The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-03
A TOUCHING STORY.

1t may not be generally known
yet it is probably true, that the "a
nous novel of East Lynne, although
written in England, had the ground
work of its story in singular mar
rage which took place in Cincin-
Iati, the notice and attending cir
CT instances at the time being copied
by almost every paper in the counS
try. The matter was about as fol-
lows:
A r.J. NJ, a clerk In a down
town house, fell in love with a
young lady, whose father was a
well-tcedo Second street merchant,
and after proper season Of atten-
ton the couple were married.
They soon found out that they
were not very happily mated, and
after d marriage Of seven years. dur
ing which time they had three
children, 1.-TWO boys and a gifD they
mutually agreed to the husband ap-
plying for 8 divorce, merely on the
ground 0finc0mpstibiliiy of tenn per.
The divorce was granted, and the
wife went home to her father, who,
through ind0rsing, lost his business
and a his property. The daugh-
ter's and his own misfortune
weighed so heavily on the fathers
mind that, during moment of
mental alienation, be took his own
life, leaving his daughter penDiless,
and thorough it with the cold charity
Of the world as best she could. The
woman, q brave little creature, tried
every way she knew how to gain
an honest livelihood: in fact, work
| ing so hard, giving music lessons
and doing embroidery for her old
sChOolmates, that her health gave
way, and having no money to pay
her board, must beg, starye, or go to
the poor house.
Re tut to the other side Of the
picture, the husband, after
months release from the marital
bonds, again married, and st the
time of WHICH We speak had not
only the children by his first wife.
but also an addition thereto, little
twO-year old girl by his second wife,
The latter lady being ILL., the
husband advertised for o nurse
and housekeeper, which notice
reached the sye of the first
wife, and she, IN her trouble,
went TO the former partner Of her
hesrt, told him OF her sad cOuditicn,
and applied for the position III bis
! household. TIE husband, giving
her ample funds for al immediate
wsnts, asked her to call again st his
Office on the following morning,
| promising to consult his wife about
the matter IL the meant me.
Promptly, rs per age ement, wife
No. WAS on time, as was the huS,-
band, and from there they went to
the residence, where the two wives
had their first conversation, ending
IN their agreement for the frat wife
to come and accept the vacant plaoe,
which she die, seemingly de.
lighted at having peaceful home
over her head, no Withstand
Ing the very strange circumstances
under which such shelter wac given.
Necessity demanded that the entire
past should be obliterate6, and the
new hOusekeeper treated as any
otter help; that she must care for
The chudren-her own offspring
and tbs other child as any other
hired nurse would do; that she
must eat at tie second table 10 take
care Of her charges. All these
things and even more humility did
the poor woman show, never sigh,
word or look exhibiting the least
evidence CT discomfort. What,
however, must have been the true
feelings of her heart, when seeing
another filing the place that she had
once tried. rs she thought, SO hard
TO fill.
The stove is from an old Cincin~
natl paper, but the sequel, as told US
by one cOnversant with the fact, is
stranger than what we have already
narrated. When the cholera was
rsgiu G in our city in 1855, the sec>
Ond wife was taken very Iii with it,
and being informed by the physi-
elan thai chs could live but few
hVAAS al AOsG, DIS SE6 WdS UuOu
taken in collapsed condition, she
asked that all go out of the room
excepting her husband and house
keeper, when she told how much
she dreaded leaving her Ii tie chill
dren among rangers, and as dy-
ing wife entreated them 10 marry
again.
The proposition was a strange one,
but both promised, and in q few
months afterward. when the second
wife had been dead q sufficient
length Of time not to cause remarks,
the twO were again married,
brought together after q cruel separ-
alton Of 50 many years, and, we be-
lieve, are now living happily tOs
gether in a coZy West End house,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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