The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-22
ROMANCE OF FRESNO DAY,
Mrs. Roundey of East Oakland
Again Becomes Mrs.
BiSSeIl.
Fair, Is Divorced Again and
Remarries Him.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
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908 Broadway, August q.
Another romance of the Midwinter Fair
has just had its denoument in the marriage
of Mrs. Roundey of East Oakland to Mr..
Bissell of Fresno. Mrs. Roundey was di-
vorced from Mr.. Bissell fifteen years ago
and is now visiting her Oakland friends
and telling the story of how she became
Mrs. Bissell the second time.
More than twenty years ago Mrs. Roun-
dey, who is member of the wealthy Crit
tenden family of San Pablo avenue, mar
ried Bissell, who is saloon keeper at
Travers, near Fresno. For few years
the couple lived happily, but about six
teen years ago trouble sprung up and the
Bissells were divorced. Mrs Bissell took
up her residence in Oakland and sue
ceeded in winning the affections of John
l.. Roundey, who has for many years been
employed in the San Francisco Custom
house.
At the time of meeting with Mrs. Bis
sell, Mr.. Roundey was a widower, with a
small family. The children were being
cared for at the Temescal Home. After
the marriage the children were at once
taken to the home of the Roundeys, in
East Oakland and the family was looked
upon as one of the happiest in the neigh
borhood. The children grew up into young
men and women, and all the family rela-
ture. This state of affairs continued for
fifteen years and then it was very apparent
that there was trouble in the Roundey
household. No one knew the secret, but it
became daily more evident that Mrs.
Roundey's second marriage was going the
way of the first. After a good deal OF
minor scandalizing, Mr.. Roundey was
eventually awarded decree of divorce on
the ground of cruelty. What the cruelty
consisted of did not appear, and everybody
knew that there was skeleton In the
closet that had been carefully concealed.
Now the secret is out.
Mrs. Roundey was in the habit of max
ing frequent visits to the Midwinter Fair.
Her stepdaughters accompanied her on
fair Mrs. Roundey went several times with
no companion. On one occasion, while
inspecting the Fresno exhibit on Fresno
County day, she saw her first husband,
whom she had not heard of since their di-
vorce fifteen years ago. The recognition
was mutual and the visits to the fair and
the Fresno exhibit became more numer.
Gus. After few glances new acquaint
anceship was formed, and the flames Of
love that were first lighted over twenty
years ago were ekindled. Mrs. Roundey
was anxious to become Mrs. Bissell again,
Their affection for each other was care.
fully kept from Mr.. Roundey, but very
gradually the groundwork of divorce
was laid, and whether Mr.. Roundey's
charges of cruelty were based on his wife's
transfer of her love or on some other
reason no one knew.
After the divorce, about a year ago, Mrs.
Roundey disappeared from Oakland, and
Mr.. Rounuey's eldest daughter became his
housekeeper. The family still lives at the
same home. Yesterday Mrs. Roundey
astonished her friends by telling them
that she is again Mrs. Bissell, and has
been such for several weeks. She refers
with much satisfaction to the result of he I
visit to the Midwinter Fair on Fresno day.