Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-24

ner time. About noon she was in the
door yard with him and they were
wrestling together and their cloth,na
became torn.
While she was getting dinner Ever
EFT had friend there whose name She
CID not know, a soldier, and Everett
was going to fight with him. She told
her husband she would not fight with
her friend, and he came up to her an
says: If you want to take his part !
Will strike you,'' and lifted his hand.
She had the stove litter in her hand
and with it she walked by him, went
into the road and ran as fast as she
could and he ran after her calling out /:
Babe, wait for me, Babe, wait for
me-"
She kept on until she fell, when he
came up, put his arms around her and
tried to get her back to prevent her
from going after her team, as she told
him she was going to do when she left
the house. If she had told him what
she was after her team for, it was to
go after divorce. In their struggle
IN the road their clothing was torn.
and her chest on which she had previ-
ously mustard paste, was set to
bleeding by scratches. Two soldiers
same along, but she declined their as
sistance and said she could take care
of him.
They returned to the house and when
ne learned his liquor had been taken he
threatened to assault the officers, but
she prevailed upon him not to trouble
them. She got ready and went with
her mother and the officers to Judge
Stevens AS she was in the team ready
to start her husband came down from
the house and said
Babe, you are going away now and
you are going to get a bill, hain't you?
If you are not going to live with me,
say SO, right now" She made him no
reply at that moment, but did after.
She. said:
NO, Evie, 1 am not going to get
bill from you now, but if I don't
change my mind l shall go and get
bill tomorrow from you, for can't live
this life"
He says: IF you are going to get a
bill from me 1 will be a dead man be-
fore you come back Officer Ames at
that time was ahead and she did not
think Rollins had driven out of the
yard.
She testified that on her return from
Judge Stevens she and her mother
called at Gardeners to have their har-
ness repaired and that while there
Gardiner made the suggestion to her
they could marry. She told him she
did not want to marry a notorious
drunkard; that she could have had
him years ago if she had cared to, and
that he was too old for her. She told
him she did not care for his love; that
she had a man that she loved and that
was enough for any woman also told
him that she was going to try and do
the best she could for Everett and if
he would keep sober she would live
with him, and if he didn't she would
have to get divorce from him.
Upon her return home she met Sam
White in the door yard, and he was
drunk. Her husband was on the couch
in the kitchen snoring. Raglan sat in a
chair by the window stupid from
drink. Her husband awoke shortly
and said: ''Halloo, Babe, you got
homer" She said: YES, Babe, 1 have"
He said: How did you come out?"
She said: Il came out all right. I will
tell you all about it tomorrow, every
thing is all right
Her husband went out doors and was
gone about 20 minutes and she stepped
to the door and said: Babe where are
you"
He says: Il am around here
She said: "Come in Babe and go to
bed, you are drunk"
He came into the door and she took
hold of his arm and he went into the
bedroom. Sam White was there at
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