Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-06
TIRED OF HER HOME.
, Disappearance OF mrs.
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len Disnppc- OF mrs.
- od.s of Grand Avcnue.
ripple Of excitement was caused
lay among the residents OF Grand avenue
No news was circulated that the wife Of
\ Rhodes was missing. Mf. Rhodes ish
1er BY trade. aud resides In one Of the
IG0ftaees, two doors from Temple street
&0dcs ia vol known 10 all old.tlne resi-.
"a the city rs she has bcen residing here
past thiiieen years. ana IL an attractive
woinaa OF about 'i5 years Of age, ghe
her disappearhncc IL best told IN her
&d's words. as narratsd 10 q HERALD re-
IAtf niehf. "Whpn | went out 10 work
~ morning. said he; my wife mp
u Lc In her usual spirits. We had bad
rcl OF any description and had not thf
idea IN the world that anything was
Ind, She asked me II ! would take
1nch along, and replied IN the mega.
Wing that expected that the Job ! was
4 on would bo through by noon and
Eomc home ut that time. Her brother
h me during tho morning. and he n
Iarpenter by trade, and was looking foi
ment. Al ! expected wended
6ay h0mewnrds at l2 o'clock,
arrival nnding tho. house empty, |
-4ed that NV wife had stepped out for .
Her brother and decided 10 COOK
InE on the coal oil stove, but | could not
md during the search discovered that
1nR machine wss also gone. s'ispectnr
|'dcthing was the matter went TO the
~ and there found that her trunk was
And then 1t flashed upon me that she
"a away. Why Hhe did SO cannot under
{Wcrc married and she has been good
&5etthfnl wife, tending mo like
EEci during four years when
<(,apncitated from work By paralysis
1aEes II more strange ~ 10 think that she
10 OFT snd leave the the children" and
- ..xl. .l..ll 80
- of nine and tho other Of twelve years
Who were sitting mutely In the room"
n xrievance that she ever uttered was
WAS lonely IN this part OF town ana She
q she would liko TO live In ban Fran
NE IN n woman OF very Himable disposl-
nd she LIKES to be always surrounded
phny, II certainly was rathel
# for her up here, especially
y life the had been leading for we had
opinga lodging house and restaurant
Htreet, and that always kept plenty Of
- elopement case, az ] know Of none in
lhe was particularly interested, and
he the day married her, thirteen years
We never had occasion to suspect her
anything wrong. She IL English by
d when married her she was as nice.
and she retains her good looks
knows her do not think
u away on the spur OF the moment, be.
u some time past, though have been
prctty good wages and turning my pay
her, abe has always complained OF be
~. She has evidently been saving up
= time aud laid her plans pretty well,
, the rent was due on the LIST, and after
: 4er over my pay on Saturday | asked
va settled with the landlord, and she
NJ abe had, This. however, was untrue,
*'na u, a rnuud fn.dav for hia m outhlv de-
III $50. and proved to me conolusively
had not received IT, think that
zone to San Francisco, where she will
~ enjoy herself for q little time while
||@oy lnsts, and then she will probably go
III Think she will repent the step she
kon," concluded Mr.. Rhodes, 'for the
fX her children's merry voices will be
I1G1ng In her ears. and the vision of the
home she has foraaken will riso mp and
- her fancied happiness"