Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-19
Spoiled the Wedding.
Nothing of Enoch Arden About
This Man.
A FAITHLESS WIFES DUPLIOITY.

She Passes Herself or as q Single Woman.
Wins Young Mans Heart, but Is
Barely Married When Her Legal Hus-
band Calls the Tarn-Grand male of
CONSERVATION, to be Ended by Divorce
Proceedings.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. ia wedding
which recently took place on Tracy avenue,
and which ended in such a sensational man.
ner that the minister and attending guests
were pledged to secrecy, has been explained.
The young man in the case is Charles Har-
land, the son of well-to-do widow, and is
welLknown in local society circles His
bride-who was bride of only twenty
minutes-was young lady known as Ida
Adams, whose home was in an interior
Kansas town, and whose acquaintance had
been made by Harland's sister i. some acci-
dental manner. This young lazy was very
pretty and very charming, and when she
asked for rooms at the residence of
the young mans mother - though
she had never up to this time met
him-they received her with open arms
The family was small and they were happy
to have some one who could contribute to
the gaiety and cheerfulness of their home.
so They Were Married.
So gay and cheerful did this very pretty
young lady deport herself that she soon be-
gan to make an impression on the young
mans affections, and when she spoke one
day of returning to her home after the sum
mer's vacation in Kansas City's society, he
told her he would like hor to be his compan-
ion through life And so it came about that
the young couple strangely cast together
were to Toe married IL was only a simple
affair, aud not more than half a dozen in
vited guests were present when the minister
made them man and WIFE
An Unbidden Guest.
After the ceremony the bride stepped out
on the front porch only for a moment, when
she hastily passed back into the hons, with a
face ashen that it was noticeable A few
moments later there was a ring at the door
bell, and gentleman pressed his way into
the hall, saying:
Il would like to see Mrs. Hartley at once y
"She does not reside here" was the reply.
"Hou have probably made a mistake in tn,
house"
well, know haven't" said the stranger
firmly. IL know my wife when | see her, and
saw her only a moment ago step into this
house. She is here and l must see her, as
| she has been missing from her home for a
| long time"
That's MY Wife, Sirr'
At first it was believed that the man wa:
insane but to satisfy him he was asked e
| step into the parlor and see that the lady he
sought for was not among the guests. As the
| stranger entered the room the bride gave a
| piercing scream and tainted.
THAT is my wife, SIR" said the man, who
| gave his name as William Hartley, as be
| pointed to the young woman who had fallen
| back upon a sofa Immediately there was
| great CONSERVATION, and the bride regained
Consciousness and was compelled to admit
| that she had wronged both the man who
claimed her and the young man at her side,
who was completely dumb.ounded at the
| revelations made
Divorce Proceedings Next.
When the confusion had subsidized every.
body present who had witnessed the affair
| was pledged To secrecy. Divorce proceed
ings will be instituted 10y Hartley at once,
and at the trial the inside facts in the cas-,
will probably he revealed