Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-01-06
NOVELTIES IN ONE CHAPTER


Forty years ago in Wales pretty Mary
Evans and James Evans were sweet
hearts. Whether or not a union which
would change neither name nor letter
was considered doubly portentous, fate
dropped discord in the cup of love and
they separated. Mary married another
man and James sought his fortune in
the new world. Within the honeymoon
Mary's husband died, and, though only
girl of twenty summers, for two score
of the allotted three and ten she wore a
widows weeds. Possibly she consid-
cred bereavement as a Judgment. At
any rate, she also crossed the ocean and
settled in Pennsylvania, whittier her
old lover had gone. Meanwhile, james
had consoled himself in three matri-
monial alliances, but when they met
six months ago at the home Of mutual
friend in the little town Of Taylorville
the breath of mutual recollection again
famed the smoldering embers into life,
and the other day they took each other
by the hand and kept the troth they
plighted SO many years ago.
CtUsTAVE NADAR is one of those unfor
tunate men who have had the character
of Enoch Arden thrust upon him.
Many years ago he married a pretty
girl IN Paris and went to Baltimore to
live. GuStaVe was painter and sCul ptOr
of considerable skill, and soon had q
comfortable accumulation of this world S
goods. When the war broke out he
FASTENED at his country's call, as he I'M
derstood it, and joined the Confederate
forces. Then Nine Nadar heard that
he had been killed at the battle of
Manassas, and after a lapse of seven
years welded Maurice Won Lutz, of
Heidelberg. Soon alter this marriage
Won Lutz became chronic invalid, and
Nine. Won Lutz was forced to support
herself by teaching the languages and
artistic needlework, in which she was
very proficient. By this time her first
husband, long supposed to be dead, APP
peared on the scene, but she would
have nothing to do with him, consider
ing the lapse of time sufficient cause for
divorce. AS age came on, however,
madame's strength failed and she was
forced to give up instructing to a GER
tain extent. Then she was taken with
pneumonia and the other morning a
neighbor found her kneeling dead by
her bedside in the attitude of prayer.
LEWIS JENNIsoN, one of the most prom
inent citizens of Lestershire, suburb
of Binghamton, n. Y, adopted bright
and pretty girl named Annie Wadell
She was reared in luxury and grew to
be strikingly handsome and highly &C
complished young woman. Some months
ago Mr.. Jennison began the erection of
what will on completion be one of the
finest residences in a locality of fine
residences. Among the painters en-
ployed on the house was William ID.
Lindsey, a man of middle age and not
particularly fine appearance, but Annie
fell in love with him. Her foster father
investigated and found that Lindsey
had wife and child at Owego. Annie
refused to receive any proof of the dis.
covery, saying that it must be some
other man Of the same name, and being
of age, married Lindsey despite the
protests of her adopted parents. The
real wife has not been heard from, but
will doubtless add some interesting
features to the romance.
THIS is a tale of Arkansas: James
Mason, Eagle Township, recently wooed
and won Miss Fannie Lenox, daughter
of DIR. j. ID. LenoX, of Claiborne Town
ship, lizard County. She was an ideal
mountain lass of sweet Is. The young
man procured marriage license, the
wedding feast was prepared, and on the
appointed day the pair stood before a
ding bell till, in the service, the minis
ter propounded the usual question,
whether the bride accepted the bride
groom as her lawful husband, to love,
honor and obey him until death" At
this point Miss LenoX dropped Mason's
hand, fled from the scene, and con-
ceaied herself. Young Mason returned
the marriage license to the county clerk
with note in which he says: 81 have
concluded that need everything else
worse than / need a wife,
Mrs. SUSAN WILKES PoTTs was married
in Paisley in the Highlands six years
ago. Some time afterward her health
compelled her to 60 to a sanitarium.
Her husband neglected her after her re-
turn home and finally left for this coun-
try, promising to send for her and their
one child as soon as he became settled.
Months afterwards he wrote heria letter
and never sent her another Her
her that yielded her a living, and she
was comfortable till word reached her
that her husband had found new wife
in this country. Then she bought
tickets and started in pursuit of him.
She finally located her faithless laddie
at Newark. He offered to return to
Paisley. but she turned him over to the
police, and having fulfilled her mission,
again turned her face toward the Scot
fish heather.
TwENTY-FoUR years ago George Kirk,
a well-to-do stock raiser, of Fleming
County, Kentucky, cou,ted Miss Maggie
j. Cowan, of Millersburg, and was &C
copied with the understanding that he
would never marry until the death Of
his mother, a widow, which occurred
late last spring. After settling up his
mothers affairs he went to his old
sweetheart, who had remained true
through the long years, and in bust
ness way told her that if she was will
ing to marry him to set the day and he
would be ready. The wedding day was
set and the marriage took place, but on
the bridal tour the groom suddenly be-
came insane and burned up bis own and
his wife's gold watches. Officers were
called in and he was kept IN, er lock
and key until he could be returned to
his home.
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