The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-27
WANT TO TRY AGAIN
Mrs. HiIdreth Comes From
Perry to Meet Husband
HAVE PARTED % TIMES
But Still Love Each Other
Relatives Spirit Him Away.

Although Mr.. and Mrs Hildreth have
been parted and gone together again
twenty-five times in the short space Of
eleven years, they still have a fondness
pid's best compound of love. They are
now parted, but they want to get to-
gether again, and will, If Mr.. Hildreth's
relatives will kindly withhold their OBJ
jections. Mrs. S. NJ. Hildreth lives with
her daughter at Perry, o. T., and she
came to Wichita yesterday to meet her
husband, Sol Hildreth, who had written
her from Pittsburg, Kan, that he would
surely meet her at the Santa Fe train.
Accordingly Mrs Hlldreth came yester-
day, but she had just got a glimpse of
her husband as he was being driven rap
idly away from the train in a carriage
by his sister, Mrs VIM. McCarty of this
city. Mrs. Hildreth was then almost
heartbroken and she hunted up a friend
in the afternoon to whom she related her
story.
Mrs Hildreth's first husband is dead
and she married Mr.. Hildreth eleven
years ago. His relatives, 1t seems, have
always given them trouble and would not
let them live in peace, although she and
her husband loved each other. Time and
again, she said relatives would delve in
to their family affairs and succeed in
causing separation. Finally Mr.. Hill
dreth located at Pittsburg, Kan, far
away from his relatives, and had estab-
III.
ty Of work. He then wrote to his wife
at Perry that he was settled and wanted
her to live with him again. Mrs Hill
dreth was only too glad to get the
chance, as she dearly loved her husband
and could not see why they should not
live together in peace. Mr.. Hildreth
wrote his wife a very affectionate letter
telling her to meet him here and they
would go to Pittsburg to live. He then
came on to Wichita to await the arrival
of his wife. He visited his sister, Mrs.
VIM McCarty, and they drove in q carri-
age to meet the Santa Fe train. Mrs. Hill
dreth said that as soon as Mrs. McCarty
spied her getting off the train she wheel
ed her horse and before Hildreth could
get out of the carriage they were driving
rapidly east on Douglas avenue. She
tried to overtake them but could not
Then she went back to the depot and in
quired the way to McCarty's house, and
went out to see about her husband. She
said she received a very cool reception
from Mrs. McCarty, and could not find
her husband anywhere about the place.
She had to return to the depot, where
she unburdened herself to a friend, and
left a note with policeman to give TO
her husband should he happen to see him.
She said Mr. Hndreth was large, fair
completed man, with fine red mustache
and red hair and was considered a hand
some man. He wore a SLOUGH hat and
was dressed neatly. Mrs. Hildreth IS a
fine looking woman about 45 years old,
very dark complexion and Of fine form.
She was dressed we'll She told the po-
liceman that she could not remain in the
city to try to find her husband or give
him a chance TO find her, as she was lin
tied Of means and would have to return
to Perry last night.
81 am bound TO live with my husband
! said Mrs. Hildreth, '1n spite Of his rela-
tons, for I know we can live happily
when we get away from them" Then
Mrs. Hildreth burst into tears and sob
bed bitterly as she related the experience
Of their married life, in which they had
been separated twenty-five times and
never had been divorced. Mrs. Hildreth
returned to Perry last night.