The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-09-26
ALIENATED AFFECTIONS.
A Pettis Street Wife Found
Under Circumstances Quite
Suspicious.
Her Husband Surprises Her at the
Unseemly Hour Of 4 O'clock
in the Morning.

There is the very mischief to pay ut q
certain residence over on Pettis street, and
the women folks" in the neighberhood
have q choice morsel of scandal over
which they will converse until something
new turns up.
Residing on the street in question IL
gentleman whose name is withheld from
the public for various reasons. He 10 =
hard working, sober, intelligent gentlemsn,
and has the respect of all who bear his &C.
4uaintance; and 6ad it not been for the
developments unearthed one night during
ed in the newspapers.
He is a married man, and his wife is
represented as attractive and fond of soci-
for some time past that she was quite
fly" in the slang sense of the word, but If
she was guilty Of any wrong, they were
not aware of ii.
The head Of the family has . situation
which compels him to work of nights. and
of course his wife would have felt quite
lonesome during his absence 80, to obvi-
ate this, it was thought the proper thing
to take a gentleman boarder. This was
done, and now the misery Of the husband
is complete.
The gentleman whom they took into
their home is a young mechanic, whose
good looks and affable manners soon won
lodging place in the affections of the
landlady. and they became quite intimate.
For a time everything moved along serepe-
ly. and the husband was happy in To
thought that while he toiled at night his
better-half was safe at home, and q pro-
tector was present in the person of the
boarder spoken of.
At last, however, tie husband began 70
suspect that his wife was the recipient of
more attention at the hands of their board
er than the circumstances warranted, and
he gently upbraided her; but his sus-
picions were allayed when she assured him
that there had never been anything i'm
proper between them. and that Mr.
was "one OF the incest fellows in the
world"
And thus time wore along until he first
OF the past week, when the husband re-
ceived valuable pointer which he deter
mined to act upon. He was informed BY
a neighbor that if he would leave his work
almost any night and drop in ut his home.
he would discover something to his sur
prise.
Accordingly, he informed his fellow
labOrers, two or three nights ago, that he
was compelled to 60 home for few min
utes, rs he had business of importance to
transact. He proceeded slowly, fearing the
worst, of course. On srriving at his resi-
dencs he found the door locked, but seen
gained an entrance, and ut once proceeded
to the room occupied BY his wife. when .
sight was presented to his gase that almost
drove him mad.
His wife was there, in bed, but not
alone for lying BY her side was the board
er. and both we're sleeping soundly. What
then transpired the reporter Is not pre-
pared to say. Certain it lie. however, The
destroyer of the husbands happiness &C.
knowledged ell, and promised to leave ths
city, which he did the next morning, to the
great relief Of tie man whom he had in
jured.
1t 10 not known whether . separation
will result, but the chances are a8ainst it.
As the guilty woman has promised to lead
q virtuOus life hereafter, and the poor duPs
of a man probably believes she is sincere in
her declarations.