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SEQUEL TO AN ELOPEMENT.
Ex.Go,,rnor Hubbard's Daughter Freed from Her
Husband.

SEQUEL IV AN hH"i
Ex.Goy.ruor Hubbard's Daughter Freed from Hell
Husband.
About four years ago the beautiful
and accomplished daughter OF ex-Gov-
ernor Hubbard, of Hartford, Conn.,,
eloped with and was married to Fred
erick Shepard, her fathers coachman.
Elk. Governor Hubbard at once dis
owned the girl, who had hitherto been
| his favorite child, and positively re-
fused to receive any communications
| from her or her husband. Adispatch
| from Hartford to the New York Times
gives the following sequel to the
elopement:
AFTER the sensation created by her
marriage had died away, she fellquietly
out of sight of her former aristocratic
friends, and she would have been for
gotten but for her proceedings to get q
divorce, which have once more reviv-
ed the memory of her romantic mar
riage. After the wedding the couple
remained in this city about two years.
For a few days they kept themselves
secluded, and Shepard feared to show
himself in public lest he should be
assaulted by his former master and
father-in-law, but finally finding that
the ex- Governor took no more notice
of him than if he were dead, he Sc
cured Glerkship in a Hartford shoe
store, where he worked faithfully.
His young wife had plenty of money
at this time, some that was hers in
her own right, and more, it is said,
from the ready purse Of her heart bro
ken mother, who, while bowling meek
ly to the will of her husband, could
not suppress all love for her darling
child. The couple lived very happily
for a time, and a child was born to
them, a girl, to cement their union.
About two years ago they removed to
New Haven, where Shepard started a
large livery stable in State st. with
money furnished by his wife and her
friends. The stable is connected with
a large hotel, and yields quite reve-
nue. to Shepard, who is still running
it. They engaged cosy cottage on
a pleasant street, and here for time
ali went well. But the domestic
peace was to be shattered in New Ha-
ven. Mrs. Shepard became tired OF
her unlettered husband, and they be-
gan to find that their tastes in almost
everything ran in counter directions.
Shepard attended strictly to business,
and Mrs. Shepard, who was not re-
ceived with open arms in New Haven
society, showed her contempt OF the
fashionable world, Of which she had
formerly been belle, by purchasing
a dog-cart and a handsome pony, with
which she appeared in the streets, ele-
gantly attired, on every pleasant day.
The beautiful woman naturally at
tracted admirers, and among them
one is said to be an aged and wealthy
manufacturer of New Haven, and
another millionaire of New York,
who frequents the Turf Club in that
city. Shepard became jealous Of his
wife, with OF without cause, and the
result was that the two separated
several months ago and have not lived
together since.
when the breach occurred Shep-
ard went to live at hotel, and his
wife remained in the cottage with her
child. The husband called frequent
ly to see his child, and on such occa-
sions Mrs. Shepard left the two to-
gether. Some few months ago she
gave up her cottage and went to live
in the Seldom House at New Haven.
The breach between her and her
husband was constantly widening al
though it was apparent that Shepard
still idolized his wife. Some three
months ago when the rumor that she
was about to seek a divorce was first
spread, a friend of Shepard's spoke
to him on the subject. He cried like
like baby then, and said he had al
ways been true to her and should al
ways love her devotedly. He acted
a child that was being punished,
and refused to believe that his wife
would ask for a divorce, and seemed
to be confident that she would ulti-
mately return to live with him.
"Mrs. Shepard's lawyer in moving
for the divorce wasL. N. Blydenburg,
who figured as the counsel for the