The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
THE MIsERIEs OF II
Going ABROAD 10 Get Ava, fro
Skeleton in the cIoset
Springfield Republican,

Springfield Republican.
IL is said that 4 large share or tlI|,z
who come abroad ostenslbly for tie elnss-
tion Of their children, or for the ressut al lip
Of their shattered heaiths and disf z4niz
Constitutions, and who by long ahsesl a lrsls
their native land virtually give up 8neir
birthrights for foreign homes, haxe is1Dfies
that VIII not bear probingor inquirin4 fist1
Many quarrel between husband ard frfTs
( IN iAmerlca results not in divorce hnt
( IN living apart-usually il Is the vii Who
( packs her trunks and crosses IN The At.anfle
B Tor lew years, and perhaps for life Iefs
she begins life anew, she avoids be onhiif-
I y and disgrace of divorce, and she sehnsi 3
which ITS trisl Is sure TO divulgs she puts
an end to the cat-and-dog life She has lieed
| With her husband, and IN her foI sizn home
wherever II may be, she forms a ac4 sss Of
( acquaintance among those Who arc
strangers to her past history. heard Of
| five ladies who recently ct an ajternooB
| tea-drinking had a conf iential stann o4ef
1 their cups, and under the. stint latinr IN
4 huence Of hyson or bohea unbos med their
troubles 10 each other They ha all come
abroad for an indefinite stay, lea ling their
husbands behind them. One Of theln said.
her husband had suffered an un ast peFse.
cution, and was undergoing cfnel I'M
| prisonment for few years for usi1t so
/ bank funds which he intended a avg re-
! turned, but he found he coufln't The
husband Of another bad proved hinself un-
/ true to his marriage VOWS BY taking ohim-
/ self an extra wiie-yes, twoor three "a them.
| report said-without going through the
( ceremony of marriage. As for her living on
/ the same continent with him after that, it
was out Of the question. The taird lady
said that her husband, who vas very
wealthy, had got addicted to drink King and
1 had gradually become very intemperate, that
while under the influence of liquor, which
was nearly all the time, he had abused her
and treated her like dog that she would
endure such treatment no longer, and,
being afraid Of her life, she had pat the
ocean between them. The fourth lady said
she was the wife of one of the best husbands
in the world, who from small beginnings
had accumulated a large fortune They
had lived in great style and splendor, and
bad been very happy together, but in an evil
hour her husband had been drawn into spec
ulations which had proved ruinous and swept
away every dollar in the world. She was
then overlooked and cast inside by those
who had enjoyed her hospitality and pro-
fessed 50 much love and friendship for her
in her prosperity. She could endure any
thing but such treatment and neglect, and
rather than suffer it longer she had left hel
country without regret. Az aunt had left
her sum of money sufficient to live com
tortably and economically abroad, while
her husband was barely supporting himself
and young son at home on small salary
as clerk in a wholesale house. The fifth
who had listened with much amusement to
the foregoing disclosures, said with much
feeling and emphasis that although she had
left her husband in America, she thanked
God that she had left him in the church
yard, sleeping his last sleep, and that she
had perfectly happy married life to loob
back upon. No family quarrels or domes
tic infelieities had sent her across the At
lantic, but she was here to realize a dream
of her childhood in visiting the wonderful
picture galleries, churches, palaces, etc.
with which Europe abounds.