Evening journal., 1898-05-31
a AolRL wFe's BITTER ROMANCE
unpublished Details from "a Pigeon
noIea nlxorce Cnse.

prominent attorney in THIS city has
romances pgcon-holcd in his desk chat
ia all probability will hcycr see the
ght Of day. They are romanccs Of
cal lifc-thdir actors being people in
Philadelphia, who are seen every day
On the street and in prisate life. By
strange coincidence, they an sought
The same attorney. 81 cannot diyulge
the names of my clients he said 10 a
reporter of the Bulletin, "but let me tell
you that those boxes contain stories
that would make fiction pale were ] TO
show tHeir contents.
II viii allow you glimpse into one
Of them" he added, compassionately
Hby rcciting a few outlines, The first
is a divorce case. Nothing startling
about that, you will say. Well-wait
moment, and perhaps you will think
differently. The petitioner is "A young
aud beautiful girl, only just turned IS.
| The respondent is fair-haired. hand
some boy. who less than year ago was
graduated from the University OF Penn
/ sylvania. They have been married three
years. The girl Is the daughter OF q
retired millionaire, who knows moth
ing whatever Of his daughters mar
riage. Tho boy is the only son of a
widow. whose slender means Just en-
abled her to give him college educa-
ton. The first meeting was at COM
mencemeih at the Academy of Music.
IL was a case OF love at first sight, fol-
lowed by all the ecstasy of ovesyoung
1 dream, including olandestine meetings
mt the house Of "a friend. II could only
have one ending. Every day intensified
their love, and finally, unable to sup
port their joy alone, a secret marriage
was proposed, and the boy and girl be-
came man and wife. She was then i5
and he 10.
"Thc first year rolled around In one
delirium ofhapplness. The second year
found the girl debutante, sought after
by many handsome fellows. Tho third
year found her dissatisfied aud dis
tracted with the unaltorablc conviction
that her marriage was great mis-
take, and that her husband, who was
four years her senior, had taken nd-
vantage OF her tender years and ineX-
perlcncc. All this time she resided az
her fathers palatial dwelling, and never
did tho faintest suspicion enter the old
mans mird that his only child was a
married woman. nor has he any sus'
picion now.
"Aftcr leaving the university the
young husband failed TO get employ
} ment. His mind leaned more 70 ath
letics than either business on profcs
sion. His girl wifo was wealthy. This
/ perhaps, made him indifferent on IN,
, subject OF work Her father gave hel
i plenty OF spending money. She gave
J | most Of Il to him; and then, as wOmeI
) viii do, she got tired of Ris inactivity
3 He loved her 20 distraction. Sho grew
+ cool. She could not help q. A com
Z ! plete revulsion of feeling came over her
and she commenced TO feel the yoke o
O matrimony heavy upon her neck. Thei
81 she came TO me.
81 saw that her love was dead.
r had known them both since before the.
a were married. Their brici honeymoon
! was spent sicaaath my foof-apd sh
! Felt that 7 sas the ono DR. hortD com
. to-and, perhaps, I was. She told m
Z that he had never contributed ponn
toward hep support. laughed, as
4 knew h0f circumstances and his Sh
/, pouted and beaf tattoo on tlio carpe
with her pretty little foot. She mean
TO get rid of him.
"That night I sent for him lie cam
10 my house and we talked until thrc
o'clock In the morning Tie was besid
himself with loyo for her, and woul
not listen to a word about separation
The following afternoon I made n ser
arate appointment for both TO be ut m.
= house at the same time. This meetin
: was n surprise 90 both. She said al
: she could say to kill his love, and de
manded divorce on the grounds of non
/ support. She shed bitter tears, NJ
braided him for taking advantage o
her youthful innocence and finall
y | begged him in the name Of her dea
- mother to release her or she would xii
herself.
y 1T did not think she meant II for
\ moment; am too old lawyer. Butt
: was different with the young husband
" lie trembled like leaf, burst into tear
and told her she was free to obthln III
IS divorce at once. He would never cor
test it. The world should never lno'
q they had boen married. He left fo
q South America about a month ago foi
q ever-so he said, at parting. The girl
u Just at that moment q beautiful
dashing girl entered the lawyers otllc'
x attired in the most costly raiment. Tie
e large brown eyes danced with the ligl
q Of health, her checks were like rose
X as she sat herself down in large orn
chair In the Office with such delightfl
a air Of freedom that tho Bulletin rcport'
# ! simply stared with admiration.
2, "That is the girl" said tho lawyer
- his ear as he led tho reporter into IL
II next Office. "It is very sad, isn't III
IS But tie reporter had not time to as
r for whom before the door closed an
the lawyer and his fair client were le
in deep consult0tion.-Ph Br
n letin.
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