Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-19
WIVES and HUSBANDS.
hrs. PICK NOW LIVS WITH mr. STuD-
DER,
Bul There Was no nopsmsnt Merely q Little
Plsionie Erisndship-Ths Woman Deserts
Hsr husband br WidowG With
Two Children.

NEw YORK, August 1s.-Mr. and Mrs.
A. c. Peck, Of Spring Valley, saved
their pennies and bought side-bar top
buggy last spring.
About June Is Mrs. Peck ordered the
horse TO be hitched 20 the new buggy.
She drove towards the railroad station,
presumably to meet her husband on his
way from New York. The horse, a
good roadster, pulled the new buggy be-
yond the station just as Mr.. Peck step
ped of the incoming train.
Mr.. Peck waved his handkerchief,
but his wife, the horse and the new
buggy passed on.
Surprised, but not angry, Mr.. Peck
began a dusty march towards his cot
tage, a half mile distant. He had pro-
ceeded but q short way when, catching
the sound OF wheels, he turned and saw
his wife driving rapidly by with two
young girls.
Then Mr.. Peck did become angry.
Trudging through the dust he at length
reached home, whereup0n he declared
himself.
MY dear" said he hereafter, when
You wish 10 drive my trOtter hitched 70
the buggy, which our joint savings pur-
chased, you will do so In the morning.
The evening air is bad for you, and be-
sides desire 70 race a mile or so with
other horse owners up the road and do
not care TO have the horse tired by pull
ing numberleSs children through sandy
roads. See?"
Then Mrs. Peck asserted her rights.
The silly quarrel was never mended.
Last January Mr.. Peck, who is en-
ployed by the Wilmerding Company, at
Broadway and White street, was taken
very iH. From that date until the lat
ter part of March he was confined 10 his
house in Spring Valley. At times his
life was deSpaired Of. But all through
his illness he was nursed, not alone by
his wife, but by his kind friend Mr.. 5.
Il. Stodder.
Mr.. Stodder lived but a short distance
from Mr.. Peck, and his business was
likewise in this city. He was engaged
al electrotyping in the Office Of the
New York Ledger.
Bv the first of April Mr.. Peck was
able TO be about again.
Then the wife of his dearest friend
took sick and died. Her illness was the
resultOfan injury sustained in railroad
accident about eight years ago, and for
which she recovered damages from the
Erie road. Mr.. Peck'S bereaved friend
Stodder then proposed that he and his
TWO little girls, aged fourteen and
twelve years, should live with Mr.. and
Mrs. Peck until such time as school
''let out" and he could make permanent
ARRANGEMENTS for the care OF his child
ren.
The proposition was accepted, and
trouble began 70 brew. The neighbors
(gosSips, according TO Mr.. Peck said
that the Peck house must be like pig
pen. because Mrs. Peck was always out
driving with the Stodder man. Mr..
Peck heard the rumor and tried 10 trace
il TO its source, but his efforts were IN
suoooseful-
Nevertheless the suspicious which
this rumOr caused regarding bis wite'S
700 great intimacy with StOdder ranked
in the breast OF Peck. The buggy in
cident, when he saw himself walking
in the dust and the St0dder children
riding in bis new buggy with his wife,
brought forth the utterances OF his
wrath.
Peck was told that his wife was about
70 sue for divorce. This he denied.
Then 70 was limited 10 him that his wife
was unfaithful. He took the hint as an
insult.
In the meantime school had ''let out, "
and Stodder talked Of moving. He did
not, however, change his abode until
July %, nearly q month after his two
children and the Pecks' three children
had begun their vacation.
And then Mrs. Peck went with him,
or rather with his daughters, and they
an Joined him 81 No. sol Quincy street,
Brooklyn. They have all lived there
more or less happily since.
Mr.. Peck was seen az his home In
Spring Valley yesterday. This story"
said be, ISIS all gossip. My wife is with
my friend, Mr. StOdder, but she will re-
turn 10 me IN a weeks time. She went
10 settle his new home in Brooklyn for
him. He nursed me while I was Ill and
we owe him debt Of gratitude. My
wife and had a quarrel, but that will
amount TO nothing. The Spring Valley
people are all gOSSips anyway
At No. sol Quincy street the reporter
met with an extraordinary reception.
The door had hardly been opened when
ont Of the darkness mans voice
shouted:
II deny everything! There was no
elOpement."
''Then Mrs. Peck is not here?' in
Quired the reporter.
Eyes, I am here, quietly answered
the woman, and the loosely clad form
of a woman appeared from the dark re-
ceSSeS OF the hallway.
You see" continued the man who
declared himself to be Mr. StOdder,
Mrs. Peck did not leave home Of her
own accord, so there was no elopement.
As 70 whether she was forced TO so l
leave you 10 draw your conclusions.
will not say another word but deny
everything said by Mr.. Peck and the
people in Spring Valley. Mrs. Peck
and Iare living here in purely Plan
tonic fashion. That's ALL"
During the course Of his remarks Mr..
Stodder was frequently interrupted by
his Plantonic friend, who begged him
not TO say anything on the subject.
Cinnamon Sent Back.