The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-10
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ONE WIFE AND TWO Huen.ss
Finding Her First Love Ar,
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W. hUSBlSM
ino'ns Her First Love After H..
"lck.dly Reported Dead ca pad Ia
oswhao' N. T., June 49,.
inspire doubts as to wbeth ea' me TIT /
fiction ton indeed is the stranger bs ,suis y |
to to light here. Thirteen Years aas y. caas
W. Richards courted, won. sns ago !.
a young woman of Canton S 8. Mafs
renee County, much against tb y. =. Law
OF her parents, mainly on accou0. a, y.
ligious differences, they beinc c..soe sA
and he a Protestant. After th Sa.a0Os
of happy married life, notw;,h.se laa
the old folks refused to be con ssSsahl
Mr.. Richards secured a plsca ,a's
Western railroad, and thew up0a
from Canton. About wear ,.. aSa0Vsd
agreed that Mrs. Richards shou I. - y
her old home, hoping thattime .ua n =.
aration might have dulled the sa aau
Of her parents. She made tha 4 ;a
safely, and was received with y 'Oa a
,eiiuelness rs 10 inspire the hope th,s y
had been forgiven. A few ds, ,ls \.
Mr.. Richards was dreadfullv -
was feared, fatally hurt in A. .s ~ !
on the railway, and dispatch ~ ,saaa
to his wife to that effect. Tbe m..'.
fell into the hands of her father -
believing that he had an opuortn a ~ !
break up the union, told her th,sI
husband was killed outright and Im,;.s
The young wife was crushed /, \:
news, but her family devoted them..'ssa
to allaying her g-ief, hoping in dus ~.
to induce her to marry q prosusrr y.
young neighbor. '4
Meanwhile Mr.. Richards na,,,,
covered from his wounds, and sent ~. y
kilograms and letters to bis wife II Y
which were intercepted. GETTING =
answers. he concluded that her Az. y
bad succeeded in alternating M u.
tons, and that she was to him 4 \.
dead. :"
Soon Mrs. Richards was apuro.cA.
by her family on the subject Of snosl.,
marriage; but she refused to listsDs
their solicitations, particularly 4 Il.
man Of their choice was specially NM
congenial to her. They continnsds
weave the plot about her, until, ii sbsr
desperation, she determined to escar
from their prosecutions. She eupssI
herself to another young acqusinSlssSu
in Canton, and they were married. sAw
which they removed to q farm ner
Osweso, and lived happily unit! siss
days ago.
Mr.. Richards, who had gone 10 San
Antonio, Texas, and had heard nothip,
from his friends in New York Stu
took it into his head to visit Csutoh
and came on East about week I'M
Canton folks were startled to see hin
and none more so than those who Nj
wrought the separation between hin
and his wife. The old folks immsd
ately decided that they must at
meet, and caused letter b
be written to their daughter, ayix
that her sister, living in an Eastsfs
State, was dangerously ill and wanted
her Immediately. The letter directed
her to go by q certain route which
avoided Canton. She started at on9
CO ming to Oswego to take the cars; M
on inquiry found that the route dictasa
was longer and more expensive thn
that of the Rome, WATERFOWL and Or
densburgh Railroad via Canton, iad
therefore she decided to take the latter.
Arriving at Canton, she concluded b
stop over one train, and she entered !
carriage at the depot.
The driver, recognizing her, asked
whether she would be driven home ofh
her husband. Thunderstruck by The
question, she asked what he meant sa
was told that Mr.. Richards was A tn
Canton Hotel alive and well. Almost
doubling her senses, she directed Tie
driver to take her to the hotel with "
speed. Calling for room and sending
for the landlord, she learned that th
coachman's story was true. Mr.. Rich
ards was sent for, and the joy and y
wilderment of that meeting can not y
painted.
But what was she to do? Here wan
two living husbands, the second ilnd
and faithful man. Affection and du!
decided the problem, and she y
nounced that she should 60 with u
Richards. The second husband w
summoned, and after painful inia'
view he consented to the separation, saa
like big-hearted fellow, after . iea ~
separation, returned to his home. NJ
and Mrs. Richards are on their journal
to their home in San Antonio. -Sn
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