The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-18

those two weeks, and hearing nothing Of
her husband, she found 1t necessary to
seek employment for her own sustenance
She moved to New York, and in the next
few months worked from place to place,
each change making the possibility Of
communication with her husband more re-
mote.
His letters did not reach her, and the
years rolled by, until she finally gave him
up as dead. In the course of time she
met a hardy German brewer, and the
opportunity to change her name was not
allowed to pass. The coupe removed 20
Denver, where the husband was employed
in one of the large breweries of that city.
1T was some years after their marriage
that husband No. l. who had long since
given his wife up for dead, was moved
again by that FESTIVE spirit which guides
wealth-seekers in the path pointed out by
Horace Greeley, and No. gathered to-
eether his belongings and started for the
promising West Seattle was the objec
tive point this time, and with much the
same visions that had accompanied him
on his last Western move. he settled down
in the seat of a Burlington smoker bound
for Denver. From here he was to take the
Denver and Rio Grande over the Divide.
and to the glorious Pacific.
Following every precedent, husband No.
! engaged in conversation with another
smoker in an adjoining seat, and pretty
soon the two were exchanging courtesies
like old friends. The stranger was from
Denver, and when husband No. i mem
toned his name it brought 10 the strang-
er's mind a faint thread Of recollection.
He was sure he had heard it before. but
where? An, one Of his coWorkers in the
Danver brewery had married a woman of
that name. Yes, she was from the East
Indeed said husband No. /. and had She
previously been married? Quite sure of
1t was the stranger, for his acquaintance
with her and her husband was quite init
mate and he had heard her say that her
first husband was dead
The occurrence set No. TO thinking
hard. and, without revealing his purpose.
he secured the name and place Of employ
ment of the strangers friend. determined
to investigate the matter when he reached
Denver. Now, it happens that trains from
the East arrive in Denver in the morn
ing and westbound trains usually leave
in the evening. The ticket held by hus-
band No. would permit him to stop over
until $40 that evening. just time enough.
Upon reaching Denver he at once sought
out the man who had married a woman
bearing the same name as himself. He
found him at work IN the brewery. explain
cd his business and in about three min
utes was convinced that he had located MS
wife. lie explained that situation to hus-
band No. 2. and they concluded to go TO
mis- home and see the wife. They did. Con
trary TO all established rules Of feminine
etiquette, the wife refused to throw up
her arms and faint at the sight Of her first
husband, but calmly put out her arms
akimbo and asked hor Two husbands what
they proposed to do about it.
IT thorlght van Vvara deadr catd -. A.
No. l. And 1 thought you were said
he.
d" Well. let us so 10 a lawyer" said No
2, hoping that among the maze Of legal
lntricacles could be found a path lead
ing out Of the dilemma. State Senator Os.
car Reuter-, a distinguished Denver law
yer. was at that time counsel for the brew.
cry which employed husband No 2. who
guided his wife and her other husband "a