The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-12-20
ASTRANGE STORY
Singular Cause tor . Divorce suit-A
Bride Pursued by Her Husbands

Bride Pursued by Her Husband's
"Doublo.''
Philadelphia 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 enoash are
more devoted to each other now than
on the wedding day. Margaret Leeds,
= pretty brunette, and a native of the
city of Pittsburg, became Mrs. Anson
e. Clements on the 9Th OF last July. Her
husband is carriage upholsterer, aged
tweEty-six, and has always been an in.
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 three days honey.
moon. leaving his bride with her moth
er. On the 18th of October, feeling as.
sured that his position would he per.
manent, the young man telesraphed for
his wife, and twenty hours Later she
was installed in cozy little four-roomed
house in the northwestern section of
the city. She had not been in her new
home q week before she had written
twice to her mother that she was too ut
terly miserable to live; that her hus.
band, while one of the kindest and most
considerate Nen living, was possessed Of
9 strange affection that made her life a
burden. and certainly precluded the
possibility of her living with him. The
story she related to Sunday Mirror rep.
resentative was terrible one, and as
amply corroborated by her tears and her
Ptiiui expressions of regret about the
compulsory parting.
II never knew how much loved An.
son." said she. until after we were mar.
ried, and I love him to day better than
ever. When you hear me through. /
think you will say that i've had the most
awful experience ever known to wife.
We were married at Z o'clock in the
evening at my mothers house. The
guests remained until midnight, and
then my husband and l went to our
room. We sat talking tor half an hour
or more over our future prospects and
how happy We would he, and then re-
tired. Aoout 4 O'Clock ia the mo. ming {
was awakened by a noise in the room.
/ raised myself up in bed and screamed.
AND what l saw was enough to make u
brave man quake with fear. Standing
In front Of the bureau, saw the form OF
man. He seemed to be shaving him.
self. for, every now and then, l could
see the gleam of u razor as he wiped it
on piece of paper. was fully awake
inc 4 4
to disturb the iutruier in the least.
Anson? shrieked, nesting, up closer
to my husband, 'Anson! wake up for
heavens sake; there i, some one in the
my husbands lace. # was u as cold. cold as as
the face OF the dead. l seized him by
the shoulder and shook him, hut he
never moved. In my fright I began
beating him on the chest, and screaming
at the top of my voice. Then
the idea took possession of
me that he was dead. His arms
were rigid, and could not hear him
breathe. All this time the mysterious
figure Continued to shave himself in front
OF the looking glass. NV screams awoke
the household. l heard footsteps on the
stairs. and can just remember seeing my
mother and youngest brother rush into
the rooms Us tainted When l came
to my senses Arson was bathing my face
with cold water, and my mother was
standing beside the bed. l looked to-
war the bureau. but the form I saw
standing there had disappeared. told
the cause of my outcry, but they all
laughed at me aad said had been
dreaming. I could sleep no more that
night, but sat up until daybreak, half
convinced that what had 8 Zen was q
fancy of the brain. My husband seemed
annoyed about something, but as the
day wore on he became good-natured
again, and before night came he had mo
in his arms, telling me how much he
loved me.
"The next night and the next, slept
soundly without being disturbed. On
the fourth day after our marriage An.
son started tor Philadelphia to secure q
position which would pay him great
deal better than his job in Pittsburg.
He wrote to me every day. and on the
18th of last Month 1 arrived in this city.
You can see how comfortably we
are fixed here. Arson was over
joyed to see mo and needn't say that
had the same feeling. was tired and
went to bed early. I don't think shall
ever forget that night as long rs live.
Shortly ter midnight something caused
me to awake, and looking no SAW tho
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 a razor in his hand,
drawing it over his face again and again,
as calmly as though he was in his own
home. He made no other motion, and
his movements were perfectly noiseless.
l must have lain perfectly quiet for q
minute, and then by mighty effort
retained the use of my voice and lmbs.
seized my husband by the shoulder
and tried to awaken HIM. NV fear
must have gone to double strength, for
| pushed him partly out Of bed. Instead
OF arousing himself at my call he lay like
a dead man.
II passed my hand over bis face and
was surprised t. find that it was as cold
and clammy as it was on our bridal
night in Pittsburg. The extremity Of
fear must have given me courage, for !
took Anson's head in my arms and be
gan shrieking in his ear, All this, you
reco!'ect, occurred inside Of three min
utes, but to me it seemed like ages. The
man 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 l fell back half
fAinting. The next thing l remember
was similar to my terrible experience at
home. Arson was bathing my face and
chalng my hands. l told him what
had happened and he eaid had been
dreaming, but he did not seem
as positive as before. Of course I was
in state of nervous prestration all day,
and when we went to bed I made An
son promise me that he would make an
effort to keep awake after midnight.
He did 80, and l was not disturbed by
the horrible nightmare-as I thought it
of the other nights. On the third
night of our stay in Philadelphia the
mystery was solved, or at least there
was an unsatisfactory explanation OF it
My husband and had spent
the evening at a theater. and after COM
ing home sat up and talked until nearly
o'clock. Then we retired, and I, with
some misgivings, buried my head under
the bedclothes, don't know how long
slept, but, as before, Was aroused by
some mysterious influence, and knew
the moment opened my eyes that
was to 90 through another terrible or