Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-09-24

The Union of Two Lovers After = serar9s
tion of Many ars.

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70 vile lO.j Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.I
| On Wednesday afternccu we'd ling ocy
| Cured at the National Ho,Sa which waS
the culmination of romance seldom met
with in the walks Of life! Back In the
sixties DIR. II. s. BoIes, then young medi-
cal student OF Lucas, Rfchland County,
Ohio, wooei and won the heart of Miss
Allie Baker, the only chill of DR.. Norman
Baker. a wealthy physician of the same
hamlet. The course of true love did not
run smoothly on account of the influences
of others, and. although holding an en-
dearipg attachment for each other. 1t was
ordained that they should separate. Her
suitor then turned his attention to other
quarters, and soon after formed an attach
ment with another lady. They were
united in marriage and settled down TO n
practical life. The doctor was successful
in the pursuit of his prof ssirn, and the
couple were happily mated, the fruit OF
the union being daughter. After four
teen years of married life Mrs. Boles be-
came afflicted with Consumption and died.
J After the separation Of the young and
ardent lovers DIR. Baker, who was a wid-
| over, went to New York State, taking his
daughter with him. While q resident of
1 thub otdbc Sue USCdIuo aCQualuf GU Win y
| young man who was represented as man
| of honor and of sober and industrious
habits. He paid assiduous attentions to
her, but was unable to win her affections.
| Obtaining the aid of the lady with whom
they boarded a mock marriage ceremony
was performed. Indignant at their con.
duct she sought the advice of an attorney,
but he had been employed to inform her
| that fha N uoli ix,N Ne
York State. She wrote to her father, and
on his arrival he inquired about the repu-
tation of the young man, and learning
that it was good, advised his daughter to
consent to the ceremony being performed
by a minister, which she did. The hus-
band and wife and father emf grated to
Kansas and located on a farm some TWEEN
| ty miles from Great Bend.
Five years ago Dr.. Baker died, being
possessed Of considerable means. His
son-in-law who had in the mean time
proved a worhlc IS husband, surreptitious-
ly procured the appointment OF adminis-
traitor of the estate. He was q victim of
drink, and began to squander his wife's
estate. The death of her three children
added to her lonely condition, AMI the
continued abuse heaped upon her by the
worthless husband causei her to leave
him, and she went to her friends In New
York State. About year after the event
her husband followed her, and through his
promise of good treatment and different
mode of life she consented to return to
Kansas with him, only TO have the re-
mainder Of her estate squandered, and
ten fold mere abuse heaped upon her in
her desenseless condition. Last year she
again left him, and located at Lucas, end
in due time applied for and obtained di.
vorce, one OF the con itions of the decree
being the restoration OF her maiden name.
Bo'h the old lovers now being free, they
renewed the slumberng flames of love-.
and pledged their vows on the altar cf
matrimOnY as nj Owe sfnfad