Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-01
A WIFE'S FIDELITY
A. Reunion after a Separation Of Ttventy-
foo Years.
lMilwnnkea Wisconsin


wrought characters of fiction. Twenty five
years ago she was married to man who,
like herself, was in humble though respect
able life. Their courtship had been pleasant,
and for aught the lady knows, harmonious
and mutually agreeable. On the day fol-
lowing the wedding, however, the husband
left home without any apparent reason, or
any warning whatever. The wife merely
supposed at the time that business had
called him hence, and that he would
soon return. Days, weeks, months, years
passed before she was aware that she was q
deserted and wronged woman. She heard
nothing from him, but could not entertain
the idea that he was dead, and instinctively
believed that she would again see him. And
just as she became convinced that she was
deserted her martyrdom began. She was
thrown entirely upon her own resources for
subsistence, and they were simply honest
toll, living faith in the reward of duty
doing, and great self-sacriicing spirit.
Thus she toiled on, never hearing a word
from her husband for many years, but
still clinging to the strict and self
imposed duty of silent forbearance. One
day after eight years she accidentally
met him, but he failed to recognize
her. She did not speak to him, but learned
from others that since his departure he had
led rowing life, and had been into every
State in the Union. Now that she knew he
lived and yet did nothing to aid her in her
battle of life her action toward him, herself
and the world remained unchanged. And
just here she exhibited to great degree her
almost sanitary character, for Instead of ac-
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geous offers of marriage which she might
work, bearing his name and cherishing the
same affection for him that induced her to
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
brief one, and they parted without enmity
Neither had an idea of the plans of the other
nor asked to know. The next that the wife
knew of her husband was learned from a
newspaper. There she saw that he had been
arrested for leading Fenian riots in Canada,
and was sentenced to be hung. A subse
quent report informed her that his sentence
was committed to six years. impris-
onment. During those six years she
retained her love for him and chung to
the faith that her consistency would eventually
be recognized and appreciated. After the
man was led out from the prison cell he
again became an adventurer and again acct
dentally met his wife. He said to her,
"What did you think when you saw me SEN
fenced to be hung?" She replied, ~ sup
posed you would be hung" short inter
view, in which neither learned the plans of
the other, was the result of the meeting.
And again he was off. After several years
more they again met, recognized, but passed
by in silence.
Strange as has been the first act in this
comedy of curious actions, the sequel is still
stranger. Last February the wife received
letter from her cratic husband. in which
he begged for forgiveness, and asked her to
go to Washington and live with him. He is
in the government employ, and she has con-
sented, and will start for 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 divorce. The
lady is the picture of health. The man was
fine looking fellow when he was married,
and had jet black hair. To-day he is much
thinner and his hair is almost white.
As dream-ike and unnatural as all this
may seem, it is asserted to be true by q re-
sponsible and highly esteemed lady, whose
relations with the wife gave her the means
of knowing the full particulars of the extra
ordin ary romance.
The Racine city council have passed al
ordinance forbidding under penalty liquo
sellers keeping open their places after 1:
o'clock at night, The liquor dealers kicket
hard against the ordinance and were dis