The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-28
Peculiar Occurrence
in Real Life.
TRUTH STRANGE AS FICTION
THOMAS F. ROWE AND BIS
DIVORCED WIFE REMARRY.
How Justice OF the Peace Barry For
sock a Play 70 Enact a
Part u Another
Drama

Truth is often as strange as fiction, and
the C0iuClceuces q real lie are, IN many
cases. as strange and dramatic Is any
-hiug conceived by the novelist or dram
a. zed by the playwright. This was demon
s.rated last night IL q manner that
brought The truth Of the plautuce home
a. strongly as anything possibly could
The audience which gathered at the
CaAf0rUa last evening 10 witness the play
u The Sporting Duchess and who
tympathized with the sCrrows OF the
woman who by the stern decree OF law
vas separated from her husband and
child. and the people ia the body OF the
house who regoiced when, AZ last. al was
made right ana the mother, father and
cnlld were once more reunited. little i'm
aglrsec that under their very noses was
icing enacted ia everyday existence the
very ta-e that the mummers GA the stage
we're presenting Ior tneir amusement
Al TIE middle % the nTst act OF The play
6 messenger hurrec4g entered the inca
ter and after looking around Tor a minute
- Two went Up 10 Justice OF the Peace
Barr. y no was one OF the audience. and
Whispered a tew words ~ MS ear. Ihe
Judge listened 10 what the boy hac 10
So and then. taking Up his ogeTcOat and
lat. llrrleQly let the house.
oct o. the street he was met by a
couple ~ men. anG entering a coupe was
LLrflel.y driven 10 "a house on MISSION
street. where he performed the ceremony
iiat t0r The second time made Thomas =.
Howe u "a ellsworth. New, and AIne4la Z
klUg % Oakland husband and wife. HRv-
InE n shed With his part II the romance
The JLese once more entered the coupe
and hurried back 10 the theater 10 WIZ
less Tire last act OF the play.
Benlll al tLis lies little romance
the same as that which was being pre-
scented AZ Tie theater from which Judge
Barry had been summoned.
some nine or ten years ago Thomas
Rove. a pros porous business man OF
Madsworth, came down 10 this city on a
flying visit Through mutual friends ne
met Miss king. thol q society belle OF the
CITY across TIE bay. X was & case OF
love a. nrst sight and resulted IN 4
courtsnlp ~ aoout year. which was fol-
lowed ~ qliet wedding.
II RI 70 themselves the young couple
would have managed 70 get along very
we'll But there we're relatives OF both the
lride and groom ~ no Insisted on manag-
ing affairs. with the usual consequence
QuarTsls quickly arose. which. though
amounting % but little " themselves.
were famed BY outside Influences into a
flame which nothing but the waters OF
divorce could cuench- SO. after barely
Two years Of married lie, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rowe legally separated. the wife resum-
ing Ter maiden name and receiving the
custody OF their little B-mOnths-old child
This al happened over six years ago
Since that time the mother and father
never met. though they frequently cor
responded on business matters and dur
tfF al these long years Rowe never once
saw the litte child that had learned to
call him father.
Last Sunday Rowe again came TO the
city on q business trip which concerned
matters that made IL necessary that he
should meet his wife As soon as they
were brought face 10 face the old love
was kindled anew, and IL took them but
a. short time 70 decide that g res sumption
q their marital ties was the only thing
that would bring them both that happi-
ness that had been absent from their
lives Tor 80 long. Another meeting was
arranged for yesterday. and. IN anticipa-
ton o. the probable course events would
take. Rowe provided himself with 4 IL
Cense.
u was as he expected. The woman
whom he had never ceased 70 love was