New-York tribune., 1890-06-27
RAIN FOR FAMILY DTSCORD.


portance to men has just been brought to ilgho
in Newark Twenty wears ago one John Conway
married certain Kate Mcnamara. The Dridc
,vas dressed in some sort of soft clinging stun.
while the Groom wore the conventional black. we
ouotc from a contenpOrapcous newspaper account
Rut John proved tickle and two weeks after the
ceremony he disappeared. Detectives were eih-
Moved 10 look him up. The sorrowing wiie her-
self discovered that he had been making inquiries
around town about the West that he had Do"Bno
n ticket for Denver and that he had been seen
TO board the Western express tram Ihesc i'oO'
she communicated to the detectives, VINO "eio
working for $40 day. She told them tl'uC eno
believed that her husband had gone West. lHey
LAUGHED al her The buying Of ticket ana 'ho
entering Of IL train were merely tricks 10 '1ro"
them OIL the track. They were not thc men ~
IL, thrown of the track. Their theory was tha''
while walking about the suburbs, balloon WIN
q long dragropc had passed over Mr.. Conway. the
anchor on the end of the rope had ac'iHeh''li>
caught in his coat-tail and whisked him up anu
away. They worked this theory siN months
Wien. Mrs. Conway not being able to pay them
longer, they dropped the ease.
Rut we wander from the more important points
Of the story Despite tie efforts OF the detectives
obout month ago Conway returned. Twenty
brought him a stock of good horse-sense lie de
,ermined 10 hunt up his wife He found hcr
matron of a local insane asylum. lie told her
that her theory had been right and that OF the
detectives wrong-that he had been West ana had
become wealthy She rcpuscd him and applied
for a divorce lie returned 10 his home in Helena
Montana. Here hc went around among his bus-
ness friends-merchauts, manufacturers. bankers
and SO forthwith n paper which spoke hIshIy
Of his integrity morality and general good stand
ing la the community, which paper was sisheu pS
every man he approached Armed WIN tht9'
which somewhat rcsemblcd petition asking 70
be APPOINTED postmaster, the business-iike Conway
returned 10 Newark and laid Il at his wifc's fec'.
os Le had laid his young heart twenty years be-
fore She read the recommendation, cnrefuDy eN-
auIncd the signatures, took his hand and told ma
that all was forgiven. The next dny they ho'h
disappeared from Newark. Local detectives hlhe'
darly AZ a predatory balloon. but the fact is that
they had both gone 20 Helena, Montana
The bearings Of which tale lie in the Application
Of H. Men are often detained at tie Office late
a., ri,b, lv business of the most important nature,
or they are obliged 10 sit up till nearly morning
with sick iriend-the alarming frequency with
which business comes in and friends are taken
III late in the night is too well known 70 need
nuently also. does q mans wife seem To doubt
whether he has any business or any friends at :
a m. though he assure her OF both repeatedly
Now. il seems 10 Ms that when man gets home
~ 2 30 in the morning after having a msunder-
standing with the front gate and long search
for vagrant kcy-holc, we repeat ai''r
getting in and hanging his hat on the chandelier
il would be- most excellent time TO produce
long testimonial signed by his business associates
as 10 his integrity, morality and sobrlety. IN
view Of the effect that such a document produced
i'm Newark aitcr twenty years who can donnt us
value after only few hours? Stcadying himself
bv the hat-Iacl, let man read the laudatory
resolutions of his associates in business 'ond IN
cludlnp the policeman on that beat, and how
often would it produce family harmony and BRING
pcacc and happiness Time alone is needed 10
give thc Newark idea popularity oil over the
country.