The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-19
ROMANTIC, AND SAID TO BE TRUE.

nOWHNIIO AND oAlO ~ De lHOEs
a Recent Chicago Incidental Husband
and Wife Reunited After Six Years OF
Voluntary Separation.
[Chicago Tribunel
The following story is true one. II the
names of the parties are not given it is be-
cause they object to publicity. The facts,
however, are known not only to the en-
ployes of the husband, but to a number of
friends.
Nearly seven years ago Mr.. -, native
of Chambersburg, Pa, was confidential
clerk for New York house. He fell in
love with and became engaged to the
daughter of wealthy Judge, who was a
resident of Chambersburg. The day was
set for the marriage, and all the arrange
ments were made by the father-in.law for
grand celebration such as he thought be-
fitted tho dignity of the occasion. Shortly
before the wedding the prospective SON.
in-law was overtaken my misfortune He
had indorsed for friend, the friend
failed to take up his notes, and the
young man lost what he had-a farm
near Chambersburg, with considerable
money, and also all the cash which he had
saved up during his service in New York.
The moment that he learned of his mis-.
fortune he went to the Judge at
Chambersburg, told him what had hap.
pened to him, and said that, while as anx-
ious as ever to marry his daughter, he
could not consent in view of the change in
his circumstances to have as grand and
costly wedding as had previously been
arranged for. He was anxious to marry
her on the day appointed, quietly and I'M
ostentatiously, and then take her with
him to share his fortunes. The Judge,
however, q man of 'obstinacy, insisted on
carrying out the programme in all it's de-
tails. 1t was his daughter who was TO be
married, and he insisted that the cere.
mony should take place with all the pomp
and parade to which he thought she was
deserving. Mr.. - declined, and lett for
New York that night EARLY the next
morning the young lady followed him.
They were married in New York, lived
together for two or three days, and then
she returned to her home, he remaining at
the metropolis.
Not long after the father-in-law died.
By his will he disinhelied his daughter,
but perhaps ina moment of relenting, per-
haps with malignant desire to try their
patience, he inserted proviso that, if
they should live apart for six years, never
meeting, never corresponding, trying to
keep up no communication whatever, at
the end of that time. if these facts were
proven to the satisfaction. of the trustees
of the estate, the daughter might have q.
share. For nearly two years the husband
lived in New York. Then, his health fail
ing, he went to Denver. After staying
there about two years hecame back TO this
city, entered the employ of larga manu-.
featuring house, whose big store is on
Wabash avenue near Congress, and soon
became, by virtue of his natural abil titles
and his attention to business, their con-
fidential man. All this time he never saw
his wife, never wrote to her, nor received
letters from her. 1t is possible, of course,
that he might have heard indirectly
through his mother. But there is no evi.
dence of this, and the wife's brothers, who
were steadily on the lookout to see that
none of the conditions Of the bill were
broken, were unable to find anything
which could justify the trustees iu declar-
ing that the Judges requirements had not
been lived up to strictly ..-
During the greater part of this time Mr..
IS employers had no idea that he was
married. He kept his secret to himself re-
li5iously, and it only came out last
Thanksgiving Day, when dinner was
given by the head of the house to his lead.
ing men, and then, the six years having
expired, Mr.. - felt warranted in stating
to the head of the firm that he was mar
ried and had baen for six years. late
last year the trustees of the estate decided
that the terms of the will had been com.
piled with, and that Mrs. - was entitled
10 her share of her father's estate, amount.
ing to about twenty-five thousand dollars
mot what is nowadays called a fortune,
but enough to enable them to live in com.
Portable independence. Soon after that,
all business matters having been settled
up, the wife came to this city and met her
husband, whom she had not seen for over
six years. He remains in the employ of
the firm, and they are both living happily
together in pleasant quarters on the South
Side.
The husband is little exultant over this
reward of his patience and endurance, just
as Jacob felt joyous after he had served
fourteen years and finally earned the hand
of Rachel, and is not disinclined to tell the
story of his early love and a long separa-
tion. The wife, however, is more sensitive:
is unwilling to have the story known
among the acquaintances whom she has
made sim, she came here, and it is, there.
fore, rather out of difference to her wishes
that the names of the parties are not given.
A HUNTERS FATAL STEP.
Throuoh the Snow Into n Deserted Shaft