The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-15
Her PLIGHTEDFAITH
How Thomas S. Clifford Betrayed
His Loving Wife.
A. DUCAL MARRIAGE IN FRANCE.
The Union of the Houses of De Luynes and
and D'Uzes-The Scene in st. Phillips
Church-The Honeymoon.


NEW YORK, Dec. IA special from San
Diego, California appeared in the World
yesterday, stating that Thomas Scott Gift
ford, who recently married a daughter OF
Judge Allen &. Thurman, the divorced
wife of Lieutenant Cowles, had an undi-
vorced wife at Fort Lee, New Jersey. The
dispatch excited no little interest in the
latter village. Nobody there, however,
seemed to have heard of the arrival there
of Mrs. Clifford. A reporter for the World
found the father, who keeps a one-storn
cigar and confectionery shop under the
sign of ga. Borne"
'Does Mrs. Alice Clifford live herelr he
asked.
Eyes. She is down to the city to-day and
will not be back until Sunday was the
reply in French. "The poor woman has SO
much trouble. There was a report in the
New York World this morning that has
greatly agitated her, and so she will say
nothing. But here is her father. l am
only her stepmother."
A wrinkled man came in here, with a
blue blouse and red cap and smoking a
cigarette.
MY poor little girl will not now talk to
you," he said. ''She is too much excited
and worried. Do know Mr.. Clifford! Oh,
yes, indeed. 1t was he who stole my little
girl six years ago and sent her back to me
few days ago." And his eyes filled with
tears.
81 was in business at Sixth avenue and
Fifteenth street, and Clifford used to come
in and talk to my daughter. He was gay
| then. Alice was sixteen years old and her
mother was dead. One day she left the
shop and did not come back. Next day
searched for her, but could not find her.
kept up my search until almost went wild.
Then young man came and told me Mr..
Clifford had taken my girl away with him.
| What was there left for me to do? Three
years ago in August they returned to visit
me here in Fort Lee They said they were
married and Clifford always introduced my
daughter as his wife. Three weeks ago she
came to me with her two little boys and
said her husband would be in later. So we
all thought until the World came and said
Clifford had married again. My daughter
pretended not to believe it, but she almost
| went crazy. That man must do something
to mend the wrong he has done. l will call
my daughter and let you speak to her,
said the old man in his excitement, forget
ting he had said she was in New York.
A little woman with black eyes and black
hair was ushered unwillingly into the lit
| tie room.
"Oh, indeed, l don't want to say any
thing about this,'' as she went on talking.
"You see, | still believe min a gentleman,
and that he will do what is right by his
two children. Here is one of them now
And the little woman kissed the upturned
| face of boy of five. HE is the very i'm
age of his papa. Let me show you his pic
ture." Then she turned to an album which
held picture which the boys features re-
sembled.
'sWho is that, Tommy 2" asked his
mother.
"That's my papa" answered the boy.
''He is coming to take mamma and me and
Adolph to live in new house down to New
York"
| Ellis name is Thomas Scott" said the
mother, "the same as his fathers. We had
always lived so happily together, and
every place we went to he introduced me
as his wife. One day last month he said
he was going to move to New York, and
for me to go on by railroad and he would
follow by steamer. He bought rail
road tickets and took US to the
depot and said we would be hap
pier than ever in our new home. The
next heard of him was when the newspa.
pers said he had married Miss Thurman.
/ could not believe it, so l wrote to friend
of mine in California near where our cot
tage was, after the truth, and it was that
letter that the World had reported about
this morning. have written to him and
am waiting for reply to my letter 1t is
not for myself l ask, but for my two boys,
his children. They say Miss Thurman
knew of his relations with me. 1t may be-
1 went out but seldom, and he might have
been paying her the closest attention and 1
would never have known of it. The story
in the newspapers said l had been intiu-
heard from anybody in Ohio. Perhaps I
will not take any steps to punish him, even
if l could, for l am heartbroken. / still
have enough faith in his honor to believe
that he will not desert his children. If he
does" and her bright eyes flashed, 'well,
will wait and see.''
Then she turned quickly and left the
room.