The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-13
AMELIA RIvEs CHANLER.
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"A SEQUEL I'm N New York Court.
New York Special.
Mr.. W. G.. Maxwell, OF the law firm of
Chanler, Maxwell & Phillip, is authority
for the statement that a decree Of divorce,
on the ground of incompatibility. has been
granted Mrs. Amelia R~ives-Chanler. It is
stated there was no opposition to the de-
cree, and that nothing In the ~pleadings
or the proceedings reflected on either of the
PARTIES.
Mr.. Maxwell positively declines to give
any further Information.
Amelie Rives-Chanler. while simply
With a feverish volume called aarhe cuicS
or the Dead" This was about eleven years
ago. This book was we'll written. fairly
plotted, but succeeded rather for the flavor
of fever in it than of any merit whether of
the story itself or the style of the English
employed in telling it. Altogether. it was
not OF the sort a cold OF careful Judge
But 1t passed. was widely received. om-
niverously read, and at a bound made
the name of Amelie Rlves famous. 1t had
young women read Ii unknown to their
teachers.
Hard on the heels of 1.-The Quick or
the Dead pictures OF Miss Rives found a
wide circulation, showing the profile of a
young lady with n far-off look in her eye,
wind-tumbled hair. and a general air of
romance and dishabille clothing the whole.
She was also reputed to be the mistress
OF many large, fierce dogs, who accom-
panied her in her erratic wanderings about
her fe-rociously from the casual tramp and
the other monsters who might do her
harm.
habits of profound genius. and reports to
this effect added to her book, The Quick
or the Dead" caused her to be much dis
cpssed and widely celebrated
about seven years ago appeared on the
scene and got near enough to Miss Rives
to WOO and win her: AT that time she
Rives, who lived and still lives on a farm
near Castle Hill. Albemar,e county vir-
ginia-
Colonel Rives's home. albeit Colonel Rives,
as the head and manager Of the Panama
railway. Is away almost all Of every year
at Colon. Mrs. Rives, however, resides con-
tinuously at the farm near Castle Hill.
where fame found her daughter. and Col
onel Rives comes home frcm Colon once in
a twelvemonth to visit them all.
But to return to Alexander Chanler, who.
breaking through the Gordon OF big dogs
who girt her rambles about, won and we'd
He is now about thirty-hve years Of aye.
large, athletic, frank, Intelligent, hand
some. And he looked much the same way
when he dawned on Miss Rives In her
musings and enlisted her love.
Alexander Chanler-she called him
Archie" although IL is probable she has
been giving his name its correct pronun-
Liza " e0t4AC AOA OAAII HdLIl-
some, but rich. and with his money was
possessed of leisure enough to fully de-
vote himself to the genius of his wife and
her unfoldment.
So one day the two were mated: sore
priest tied the knot. and the world rang
with the news thereof. The wedding was
exceedingly private nc one being present
but the mother of the bride. Colonel Rives
at the time being in Colon with his Pana-
ma railway.
Then the happy two went to Europe.
Mrs. while abroad and
since her return, has written several stor-
les, but none which created the excite
ment which followed the appearance of
The Quick or the Dead"
1t is possible that this failure to parallel
her first success fed upon the young au-
thoress. At any rate, the world began to
hear of her as having very much turned
her back on literature. and. brush in hand.
palette on thumb. bound TO paint pictures
and become a great artist in oil. She
daubed about in Paris. in Rome. every
where in Europe; in fact, where good art
lists teach poor ones not TO paint so badly.
and charged nightly for their Instructions.
At divers and sundTy times the CHAMBERS
were heard from and while the news was
always vague. 1t was agreeable enough.
and no one suspected any row going on in
the Chanler household
America some time fhen-a rumor for the
6rst time went about that the pair were
unhappy and did not agree. They had no
children and, except il were a personal one,
there was no reason why the two
shouldn't fight Il they mutually felt like
her mothers home. at Castle Hh1, d -
n ~ were bent to win her love 4 second
time. Chanler bought the next farm. 80