St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-29
ONE W0MAN'S SHAME
Banker Smiths Spouse Finds
Her Affinity in Bret
harto'S Son.
The Despoiled Husband Is
Passive Concerning the
Morganatie Alliance.
A Brace Of Burglars Held at
Fay by a Brave
Woman.
Land Shark FpedepiekSen Dr.
Vided His Profits With
Rich BackepS.

New YORK, Nov. 2S.-Up in West
Eighty-fOurth street, block from the
park, lives a handsome blonde woman,
and yesterday she had with her to spend
/ thanksgiving her TWO Sunny-haired lit
tie boys. But it will probably not be a
very happy holiday with the occupants
of the second fiat in the bic new Agnes
apartment house, No. p West Eighty
fourth street. The filing OF certain
legal papers in court yesterday has
brought gloom to that little household,
and the handsome mother of two pretty
bows views with diSmay The emblaZon-
ment of the peculiar life she Is leading
a Young man, said to be the son OF
famous novelist, poet and representa-
tive of this country abroad. will also
probably neglect to render thanks to-
dav. but will doubtless enjoy himself IN
Recommendations of another man, whose
wife he has won. Mrs. Aline b. Smith,
wife of }. Jay Smith. Is the woman,
and Francis K. Harte. son OF Bret Harte,
is the man whose Thanksgiving eve
was made miserable by the proceedings
in court yesterday, which revealed
condition of domestic ENHANCEMENT not
extraordinary by any means. but IN
some RESPECTS unusual. The peculiar
aspect of the case is that While j. Jay
Smith.
THE DESPOTLED HUSBAND
charges his wife with living with an
other man and bearing that other mans
name, he does not want divorce. and
is willing for her tOeOntinue as his wife
in the ewes of the law, if she Will only
allow him to have the control or their
children. She does not want 10 have
ANYTHING to do with himand is content TO
live as she is with a MOI ganatic relation
ship to young Harte, and she proposes
to keep her children. too. Joe" Smith
married Aline BOutOn in this city on
Feb. %. 1873. He was a dapper young
man. with slight. under-slZed hgure.
and she was medium-slzed, really
handsome girl, with neat. well-rounded
figure, silky yellow hair and big light
blue eyes, fTingtd with delicately
arched browS and dark lashes. As time
wore on. two children were born to
them-BUuton. named after her father,
a saddlery merchant her.and Spencer Z.
They are now respectively eight ana
six years Old. Mr.. Smith is still neat as
a new pin, but his trim little figure has
lost its grace of movement, "a he is par
italy parayZPd in his lower limbs. She
is as handsome as ever, with an oval
face of good complexion and a smile as
btwitchng as it ever was. even before
marital troubles. quarrels and family
fights cast al shadow upon the
HORIZON OF THEIR DOMESTICITY.
These QuarrelS became SO frequent
ana bitter that at last the couple agreed
to separate. and on Nov. II, 1855, they
signed All agreement in the law office of
w. Ii. BoughtOn. This agreement,
however. was to be only temporary, ana
the separation which it provided for,
was to expire on May 1, last. In the
meantime other young men had come
upon the scene, and Mrs. Smith con-
Guided that she would prefer to remain
away from the husband, who had been
i'll and was left a comparative invalid.
She was not dependent upon him. as
her father had died and left her an in
come ample enough for comfort. Law
yerS have been consulted time and
again by both parties, but no recOncilia-
ton could be affected.