The Red Cloud chief., 1881-10-20
The Man With Eleven Wives.


The Man With Eleven Wives.
The Autobiography League is re-
spectfully invited TO consider the case
Of Marvin. the man with eleven living
wives. Why this person. who is no
longer young, and who has no physical
: or mental attractions beyond the reach
of ordinary men, should have been per-
mitted TO secure eleven wives, cannot
be successfully explained. The MAORI
t. Of men are more than satisfied with
one wife. Many estimable gentlemen
have no wife at all. And Vet this aged
and battered man, hailing from no.
where, and utterly dest tute. SO far as
known. of any of those qualities which
are popularity supposed to recommend
men TO that mysterious organism. the
female mind-this man walks oil with
eleven wives. Ii Is intimaied that there
are more than eleven in his case, but
for practical purposes IL is not necessa-
~ to push inquiries in that direction.
A man who is convicted Of having been
married eleven times. without waiting
for death or the divorce courts to dis
embarrass him of ans one of the first
married. may be admitted to have cx-
hausted his privileges. just rs a man
with Il mill on of money is rich. and the
doubling of his millions does not make
him richer.
Without intending TO prejudice the
Ease of the defendant, who SAYS that
he is not Marvin. it must be said that
| the real offender in the case is a man
of infinite u and gifted with q
remarkable and unusual knowledge OF
: the female heart. Marvin. it appears.
has married eleven wives without
wasting any time i'm c%ourtship. The
popular idea of matrimony is that this
blessed state is approached only by
tedious processes. These involve ''pay-
ing attention." or, rs it is called in the
rural districts, keeping company
with" and then ~love-making, and. aft
err much circumlocution. an engage
mcnt. With all of these preparatory
steps Marvin boldly disl ensed. In his
case there were no inquiries into his
~antecedents, his bank account, or his
prospects. Younger men could o
thus have imposed upon suspicious
spinsters and worldly-wisc parents.
: Marvin was middle aged, to say the
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pearance that the very sight of him
inspired confidence. Other and shall
lower men have essayed TO carry q
woman's heart by n bold dash. Mar
vim walked into the fortress in the
guise of an eminently respectable gen
| tleman with a substantial bank &C
count.
While the tactics of this experienced
marrying man are apparent. it is not
quite clear why he should have married
so many M 1t is not reasonable
to suppose that he married for the mere
fun of marrying. And yet, the bewil-
dering frequency OF his matrimonial en-
gagements. and the variegated multi-
f~ariousness of his DISCUSSES, can only be
accounted for on the theory that he bad
an insane passion for the hymeneal tie,
lust as some men have a mania for col
lectiny bric-a- brac, violins. or old china
Marvin married, apparently, out OF
pure wantOnness. He would start on u
wedding journey with two wives. each
being wholly ignorant, of course. of the
others existence, and then. leaving n
of them in a restaurant Ito be called
for and the other at q hotel, would
dash off on an express train. n a flying
street-car, and marry another. as il by
way of "a flyer" as the worldly-mind-
ed saw. This, certainly, bespeaks an
unsound mind, and if the prisoner in
Richmond be Marvin, his plea in ex-
tenuation should be emotional insanity,
or hereditary propensity to matrimony.
The accused. however. who has as
many aliases as wives, says that he is
not Marvin. but Morton, and that he
can prove an abb in each of the eleven
cases alleged against him.
The career of this remarkable man
dispels one of the illusions of life. He
has proved that there are in the world
MANY estimable women who IN to be
had for the asking. Marvin is no
Adonis, yet he has managed to bag no
less than eleven wives, every n OF
whom, so far as known, is reputable,
discreet, and. while not pretending to
be very affectionate, is we'll fitted to
make home happy. And yet, there are
multitudes of faint hearted youths GO
| ing through life alone because they are
afraid of being refused by the woman
upon whom the fond and speculative
eve is fixed. Marvin has proved that
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an umbrella; as easy rs to take a cold
in the head. There are women who
hold themselves very choice. But there
are q plenty of others who are ready to
accept the first offer, land no questions
asked."-M y. Times.
The Boston Post says that the symp-
toms of the aesthetic craze are an AIDA
rent adherence Of animal food, de-
sire to dine on 3 banana skin or 8 pea
nut, a fancy for dress of q fantastic
character, and peculiarly constructed
fans. The person so afflicted is much
| given to solitude, to signing. and to
gazing-as a duck gazes upon q thunder
storm-on nothing. When those symp-
toms appear send for a plumber at
once, and have the patients head ex-
amined. 1t msy need soldering. These
symptoms r also good evidence OF
softening of the brain, if the person ex-
hibiting them possesses q brain.
Mrs. Fletcher Harper. Jr.. and
other New York ladies have interested
themselves in 8 movement for the beue-
fit of young working women Of limited
means, who may desire to spend ashort
season at the seashore. and will be
| benefited by the sojOurn. A cottage
for this purpose has been opened a.
Atlanticville, neal Long Branch. 1t 10
on the shore, and has It's own bathing.
"A Cincinnati bride has been sued
for SS5. which the plaintiff claims she
obtained from him by fraud. She
promised to marry him. and he gave
her the money to buy . wedding drea;
and she did buy one but wore il 1t her
marriage with another man.
Advice that is given sway is NOT
appreciated. and it Is given away be-
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