Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-30
MRS. ALMOND TALKS.
SHE TELLS THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE TALE OF WOE.
Legally Divorced from Her Husband-Her
Struggle for Bread-Living by the
Needle-She Has Kept Her
Boys at School.

The tale of unrequited love and wounded
| affection told to GAZETTE reporter on Sun
| day by l.. G.. Almond of Pueblo Col, and
| published in Yesterdays GAZETTE. has in
addition to the one already published an
| other phase differing much in color from
! the one just presented. This version of the
! domestic infelicity would. it seems, shift
| the responsibility of the whole affair from
| Mrs. Almond to the broader shoulders OF
! him whose plaintive story ELECTS the SYM
| pathy of all, if it alone were published.
Mrs. Almonds reply to it, however, argues
| that his feelings are not SO much lacerated
as he fain would have it believed, and fur
Their that she is more sinned against than
SHINING. A GAZETTE reporter called on Mrs.
Almond at her home, on Galveston avenue,
and found her sitting with copy of the
GAZETTE open on her lap, she having just
finished reading the interview with Mr..
Almond that placed her in such an unen-
viable light The reporter introduced him
self and made known to the lady his mission,
which was to ascertain the truth or
e4dlsity of what was said in the mornings
PAPER. Mrs. sAlmond is n pleasant-faced
lady of perhaps thirty eight or forty years
of age; her hair is streaked with gray
and her face shows signs of much trouble
and care. The reading of the item had
|serceptibly worried her, and at first she
declined to say anything further on the
leave when Mrs. Almond changed her mind
and said:
II probably owe to myself an explanation
through the columns of your paper, as in it
this reference to me has been made. and
fl1ink in justice to myself l had best give
you the facts in the case. considering that
they have been so wofully distorted In
the first place am no longer the wife of
Mr.. L. c. Almond, the courts having year
or more since given me divorce at my
suit. He has no claim at all on me. and
was forced to take the step did out of re-
spect to myself and justice to my children,
whom he had persistently refused to sup
port. At the beginning of our married life
we were poor, but finally amassed consider
able property, ] doing my share as far as
economy and the management of the house
hold went. We had beautiful home,
nicely furnished, and / wanted for nothing.
Some two or three years ago there was a
change in my husband and he fell into what
seemed to be a studied neglect of his fam
ily. Finally under prefer se of en-
needed some ready money he
mortgaged our home, and later took the
furniture and shipped it to a daughter by
former marriage, who lived at Pueblo.
Some time afterward this same daughter
bought the home that had helped to build
while was supporting myself and three
boys by the needle. 1t doesn't require an
unusually keen perception to see through
the use of mortgaging the house, as it was
only done in order to transfer the property
to her. His last act was to transfer to an
other daughter in Ell Paso property to the
value of SIS. 900. was powerless to do
anything, as in Colorado a husband can trans
fer property without obtaining the wife's
signature to the deed. 1t is impossible to
get alimony, as every dollar he has is in the
name of his daughter, but I have proved
myself able to take care of myself and mine,
although at times it has been hard strug-
1e. When came to Fort Worth / had
next to nothing, but am now comfortably
situated and have kept my boys at school
/ can't imagine how Mr.. Almond could tell
you all that he did, and knowing