The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1883-12-20
ASrRANGE STORY

ASrRANGE STORY
Singular Cause Tor q Divorce Suit-A
Bride Pursued by Her Husbands
Double"
Philad lphia Mirror.
A remarkably curious divorce suit will
be tried in this city before an examiner
IN the early part of December. The
parties to the suit have been married
Jour months, and strangely enough are
moro devoted to each other now than
Oil the wedding day. Margaret Leeds,
pretty brunette, and native OF the
city of P.ttsburg, became Mrs. Arson
F. Clements on the Sth OF last July. Her
husband is carriage upholstered, aged
twenty-six, and has always been an iu-
dustrious, sober man. The marriage
took place in Pittsburg, where the groom
WAS employed at his trade. He was Of
fered better position in Philadelphia,
and came here after a three days honey
moon, leaving his bride with her moth
err. On the 18th of October, feeling as
sured that his position would he per
manent, the young man telegraphed for
his wife, aud twenty hours tier she
WAS installed in cozy little four-roomed
house in the northwestern section of
the city. She had not been in her new
home week before she had writ en-
twice to her mother that she was too III
terly miserable to live; that her nus.
band, while one of the kindest and most
ronSiderate nen LIVING, was possessed OF
strange atfl ctlon that made her life
burden, aud certainly precuded the
possibility ~ her living with aim. The
story she related to a Sunday Mirror rep
rest NATIVE was a terrible one, and aS
amply corroboratsd by her tears and her
p hui eXpresSI ms OF regret about the
compulsory parting.
81 never knew how mucn I loved An
son." said she, 'until aIteI we were mar
RED, and love him to day better than
ever When yol hear me through, |
think you Will say that I've had the most
awful experience ever known 10 IL wife.
We were III ,rrleu at O'clock i'll the
evenit 9 at lay mothers house. The
guests remained until miunisht, and
then my husband and | Went TO our
room. W., sat tai king COR half an hour
or more over our future prospects and
how happy We would tie, and then 70.
tired. ABOUT i o'c.uc> in tue moaning
Was awake he'd by pol-e in the TO IN.
| raised myself up in ted and screamed.
And " hat l saw WAS enough to make d
brave man Qu,ke with tear. Standing
i'll lfont ot tue bureau, [ SAW the form OF
Il man. He seemed to be shaving hiIn-
sell. for, every nov aud then, | could
see tlie gieam of i razor as he wiped il
Oh 4 piece OF paper. | was III ly awake
III an Instant, and my voice d not seem
10 di,tnfb the l.tru Ter i'll the least.
'Ansun! | silrieke d, nesti,ng up closer
To my Husband, Arson! wake up for
heavens sake; there some one IN the
room" AS spoke placed my hand Oh
the lace OF the dead. | se,zed him by
the shoulder and shook hlm, hut he
never moved. In my fright | began
beating him on the Guest, and screaming
at the top of my vo.ce. Then
the idea took possession of
me that he was dead. His arms
were rigid, and | could not htar him
breathe. All this time the mysterious
figure cor.ilnued 10 shave himself in front
OF the looking glass. Nv screa us awoke
the household. | heard footsteps on the
stairs, and can just remember Seeing my
IN liner and youngest brother rush into
the rooms as tainted When [ came
to my senses Arson WAS BATHING my face
with cold water, and my mother was
standing beside the bed. | looked to-
war The bureau. but the form [ saw
standing there hal Disappeared. told
tie cause OF my cutlery, but they all
laughed at me aid said had been
dreaming. could sleep no more that
night. but sat up until dayoreak, half
convinced that what had en- was a
fancy OF the brain. Ny husband seemed
annoyed about something, but as the
day wore on lie became good -natured
again, and before night came ne had me
in ms arms, telling me how mrch he
loved TIE.
''The next night and the next, I slept
soundly without being disturbed. On
the fourth day after cur marriage An
son started for Philadelphia to secure
position which would pay him u great
deal better than his iob in Pittsburg.
He wrote to me every day, and on the
18th of last Month arrived in this city.
You can see how comfortably we
are fixed here. Arson was over
,oyed to see me and | needn't say that
had the same feeling. [ was tired and
went to bed early. I don't think | shall
ever forget that n ght as long as live.
shortly u ter midnight something caused
ne to wake, and looking I'd | saw the
room door open, and then | saw u man
enter. He went directly to the bureau.
and then, as true as heaven, hears me,
began shaving himself. was too fright
ened to move, much less speak. There
the man stood with razor in his hand,
drawing it over his face agaii. and again,
as calmly as though he was in MS own
home. lie made no other motion, and
his movements were perfectly nui seless.
must have lain perfectly quiet for a |
minute, and then py q mighty ef,rt |
retained the use Of my voice AMI ltnhS.
| seized my husband by the shoulder
aud tried to awaken him. My fear
must have gone tn double Strength for
pushed him partly out OF bed. instea,
of arousang himself at my call he lay like
a dead man.
81 passed my hand over his face and
was surprised - find that it was as cold
and clammv as it was on our bridal
night in Pittsburg. The extremity of
'ear must have given me courage, for
took Anson's head in my arms and be
san shriekin. in his ear, All this, you
recoIltct, occurred inside Of three NM
,ltes, but to me it seemed like ag $. The
nan was still standing in front Of the
bureau. and did not appear to notice
the disturbance in the least. At last my
nerves gave way, and fell back hall
aiming. The next thing | remember
VAS similar to my terrible experience at
nome. Arson was bathing my face and
chatting my han is. | told him whal
IL d ha opened and he said l had bee
dreaming, but he did not Seen
s positive as before Of course I was
~ state Of nervous prestratiOn all day,
and when we went to bed l~niade An
son promise me that he would make an
rtfJrt to keep AWAKE alter midnight.
10 did so, and I was not disturbed bv
he horrible nigh;mare-as l thought it
of the other nights. On the third
night of our stay in Philadelphia the
mystery was solved, or at least there
Nas al unsatisfactory explanat on it
My husband and had spen,
The evening ut theater. aud after COM
in. home sat up and ttked until near
O'clock. Then We retired, and |, with
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