars of this extraordinary romance.