The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-10-07
A Missing Husband.

WITH a married couple who came
wv out TO Colorado TO live some three
years ago, says Denver paper, came a
young widow, who, without being at
oil beautiful, possessed that In her face
and manner which made her more than
attractive. Intelligent and pleasing
conversatlonallst, she soon became fa-
vorite In Denver society, which admitted
her into Its midst without asking any
questions. About year ago she became
the wife Of wel-to.do- merchant named
Harris, and after her marriage her pop
ularity increased rather than diminish
ed. 1t now becomes necessary to go
back five years TO the time when this
SAME lady became the wife Of Captain
Sargent. They were married at the
young lady's home at Boston, and soon
after the event her husband was Obliged
to take his vessel out to Calcutta. Not
wishing to live alone during his long alb
sence, Mrs. Sargent left Boston just be-
fore her husbands departure, and went
to Chicago to live with married sister.
In due time she received letter from
the captain, dated at Calcutta, saying
that he was soon to sail for Baltimore on
the return voyage. Shortly after the
receipt Of this letter Mrs. Sargent re-
moved with her sister to Colorado, not,
however, until she had written her hus-
band telling him of her change Of resi-
dence, and directing the letter TO Balti-
more to await his arrival. Months
passed, and finally the young wife wrote
to Baltimore, asking If her husbands
vessel had ever arrived, and TO this lei
ter she received a reply that DO such ves-
sci had ever been in that port.
In the course of another year Mrs.
Sargent came to accept her widowhood
as u matter of course, and after time
yielded to the opportunities of Mr..
Harris and became his wife. Captain
Sargent meanwhile had received orders
from his owners to take ON cargo for
another foreign port instead of return
ing to Baltimore; so it was fully two
years before he returned to this country.
He then heard to his dismay that his
wife had removed from Chicago, leaving
no trace behind her; and after brooding
over his iii fortune for q few weeks, the
discouraged captain again went to sea.
After another long absence he return
ed to Boston, and then 1t was that he
called upon an old friend of his wife and
ascertained that she had removed to
Colorado. Sargent determined to quit
the sea for good and Immediately started
for Denver. The meeting between the
honest captain and the woman whom he
had once called his wife, the Denver pa
per assures its readers, was dramatic in
the extreme. The terrible question
which then presented itself was difficult
of solution. Both men were honest
men of the world, and the only way out
of the dilemma seemed to be to leave the
question wholly to the lady. 1t was
tacitly understood that before another
day either the lady would rekirn to the
East with Captain Sargent or that he
would return alone and forever. There
were no children to be taken into con-
sideration or to turn the balance In
ether's favor. The conscientious lady
is said to have shut herself up in her
chamber all night to decide the ques-
ton which SO deeply affected three lives.
In the morning she delivered her ver-
dict, and then broke down, an attack of
brain fever being the result. The follow
ing day Captain Sargent returned to the
East never to return. The Denver pa
per's story should be entitled, "The
Romance of Misdirected Letter"