Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-09
MoUsL Ell RETURNs.
He Was Away Enjoying tho Sights Mt IN
Worlds Fair, While His Wife Feared H
Had Raeu Murderad. .a

He Was Away Enjoying tho Sights Mt tn
Worlds Fair, While His Wife Feared H
Had Been Murdered.
The next time Preston r. MoUslel
decides to leave home he will probably
notify his wife of his intention.
Mousley is blacksmith by trade, ant
lives with his wife and four smal
children at No. 1109 East Thirteenth
street. Recently, with some money re-
ceived by his wife from her father
estate, he started in the hucksterinl
business. Mousley had large field 4
cover in the territory beyond Eleventh
street bridge, and he made hats full q
money, it is said.
Mrs. Mousley started her husband on
with goodly load of cabbage ant
turnips, early one morning in Septent
Der last, and when night came and HI
did not return she made nm investsA
ton, the result of which was she learned
that her spouse had sold the horse ant
wagon which her money had purchasct
and was among the missing. Shl
searched high and low for him but u
no avail. Days grew into weeks and
weeks into months and still no Mousley
The woman was not quite sure whethel
to go into mourning or not.
If she had any desire to adopt widow
weeds it was probably strengthened
when she read in columns of TIL
GAZETTE of the finding of the body o.
a murdered man at Iron Hill, Md, the
description of which bore some re'
semblance to the departed Mouslcy.
The more she thought about it the more
Mrs. Mousley thought that the dead man
might be her husband.
October 30th, she went to Elkton
where she called upon Coroner Litzen
berg. She told him of the fears that tn,
dead man might be her lost husband
but she took good care not to reveal hei
identity. The following day she called
again, and on the third day the body
was exhumed, and while. there wai
some resemblance to the missing
Mousley, the woman said that several
absent features led her to believe thai
the man was not her husband.
Mrs. Mousley continued in state Of
uncertainty as to her husbands fate TN,
til Saturday evening last, when, as she
was sitting in her home, in came Nous
ley. For time the woman was thunder
struck, but having convinced herself
that the form of her husband was not
NlSlOuhlJ SnC BIGGtCd mn dilSOttOhNtClJt
After preliminary compliments had beep
exchanged, Mrs. Mousley demanded on
explanation, which the romantic Nous
ley cheerfully gave.
He said he had been out to Chicago
and the Worlds Fair, and he had beeH
sofavorably impressed with the rnagnifi,
cent show that he had been litLl
tardy in returning. He declared that ~
had worn the soles off his shoes in jack
son Park and had "done" the Midway
from Blarney Castle to the Cottagi
Grove avenue entrance. He had several
friends in the park, one Of them being
Columblan guard. After be had s9el
all he desired to see in the White Cityi
Mousley wound up In the streets ol
Chicago, where he saw all the mysteriei
of the windy CITY," including all sensa.
tional and wierd sights on Clark street
His wife hRs forgiven him for his pe'
culisr conduct, upon the promise aot ID
repeat the offence, and when seen on
Monday heusley looked as If he wal
enjoying TEE best Of Assith and had
Been living IL clover.