Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-12
AFAIrHLEss HUSBAND CAUGHT.
Surprised by His Wife as He was About
to Elope with Another Woman.

Surprised by His Wife as He was About
to Elope with Another Woman.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. S.-A coupe con-
tainIng a man and woman dashed rap
idly up to the Merrick street entrance of
the Broad Street Railway station this
morning, and the man jumped hastily out.
"When does the Chicago limited ex-
press go?' he breathlessly inquired OF
policeman who stood at the foot OF the
stairway, near the ticket sellers window.
eleven twenty-five" laconlcally re-
piled the policeman"
The man gave sigh OF relief: Inc
hands of the clock marked four minutes
of IL. He obtained tickets and apart
ments in a sleeper for two, and assembled
the stairs to the ladies' waiting room with
his companion. The man, who appeared
to be abOWt 30 years of age, was tall, dark,
and broad-shOuldered, and had fierce
looking moustache. He walked with a
rapid step that made it hard for the little
woman at his side to keep up with him.
She was below the medium height, rather
girlish in appearance, with shy brown
eyes, fair complexion and
wavy brown hair. She wore close
fitting Jersey cloth ulster, which
entirely concealed her travelling
dress. The waiting passengers IN the Ia
dies room turned their heads TO glance at
the couple as they walked the length OF
the broad apartment looking for seats.
They evidently preferred not to occupy
any place facing the entrances, for the
man dragged two Eastlake rocking chairs
to the tiled space before the open fireplace
and went out for a moment. He returned
with two newspapers, and they sat with
their backs TO the room and talked In
whispers, looking at each other over the
tops of the papers.
The big clock with the blue and gold
face recorded 11:20 when the train an
nOuncer, on his way to the ladies' waiting
room, almost came in collision with
large woman, who carried bundle III
her arms concealed under her striped
shawl. He stepped aside to allow her TO
enter, and then shouted:
Chicago, limited; all passengers for
the West"
The couple by the open CRATE laid down
their newspapers, and, as they prepared
to move, a bundle was dropped from over
| the young woman's shoulder into her lap,
and a wOman's voice, in very high key,
| exclaimed:
"If you are going off with him, you
might as we'll take his child along"
The astOnished young woman started
up. grabbing at the now bawling infant
| with one hand, and reached out with the
other to catch hold of the sleeve of her
escort, but the big woman stepped be-
| tween them.
'Come, now, you'll lose your train un-
| less you hurry" she said derisively.
The younger woman glanced for mo-
ment at the gathering crowd that re-
| garded them with curiosity, laid the
screaming infant in the chair vacated by
her escort, and, sitting down, hid her face
in her hands and sobbed.
GeW hat have Won got TO say for Yourself
you miserable"
The older woman did not finish the
| sentence, for the man was gone. He had
taken advantage of the confusion and
slipped out unObseTved.
"Never mind, FL get even with you yet,
you hussy," screamed the woman, snatch
ing the infant, ''but have got word or
two to say to him. He is my husband"
she explained to a woman in the crowd
that pressed around her, "and the father
of this child. That's the chit of thing
he was going to run off withi but let me
get my hands on him.
She forced her way out in search of the
faithless husband, but he was not in sight.
The Chicago limited glided out of the sta
ton as she rushed to the gate.
Ibid tall man go of on the train?"
she an&iOusly asked,
"There were half a dozen tall men on
that train" was the answer.
To the policeman the enraged wife said
that the man who had disappeared was her
husband, who was employed in large
Market street clothing house. The young
woman, who is a neighbor, is button
hole maker in the same establishment
She positively refused to divulge her
name or that of the young woman. The
girl hurriedly left the station, and was
seen to take a Thirteenth street car up
town.